The Criterion Collection

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

The Bergman & Cassavetes box sets...do those come with the actual movies in their own cases? Like the Yojimbo/Sanjuro BD set? Or are they just the discs in little slim cases type deal.

Cassavetes is sold out, but they come in slim cardboard cases.

[jimonee78]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

The Bergman & Cassavetes box sets...do those come with the actual movies in their own cases? Like the Yojimbo/Sanjuro BD set? Or are they just the discs in little slim cases type deal.

The Cassavetes box has an outer cardboard slipcover which slides over another cardboard slipcover creating a sealed box which contains 7 paper digipaks and a book. Not sure about the Bergman but I think it's similar to the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set with more discs.

[SpiderBaby]

Does anyone like the Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy? I just got it but never seen them.

[kndy]

For those waiting for the Fanny & Alexander set (movie/TV series)....the price for $21 is pretty good. Not cheap like the other sets are going for but considering...that is a great price for new.

Sets that were not on sale:

Paul Robeson
Olivier's Shakespeare
Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales
4 by Agnes Varda
3 Films by Louis Malle
Ingmar Bergman Trilogy


whoah...the non-Criterion Bergman box set - The Ingmar Bergman Special Edition DVD Collection that is usually $90 is on sale for $4.

[McCrutchy]

Added

Battle of Algiers
Haxan
Insomnia
Jeanette Dielman
The Vanishing

and

Great Adaptations box

for another $64.26 shipped.

That's 16 blind buy Criterion titles.

I should mention I almost bought the Michael Haneke 7 film set from Kino because they have it for ~$22 shipped, but remembering the PAL-->NTSC issues put me off.

[jimonee78]

Just put in a second order for the Eisenstein box, Great Adaptations box, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The White Sheik, Brief Encounter, Haxan and Withnail & I.

I think the best Criterion deals of the night were the Cassavetes box and Antoine Doinel box.

[rich_adamson]

Just another heads up, one that might have slipped past the radar. The Facets (I know...)set of Heimat is only $12 too, and that sucker never drops in price, so for those that like the German stuff, I'd get on that one now!

[mlisette23]

Originally Posted by mlisette23

I added Beauty and the Beast RE to the grand total of $155.17, now I'm going back to figure out how much I've saved compared to a BN 50% off sale to make me feel better

Alright I calculated that if I would have bought all this in a BN 50% off sale I would have spent $443.63 that includes CA tax and I also added the 10% member discount. Wow that $155.17 seems a lot more bearable

[kndy]

Another one to add to the list for non-criterions that is a steal...Billy Wilder 9-film purple box set that goes for $107 is $5!!! This set awesome and if you wanted classics like "The Apartment" and many others...this set is worth it!

[SpiderBaby]

I'm finished:


Z
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Diary of a Chambermaid
Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy

also got this to re-sell to make my money back:

Vivre sa vie $3.88

[g.schweet]

Originally Posted by kndy

Sets that were not on sale:

Paul Robeson
Olivier's Shakespeare
Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales
4 by Agnes Varda
3 Films by Louis Malle
Ingmar Bergman Trilogy

The Varda box set is actually sold by supermart for $28.94, not as good as the other deals, but still pretty good.

[SpiderBaby]

I would of lovedddddddddd to have that Rohmer set, I have been wanting it for a long time, was going to get it next 50% off sale.

Atleast I got a few things I wanted, a blind buy (BRD Trilogy), and a dvd I can re-sell since I have the blu (Vivre sa vie).

Does anyone know of something like this before? Are we going to get ripped off with fakes?

[Beta Man]

I swear..... I'm not looking at Amazon ANY MORE now......

But I got this...

Wacky Races - The Complete Series - Daws Butler
$4.62 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Condition: New
Sold by: Supermart

The Brady Bunch - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-5 + Shag Carpet Cover) - Robert Reed
$9.91 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Condition: New
Sold by: Supermart

The Billy Wilder DVD Collection (The Apartment / Avanti! / The Fortune Cookie / Irma la Douce / Kiss Me Stupid / One Two Three / The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes / Some Like It Hot / Witness for the Prosecution) - Robert Stephens
$5.57 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Condition: New
Sold by: Supermart

Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series - Paul Winchell
$5.07 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Condition: New
Sold by: Supermart

Trailer Park Boys: The Complete Series - Shelley Thompson
$21.15 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Condition: New
Sold by: Supermart


I wanted to blind buy that months ago, but couldn't justify the $125 that it was at the time......... $25 I can handle

[Buddy Ro]

^^^Thats what im afraid of.

I only spent $60 tho

The more i think about this, the more i feel it aint gonna happen

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Does anyone know of something like this before? Are we going to get ripped off with fakes?

Your buddy posted this.....

Originally Posted by kndy

From a UK buyer who said the same thing happened on Amazon UK a while back (Andrew of Mubi.com):

They had same deal on Amazon.co.uk just now. Luckily, most of my fellow Brit Criterion fans have gone to sleep, as it’’s 3.45 in the morning here. All the Criterions both in the UK and the US come from marketplace seller Supermart, who had Criterions for 49p (70 cents) a few months back- I managed to get 40 delicious titles that time around and 20 this. Not sure how Supermart can sell them for such a low price, but who cares?

[SpiderBaby]

Dude who runs this place is going to pass out in the morning when he sees all of these orders.

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Your buddy posted this.....

Thanks, sorry I didn't read the last few pages. Right when kndy posted "boxsets under $10" I went crazy as hell.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by CassavetesGodard

Thanks, sorry I didn't read the last few pages. Right when kndy posted "boxsets under $10" I went crazy as hell.

You and me both...... I said I was done at $300 and ended up closer to $800

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

You and me both...... I said I was done at $300 and ended up closer to $800

See how madness turns everyone into friends. We are all filled with love until they get canceled.

[jimonee78]

Just added the Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection, the Werner Herzog & Klaus Kinski Set and the Billy Wilder Collection. Time to go to bed. Hopefully these aren't all canceled by the time I wake up in the morning.