The Criterion Collection

[skubrick2899]

Originally Posted by Page14

Is there anybody else out there that has regrets after the sale, on titles you didn't pick up during the sale? I seem to more often than not. This time around, my regret is missing out on the Three Fantastic Journeys set. I never focussed in on it or explored it until after it was no longer available. It seems like something right up my alley, yet I never heard of those films before (other than Munchausen). I'm hoping the special packaging is still available by the next B&N sale in July. (Man, July seems so far away. I might not be able to wait).

Not after placing a third order, which included Tess. It's a title I hadn't considered until after placing my other two orders. And the idea ate away at me the rest of the day. Inevitably, I talked myself into it after deciding on adding My Man Godfrey and Being There to the order for free shipping.

No regrets! Well... unless it's in spending too much. But it's only money.

[chocolat]

Just like dkelly I have basically all I want from Criterion at the moment. I didn't stray away from my gameplan for the sale, kept it at one order and got it in very early for the Cassavetes and Rossellini/Bergman sets. I did however use some promo credit on Amazon the same day to get Mildred Pierce. It came out to be less than half the already half price while on sale.

Next month for me is only Cranes and Leave her to heaven which are both super solid films.

[Bradsdadg]

Second order shipped out I was getting worried that Three Fantastic Journeys would be backordered or something...

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Page14

Is there anybody else out there that has regrets after the sale, on titles you didn't pick up during the sale? I seem to more often than not. This time around, my regret is missing out on the Three Fantastic Journeys set. I never focussed in on it or explored it until after it was no longer available. It seems like something right up my alley, yet I never heard of those films before (other than Munchausen). I'm hoping the special packaging is still available by the next B&N sale in July. (Man, July seems so far away. I might not be able to wait).

I only bought one title (The Story of Temple Drake) from the flash sale and I was on the fence about getting Fail Safe but decided to wait until the B&N sale for that. I have my old dvd of it to tide me over so it’s just a minor regret of not having it now.

The comments about the fast shipping are very true but I have to ding Criterion a little on their emails concerning the sale. I got the announcement of the sale starting but it was delivered approximately an hour and a half after it started. Yesterday I received an email alerting me that the sale was ending soon......two and a half hours after it ended!

[SteelyTom]

Originally Posted by Page14

Is there anybody else out there that has regrets after the sale, on titles you didn't pick up during the sale?

Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too blu to mention

[Egbert Souse]

The Story of Temple Drake sold out before I could order it, but that'll just be one more for July.

[Cholly]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I only bought one title (The Story of Temple Drake) from the flash sale and I was on the fence about getting Fail Safe but decided to wait until the B&N sale for that. I have my old dvd of it to tide me over so it’s just a minor regret of not having it now.

The comments about the fast shipping are very true but I have to ding Criterion a little on their emails concerning the sale. I got the announcement of the sale starting but it was delivered approximately an hour and a half after it started. Yesterday I received an email alerting me that the sale was ending soon......two and a half hours after it ended!

I got my email for the sale about 10 minutes in (although I had placed my first order 5-7 minutes before that).
Both my orders have shipped as of last night but I never got an email for the second one. Disappointed that my big order is by UPS ground and not USPS like the smaller one, it means it will be slower and shittier. Last package I had shipped by UPS it sat in one facility not very far away for two days (Im assuming because they were waiting to hit the delivery date instead of beating it)

[Page14]

I had a plan going into the sale. I knew I was going to reach the limit for a $50 gift certificate (or whatever it's called), so the first 3 titles I ordered were titles that I was interested in which I thought might sell out. (All 3 of them eventually did). My pre-sale selection plans changed after seeing some titles that others picked up which weren't on my radar ... and then seeing the glowing reviews some of them received.

I'm happy with what I ended up with. But if I would have done better homework ahead of time instead of during the sale, I probably would have bought more titles before they sold out. (It seems quite a few titles sold out, so that has to feel good for Criterion).

Like Scarlett O'Hara says, "Tomorrow is another day."

[MifuneFan]

New Janus pages for:

Soleil Ô (1970)
Lucía (1968)
Pixote (1981)

[Cremildo]

Pixote on Blu-ray would be a dream come true - it has never had a decent release on DVD in Brazil.

[MifuneFan]

I think with all three of those pages showing it, it's a good sign that there's a new World Cinema Project set coming out.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

The Story of Temple Drake sold out before I could order it, but that'll just be one more for July.

It really surpassed my expectations. Definitely worth the blind buy.

[bonehica]

Jeez, my goodies are already out for delivery. That may be the fastest Criterion order I have ever had

[DimitriL]

Originally Posted by bonehica

Jeez, my goodies are already out for delivery. That may be the fastest Criterion order I have ever had

Mine too! Could get spoiled at this rate.

[skubrick2899]

Originally Posted by DimitriL

Mine too! Could get spoiled at this rate.

Same here. My first two orders are out for delivery today and my third order (about 20 hours into the sale) is estimated for Monday. Bravo Criterion!

[ilenewoodsfan99]

I'll have my order by this afternoon!

[postmodel]

I usually pick up the titles I want the most at the next flash or B&N sale and with that, there wasn’t much I was dying to own this time around. However, I couldnt let my $50 gift card go to waste (or rather I didn’t want to wait for the next flash sale!) and I blind bought Pasolini titles. I recently did a deep dive into his life and had to finally check these films out; so my order which is on its way is:The Trilogy of Life and Teorema. I have faith in these purchases. For whatever it’s worth, I own Salo and have watched it more than once.

I also can’t wait to check our Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini with Willem Dafoe. Random fact: there is an early video of Dafoe of YouTube where he pronounces his name as “William DAfoe” emphasis on DA.

[The Literate Dead]

Wow, it's been awhile since I last ordered direct from Criterion. By pure chance their flash sale happened to be the same day as my paycheck... so I splurged and nabbed the Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman set. It's already on the way here and due in sometime in the next couple days.

I swear, few companies can get me the way they do. Last month I hadn't even heard of Karel Zeman (though I wish I had!), and now I'm anticipating this set with bated breath!

[Central IL Film Fan]

My package arrived today. I'm impressed. Better than Amazon.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by Page14

Is there anybody else out there that has regrets after the sale, on titles you didn't pick up during the sale? I seem to more often than not. This time around, my regret is missing out on the Three Fantastic Journeys set. I never focussed in on it or explored it until after it was no longer available. It seems like something right up my alley, yet I never heard of those films before (other than Munchausen). I'm hoping the special packaging is still available by the next B&N sale in July. (Man, July seems so far away. I might not be able to wait).

I always have regrets. I had my strategy all ready to go. My first order would have the five new releases I wanted, which all but guaranteed I’d get them, as four were in my cart before the sale, and I added the fifth right after it started to update the prices on all. I fired it off, and spam refreshed my e-mail inbox for two minutes until my coupon appeared. Then I added the remainder of my films, and placed the second order.

It only dawned on me the next day that I’d forgotten to addA Face in the Crowd. And to make matters worse, I deleted it from my DVR ( TCM player it), so I don’t have it to watch now.

I’m looking to sub to the Criterion Channel to watch a few of the Godard-Anna Karina collaborations I don’t have. If Kazan’s movie is on there, I can watch it this week.

There are plenty of other titles I wanted, but I’ve been buying a lot of films lately, so I cut down a bit. But I have 21 new movies coming from Criterion, so I really can’t and shouldn’t complain. My fall order is going to be a monster. I’ll add some of the new titles, but my plan is to add a bunch of the older releases I’ve held off on for a while.