I bought it on eBay.

An uncle is going to the US in the next couple of days and I plan to ask him for one title I am really interested in, Leon Morin, Priest. Does anyone recommend this film? I know the BD is going to be out tomorrow so probably more opinion/reviews are coming soon but I would really like someone's else opinion in the film itself. I already own Army of Shadows if that helps :p.

Just viewed The Double Life of Veronique .... what an amazingly beautiful film. I think I'm in love with Irene Jacob (from 20 years ago) Wow.

What ya want for it? I've got 3 blus for trade or would consider buying for right price. My trades are listed in my collection.

Ugh, why does Criterion have to release so many interesting films? I thought I had my wishlist chopped down to 9 missing titles, but now it's closer to 30 because I decided to read up on all the films in the collection.:D I'm tapped out from the current sale, so here's hoping that the November Sale is going to happen.

My favorite already released CC Blu-rays, in no particular order:
(I know these are 12 but I don't want to narrow them down to only 10...:p)

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There are some films left that I have yet to watch. (Play Time, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Naked, The Music Room, High and Low) Already ordered some of them during the b&n sale.

Any Tarkovsky fans checked out the Chris Marker documentary 'One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich'?

Worth picking up?

Speaking of pick ups, my second (and final.....I hope) Barnes and Noble order has gone in, brings me up to 16 titles from the sale. Thank god it finished at the end of the month.

Went for....

Beauty and the Beast
High and Low
Pierrot Le Fou -been meaning to rewatch this, so may as well get this while it is OOP.
Paris, Texas
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Hunger -late addition to the much mulled over basket, a film I was blown away by at the cinema and have meant to revisit.

On DVD...

Le Samourai -couldn't wait any longer for the Blu and couldn't resist at this price)
Hoop Dreams -wonderful film if I remember rightly and very cheap with 50% off and coupon_
Rossellini's War Trilogy -wanted a boxset from the sale, considered a few and then remember how much I love Bicycle Thieves, how great Rome, Open City was and how I wanted to watch more Neorealist films. Great looking, and seemingly stacked, boxset.

Spent more than I planned at the sale, but could have spent a lot more! Must have had half the collection in my basket at some point, nearly all the Blu-rays I don't own. Justified removing most by saving them to my wishlist and telling myself "It can wait til November"

I really enjoy Black Narcissus as well, Criterion made me discover it when I saw the name of Jack Cardiff attach to it. I like the story and cinematography but I can understand why it may not be as appealing for others as it may well be difficult to get attach to some of the characters in the story but it's only my opinion.

It's the internets, Jake.

I don't get the Black Narcissus hate either. Loved the movie. It had a haunting beauty to the whole thing and was beautifully filmed, but different people different tastes.

Man I wish Criterion would get the rights back for Blood for Dracula and release a Bluray. That movie cracks me up every time.. :D
Also speaking of Underworld. I'd love to see a Bluray release of Hawks Scarface. I still think its the best Mob movie ever made.
So much better then the remake IMO. Paul Muni is enthralling and unstoppable and George Raft flipping that coin created the stereotypical gangster image for decades to come. Until I watched Underworld I had no idea that the same writer was involved with both. So many things from Underworld were used in Scarface.

I watched Naked for the first time last night.... Very much enjoyed it, and watched some of the Neil LaBute interview when it was over.


I also watched Beauty and The Beast which I've seen numerous times, but this was the first time I elected to go with the Opera audio-track and I found it to be very enjoyable as well.

I made the mistake of looking at the loonie this morning, and orderd Blow Out and High and Low. No more now.:o

Get in line! :D

I don't have sales figures, but I would think Seven Samurai, The Seventh Seal, etc. would contradict this (or perhaps not :shrug:) but one theory is this:

I think we are in the minority based on purchasing habits..... Many people out there see the releases and buy what they don't have, and don't give the first-thought to the concept of "upgrading" so by announcing BDs of their more popular DVDs (like The Bicycle Thief) they immediately get a large portion of their customers who say "Oh... already got that one"

By releasing things like "Fat Girl" (which I love, but I realize it's polarizing) there may be many people who said "ahhh I passed on the DVD, so I don't have it in my collection..... I'm buying Blu-rays now, so perhaps I'll add this one to the collection now"

It's pretty odd in a way, but I think there are a fair number of consumers who think that way.

It wouldn't have to be a Criterion for me, but the few titles that StudioCanal has already taken back and gotten out on blu-ray (Ran, Third Man, Le Pierrot Fou) apparently haven't worked out too well by comparison. So I guess that doesn't bode well for Man Who Fell to Earth either. If it's an "equivalent transfer" I would look at it, otherwise probably not. The issue for me when it's an (apparantly) inferior release, yet Studio Canal also charges Criterion-like prices for a few of these titles. It would be too hard to stomach paying $27 for a single disc as it is, impossible knowing Criterion already did a better job with it.

What's this about new spines?

I guess the following movies are the new cases:
M
Army of Shadows
Blow out

And this is an example of an old case:
Seven Samurai

Am I correct?
My 7S case was smooshed and creased, I am exchanging it at B&N soon because for that kind of money I feel like I need a pristine product. I like to take care of my stuff!

You are kind of correct. The clear, plastic cases are what people are referring to as the "new" cases. The "old" cases were thin cardboard and were only part of 9 of the original Criterion blu-rays. Replacement cases, aka "new" cases, can be ordered directly from Criterion now for the original nine blu-rays that came with this "old" packaging. Here is Criterion's page for ordering those. If you look around the internet, I'm sure you'll find photos of the original packaging, if you haven't seen it already.

The multi-disc cardboard releases of Seven Samurai, The Night of the Hunter, etc. are the only option available for those titles because they have multiple discs and Criterion doesn't have a multi-disc plastic case for their blu-ray releases. There are also some single-disc releases with cardboard packaging, i.e. Breathless, Sweet Smell of Success, etc. These releases generally have thicker booklets which would not fit in Criterion's plastic blu-ray case.

Well this is blu-ray.com :p

I can tell you I definitely have a hard time picking up DVD's. I've already gone through my DVD collection and basically sold off everything I could (anything that didn't have some pathetic $.50 value, which sadly was about half my DVD collection). Obviously I also looked at keeping anything that isn't inevitable to come to blu-ray at all, but other than that I painstakingly got rid of everything I could via whatever avenues were available (i.e. amazon trade-in, selling on amazon/ebay, and trading to DVD2blu). I'm glad I did because the prices for DVD's just continue to go down, and in a few cases I salvaged $5-$10 for titles that might now only get $2 or less.

There are still a few Criterion I would look at because it might be years before they are available on blu-ray, some might NEVER be on blu-ray. Yet I still have a REALLY hard time pulling that trigger. I do think I'm going to end up getting the Nikkatsu Noire set though as long as the 20% coupon comes back, that's one that seems way out there or might never come to blu-ray...

I gave up months ago trying to purchase every Criterion that was released for a few reasons:

1.) All the Criterion DVDs I've seen I own now, and don't plan on changing that.
2.) They release an average 4-5 titles every month on blu and if I purchased all of them, including ones I don't even know I'll enjoy, then I wouldn't have the funds to purchase other non-Criterion titles I want.
3.) I don't get a rush out of blind-buying a film I've never seen like some who desire to own the "complete collection" just for the sake of owning the Criterion name. (that's not a knock on those folks that do, I truly respect the name and the game, I just don't strive to collect every film in a collection of which I've only seen approximately 40% of.) I'll Netflix it, and if I like it I'll try to purchase it.
Example: I want to see The Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor, because I would like to add them to the collection, but I've never seen them, so if I watch and don't like, I won't buy. Plain enough.

With that said, buying any DVDs (Criterion or not) is against my buying rules, because I don't like to play with the chances of them rereleasing it in the future on blu. I've played that game and lost on multiple accounts, i.e. Fear and Loathing (which I just upgraded yesterday), Seven Samurai, M, and Metropolis. In fact, the last DVD I purchased was Grand Illusion, and I mean to keep it that way.

My rule is, that if there's any question whether or not they'll release it on blu, then I will stay at arms length away from it in the store. Speaking of, I need to find Breathless before this sale ends.

I"m not rushing to buy every single CC release, but most of my purchases from the collection have been blind buys, based on user recommendations on here, genre, how similar the films are to other films in my DVD/Blu-Ray collection, and what I've read about the films through Wiki, IMDB, and other sites. There are quite a few in the collection I have no interest in, and outright refuse to buy. supposedly I'm some sort of unintelligent, uncultured idiot for avoiding those particular films, but that's another story. I've been lucky so far with my blind buys, but I am actively trying to watch more from my wishlist (currently 27 films) before I buy. :) There's just too many films that look good. I'm glad we get these sales though, because they help a lot.

Personally, I don't buy the CC DVDs because I find that they're still too expensive, especially in comparison to the price point on the BDs. I only own one CC DVD, and I bought that used. I've wanted to buy CC films that appeal to me for years, but I could never justify the price point. I'll still buy non-CC DVDs, however, especially if they're under5 bucks.:D