The Criterion Collection

[Lastyear]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

The one you're referring to, was it mailed to you? All mine come via e-mail. This one was just sent to me a few days ago.

LOL, I don't know what to think with B&N anymore.

Mailed. I never get any e mail coupons.

[jshaide]

Hope to see a Chaplin or a Lloyd for February. It's been awhile since we've heard from those guys.

Or perhaps another Wenders.

Multiple Maniacs would be nice too. Or Tampopo.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Hope to see a Chaplin or a Lloyd for February. It's been awhile since we've heard from those guys.

Or perhaps another Wenders.

Multiple Maniacs would be nice too. Or Tampopo.

Well, Until the End of the World is bound to come out some time or another...

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Well, Until the End of the World is bound to come out some time or another...

And The State of Things, Goalies Anxiety, and I think one more too.

[Gerby]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm blowing my own horn here, but I finished my fastest marathon ever this morning with a finish time of three hours and 59 minutes. I've always wanted to run a sub-four-hour marathon, and I finally pulled it off after years of running these races.

I've only ever done the marathon once but in a time of 3 hours 41 mins. It's too far for me & too much training. I like 10k & half marathon, I can do a half in 1 hour 34 mins.

[flyry]

This is random but they left the Criterion version of Stagecoach on Hulu.

Foreign Correspondent as well but that one reverted back to a non criterion version even though the picture has the Criterion logo.

Everything else cleared from my queue. It's damn near empty now.

[WonderWeasel]

I've already blown way too much money, but I was considering a couple of blind buys. What does everyone think of Bitter Rice and Three Outlaw Samurai?

Also, has anyone heard if Barnes and Noble is doing their usual 40% all blu-rays sale leading up to Christmas? If so, I need to start making a list to order into the store.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

Hey gang, I have a 20% off member coupon at Barnes & Noble that I'm not going to be using. It's not good for Criterions, unfortunately, but should you use it for another movie to go with your Criterion buys, it should work like Kool and the Gang. I'd rather these go to the members of our discussion group, as y'all are like family (said in a heavily Southern accent that I don't have).

Code is 77YS5BZQRFLEC.

If you claim it, please make a post that you're taking it, so there's no confusion. I'll check back later tonight to remove the code once it's been grabbed up.

Thanks. I figured no way it was still available and was surprised when it went through. Not working on Criterions is a bummer, but I have other things I wanted.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

I've already blown way too much money, but I was considering a couple of blind buys. What does everyone think of Bitter Rice and Three Outlaw Samurai?

Also, has anyone heard if Barnes and Noble is doing their usual 40% all blu-rays sale leading up to Christmas? If so, I need to start making a list to order into the store.

"Three Outlaw Samurai" is a badass film. I consider it among the best of the samurai genre. Haven't seen "Bitter Rice" though.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm going to take this opportunity to pimp Letter Never Sent for those of you who are looking for something cool and new during this B&N sale. There's a great forest fire scene that looks as though they darn near burned Russia down while creating this movie.

Yep, every time I watch that movie I'm like, "How the heck did they ever do that without seriously endangering cast and crew?"
But even those scenes apart, the film has a beautiful dynamic visual grammar. Love, LOVE it.

[Abdrewes]

Just a Heads up, Max Ophuls' Liebelei is on Mubi for the month.

[jmclick]

I made my second haul of this month's sale at my local Barnes & Noble store yesterday, and I didn't have any trouble at all using the current 20% emailed coupon: they had sent me the email three times, so I printed it out three times, and they scanned them at the register with absolutely no problems. I ended up getting the following three Criterions for $13.67 each:

Dr. Strangelove ...
The Executioner
Pan's Labyrinth

$39.99 each less 50% =
$19.99 each less my 10% membership discount =
$17.99 each less my 20% off coupon =
$14.39 each less my instant 5% Barnes and Noble MasterCard discount =

$13.67 each final price

When I got home and checked my mailbox, I had received another free $25.00 gift card from my Barnes & Noble Rewards MasterCard ... every time you spend $2,500 on the card, they send you a $25.00 gift card. I've just had the card for six or seven months, but I use it for everything, and it really pays off. This is my third gift card, including the one that I received just for signing up for the MasterCard in the first place.

I'm looking forward to Tuesday's releases of Dreams and Punch Drunk Love ...

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by jmclick

I made my second haul of this month's sale at my local Barnes & Noble store yesterday, and I didn't have any trouble at all using the current 20% emailed coupon: they had sent me the email three times, so I printed it out three times, and they scanned them at the register with absolutely no problems. I ended up getting the following three Criterions for $13.67 each:

Dr. Strangelove ...
The Executioner
Pan's Labyrinth

$39.99 each less 50% =
$19.99 each less my 10% membership discount =
$17.99 each less my 20% off coupon =
$14.39 each less my instant 5% Barnes and Noble MasterCard discount =

$13.67 each final price

When I got home and checked my mailbox, I had received another free $25.00 gift card from my Barnes & Noble Rewards MasterCard ... every time you spend $2,500 on the card, they send you a $25.00 gift card. I've just had the card for six or seven months, but I use it for everything, and it really pays off. This is my third gift card, including the one that I received just for signing up for the MasterCard in the first place.

I'm looking forward to Tuesday's releases of Dreams and Punch Drunk Love ...

That is so unfair XD wish I could get Criterions this cheap!

[Bandit Tajomaru]

Originally Posted by Tru-way

My copy of Rosemary's Baby arrived with a broken case, torn booklet, and the disc was loose on the inside. B&N better swap it.

My copy of the Makioka Sisters arrived the same way.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by WonderWeasel

I've already blown way too much money, but I was considering a couple of blind buys. What does everyone think of Bitter Rice and Three Outlaw Samurai?

Also, has anyone heard if Barnes and Noble is doing their usual 40% all blu-rays sale leading up to Christmas? If so, I need to start making a list to order into the store.

I love Bitter Rice. It's beautiful and a very good film. But I love Italian film from that era, so maybe I'm biased.

[lamotta]

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe

Had to highlight The Hill because I couldn't read the yellow font, but I agree that it's a fantastic movie, well deserving of a release.

Also not available on Blu-Ray anywhere!

[lamotta]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

All great choices. Especially The Hill and The Insider (or anything else from Mann).

And speaking of Lumet, would absolutely love to see Running on Empty in the Collection.

Some more Michael Mann would be very welcome from me!

Haven't seen "Running on Empty" yet,

[joie]

The audio & video of "Last Chrysanthemum" is disappointing, but it is an interesting story.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by jshaide

And The State of Things, Goalies Anxiety, and I think one more too.

[AaronJ]

Does it make me a bad person if I've never been a fan of Wenders?