The Criterion Collection

[ravenus]

Saw Rififi tonight. Damn, this movie needs to come out on blu.

[paulvan]

Originally Posted by nablock

He meant Pedro Costa, not Costa-Gavras. The film that Criterion should be releasing is Ne Change Rien. It was part of the Criterion curated event at the NY Film Festival.

Speaking of "Missing" ... anyone know why this release by Criterion cannot be found here?

Thanks,
Paul

[BohemianGraham]

Both 16.99 titles are back up on the site at 27.99 now, if anyone still wants to pre-order them, because, as I can't really speak for World on a Wire, Anatomy of a Murder is an awesome film.

[rkish]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Three Colors trilogy has basically a book in the set.

That would make sense Pro-B...that and the fact that the Colors set also has separate packaging for each of the three films, whereas, the Fanny and Alexander set is one package with three disc holders.

Thanks for the feedback!

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by rock, stone

You have made a powerful enemy today...

[Show spoiler]
Wait, I mean apathetic. You have made an apathetic enemy today...

I'm not worried about it. I haven't seen many Kurosawa films, to be honest, so my statement was both tongue in cheek and invalid

[octagon]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Saw Rififi tonight. Damn, this movie needs to come out on blu.

Great movie. It reminds me a lot of The Asphalt Jungle - the individual elements are all pretty commonplace but there's just something about the way they all fit together that elevates the whole thing.

[Wally Q]

Amazon has been striking out and if I knew they'd become so anal about miniscule little things, I would have seriously reconsidered reenlisting with Prime. Their price matches have been non-existing and it's ridiculous when everyone speculates that it's to make up with tax when I live in a state that's penalized by sales tax online so I'm paying more than I should through them.

If they decide to cancel the order, I'll probably ***** about it but nothing will happen. Big price difference or not, they should honor the mistake to those who caught it as goodwill to their customers who stick with them.

(I ordered Anatomy of a Murder and World on a Wire)


I'm reconsidering my Rushmore preorder. One of my all-time favorite comedies but $30 after tax is steep, especially the week of Black Friday. I might just wait a bit for the price to go down, a shopping binge once I get my tax refund, or most likely just ask for it as a Christmas gift.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Wally Q

Amazon has been striking out and if I knew they'd become so anal about miniscule little things, I would have seriously reconsidered reenlisting with Prime. Their price matches have been non-existing and it's ridiculous when everyone speculates that it's to make up with tax when I live in a state that's penalized by sales tax online so I'm paying more than I should through them.

If they decide to cancel the order, I'll probably ***** about it but nothing will happen. Big price difference or not, they should honor the mistake to those who caught it as goodwill to their customers who stick with them.

(I ordered Anatomy of a Murder and World on a Wire)


I'm reconsidering my Rushmore preorder. One of my all-time favorite comedies but $30 after tax is steep, especially the week of Black Friday. I might just wait a bit for the price to go down, a shopping binge once I get my tax refund, or most likely just ask for it as a Christmas gift.

I direct you to this sir, if you think 30 bucks after tax is bad. Add another 13% - 15% to this price, and you get what an average Canadian gets screwed out of if they don't order from Amazon or B&N, or miss the first couple days Amazon.ca has the pre-orders priced the same as the US site:

http://www.amazon.ca/Rushmore-Criter...1472514&sr=8-1

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I direct you to this sir, if you think 30 bucks after tax is bad. Add another 13% - 15% to this price, and you get what an average Canadian gets screwed out of if they don't order from Amazon or B&N, or miss the first couple days Amazon.ca has the pre-orders priced the same as the US site:

http://www.amazon.ca/Rushmore-Criter...1472514&sr=8-1

Yep! In Canada you have two choices. Buy it in store within the first three or four days of release cause after that it goes up by $5-$10 or get it from Amazon

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

I direct you to this sir, if you think 30 bucks after tax is bad. Add another 13% - 15% to this price, and you get what an average Canadian gets screwed out of if they don't order from Amazon or B&N, or miss the first couple days Amazon.ca has the pre-orders priced the same as the US site:

http://www.amazon.ca/Rushmore-Criter...1472514&sr=8-1

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Yep! In Canada you have two choices. Buy it in store within the first three or four days of release cause after that it goes up by $5-$10 or get it from Amazon

Canada's prices on Criterion (and almost everything else, save the really big releases which are generally on par with the US) really blow. Just horrible, awful stuff. It's why I try to buy used.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by nathan_393

Canada's prices on Criterion (and almost everything else, save the really big releases which are generally on par with the US) really blow. Just horrible, awful stuff. It's why I try to buy used.

It's why I usually buy American. I lucked out and managed to lock a Gojira pre-order for 28.50, which is about 5 bucks cheaper than the US once you apply the shipping and import fees to the US pre-order.

[Guitar Joe]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I've never had an order delay e-mail from Barnes and Noble, but I got one for the Three Colors trilogy. This was pretty much the only Criterion I was interested in getting during this sale. What usually happens when this happens? Does Barnes and Noble cancel the order or something? If it ships after the sale ends, do we still get it for 50% off?

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Pretty sure B&N can't up the price after you're locked in on it for you online order. Only if they cancel your order, and you try to re-order after the sale, will they charge you more.

I just ordered Three Colors, but I ordered it with some other movies. What happens if they don't have anymore in stock? Do they cancel my whole order or will they still send the others?

I'm wondering if I should have made two seperate orders for Three Colors and then the rest.

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by Wally Q

Amazon has been striking out and if I knew they'd become so anal about miniscule little things, I would have seriously reconsidered reenlisting with Prime. Their price matches have been non-existing and it's ridiculous when everyone speculates that it's to make up with tax when I live in a state that's penalized by sales tax online so I'm paying more than I should through them.

If they decide to cancel the order, I'll probably ***** about it but nothing will happen. Big price difference or not, they should honor the mistake to those who caught it as goodwill to their customers who stick with them.

(I ordered Anatomy of a Murder and World on a Wire)


I'm reconsidering my Rushmore preorder. One of my all-time favorite comedies but $30 after tax is steep, especially the week of Black Friday. I might just wait a bit for the price to go down, a shopping binge once I get my tax refund, or most likely just ask for it as a Christmas gift.

They honored the Grindhouse pricing error. They have updated their site with the new 27.99 prices and my order still says 16.99 and links directly to the ones labeled 27.99. They'll more than likely honor the price.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

It's why I usually buy American. I lucked out and managed to lock a Gojira pre-order for 28.50, which is about 5 bucks cheaper than the US once you apply the shipping and import fees to the US pre-order.

I still have to send you a card for notifying me on that one

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I still have to send you a card for notifying me on that one

Oh no problem! I was like, holy crap, a cheap Criterion, in Canada? I'm still going to keep an eye out on Amazon.ca in case my order's cancelled for Anatomy of a Murder.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Is it just me, or does the woman on the cover of Tiny Furniture look like Sasha Grey, the actress known for

[Show spoiler]her work in the new film I Melt With You and Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience...ha, made ya click

?

I thought she was known for reading books to schoolchildren.



Link

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

It's why I usually buy American.

Can I get a HELL YEAH! for America... the United States Of America, that is!!!???

Unless you're old and racist, not even Americans buy American anymore.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ccfixx

Can I get a HELL YEAH! for America... the United States Of America, that is!!!???

Unless you're old and racist, not even Americans buy American anymore.

Well, in Canada, everything is American or Chinese.

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

It's why I usually buy American. I lucked out and managed to lock a Gojira pre-order for 28.50, which is about 5 bucks cheaper than the US once you apply the shipping and import fees to the US pre-order.

I managed to pre-order 12 Angry Men on .ca for about $27 - it's at $44 now. I thought that was a great deal. Keeping my eyes out for Three Outlaw Samurai and Anatomy of a Murder. If I could afford every Criterion release, I'd totally get them, but I have to set some limits.

Still kicking myself for missing the good prices on Gojira and Traffic from January (I feel like there was a third film I wanted that month but don't remember what it was).

[BluPix]

A few minutes ago, I preordered, on a tentative basis, all six of the Criterion February slate:

Anatomy of a Murder
La Jetee / Sans Soleil (an upgrade from my current Criterion DVD)
Three Outlaw Samurai
Tiny Furniture
Vanya on 42nd Street (an upgrade from my existing DVD)
World on a Wire

(Samurai and Furniture are more tentative than the others.)

It's really like ordering seven features, since Tiny Furniture contains, as an extra, a separate feature-length film from the same director, Creative Nonfiction. Looking forward to seeing them.