The Criterion Collection

[hariseldon]

FWIW -- Barnes and Noble 50% Sale sale now increasingly active. many prices are starting the change and the Sale Banner confirms the end date is Sunday Aug 4th (end of the day) AND extra coupons appears to be blocked as expected

[tisdivine]

I want to get Klute & The BRD Set but can you actually preorder with the B&N sale or just order them as they become available during the month. I cant remember which way it works.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

That's another consideration for me, the import set. ... That's an absurdly good price for eight films.

Grr. What to do? I think I'm going to buy the Criterion of One Sings, the Other Doesn't, and dip my toe in that pool, so to speak, and see how I like the water. Based on her reputation, alone, I'm sure I'm going to love it, so I'd end up keeping that copy to loan out to friends looking for something different. Should Criterion continue to upgrade her films to blu, I'll buy them. If they don't, I'll import the set.

This summer is as good a time, as any, to indoctrinate myself to her work, and Jacques Demy. I just need to stop recording so many movies on TCM, and get back to my blu-rays.

Thank you guys for all your help today.

I know that (TCM/dvr) feeling, trying to shake loose of it myself.

The import Varda bd set is really good, well worth the bother (and no waiting). Demy in general had a pretty incredible body of work.

Keep meaning to pop open the old Varda (complete at the time) French dvd set, but I seem to have gotten sidetracked again. (The complete Demy dvd set was pretty special, I did get through that a few years back.) So for me, still need to check out the Demy blu-rays I haven't watched yet and the Varda dvd set (just pulled it down, maybe that will help (thanks for the reminder ), at least for the stuff not in that blu-ray box set.

[fdm]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

FWIW -- Barend and Noble 50% Sale sale now increasingly active. many prices are starting the change and the Sale Banner confirms the end date is Sunday Aug 4th (end of the day) AND extra coupons appears to be blocked as expected

Filled my cart earlier today, and seems all their stores "near" me are still around . Plus all the recent titles that I am interested in are in stock at all of them. Finding them, another story most likely.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Right back at ya: Clouds of Sils Maria is excellent too.

Saw a video review of Clouds on YouTube a couple of weeks ago, in which the reviewer described it as the worst film of the year.

Glad I'd already watched it before seeing that.

[ElectricPeterTork]

I am but a dabbler in Criterions, but B&N still got me for 5 so far...

Punch Drunk Love, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, The Magnificent Ambersons, In The Heat of The Night, and A Face in the Crowd.

Waited on the sale specifically to pick that last one up.

So, from Orson Welles to Adam Sandler.

Would've picked them up in-store, but one wasn't in stock. So I can wait for shipping. Oh, and even special "activate this coupon" coupons from e-mails are inactive. I tried.

/gonna have to pick up 1984 when it comes out, too. I'm sure I can find a couple others to add to it. Ghost World, maybe? Perhaps give Hedwig a try?

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

I really, really want to watch High and Low again but I can’t help the feeling that a Kurosawa boxset could happen!

I don't know what its like in the States, but I had eight Criterion Bergman BDs (including Fanny & Alexander) and selling them on eBay UK grossed me the same amount as I paid for the box set (around £120 shipped in the last B&N sale). Fantastic result

[Scottie]

Order placed for the following:

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (blind buy)
• All That Jazz
• The Big City
• The BRD Trilogy (blind buy)
• Day for Night
• Detour (blind buy)
• Do the Right Thing
• A Face in the Crowd
• A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
• Lonesome
• Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Swing Time (blind buy)
• Thief
• To Sleep with Anger (blind buy)

I contemplated "Funny Games" and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (both of which I haven't seen) but I'd rather rent them beforehand.

[koberulz]

Stuck Detour, Great Dictator, Modern Times, In a Lonely Place, and Asphalt Jungle in my cart. Will probably leave it at that for this one, but not sure.

Assuming they ship here. Which has apparently been questionable.

[Member-222782]

Got the ball rolling with two titles: Funny Games and the Jackie Chan two-fer. I'll grab more at a later date, really need to assess my wishlist and not just grab random titles just because they're discounted. It's unfortunate that Funny Games seems to be a misfire in the PQ dept but it's a film I've been wanting to pick up.

Funny thing about checkout. I chose Paypal but I was never taken to the Paypal page. After I chose the payment method the next screen was the "Thank You For Your Order!" page. Just a bit odd.

[jordan-r]

Originally Posted by tisdivine

I want to get Klute & The BRD Set but can you actually preorder with the B&N sale or just order them as they become available during the month. I cant remember which way it works.

You can preorder at the sale prices (as I did with both of those this morning!).

[malakaheso]

Going to order the following:

The Bergman Trilogy
Red River
Fire Walk With Me
Ugetsu
Monsieur Verdoux
Do The Right Thing

Unfortunately, Red River is still 47 dollars!

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Unfortunately, Red River is still 47 dollars!

That's the old dual format release.
Here's the correct one:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd...=0715515217217

[malakaheso]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

That's the old dual format release.
Here's the correct one:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd...=0715515217217

Champion!!

[javy]

Placed an order this morning.

Bergman Trilogy
Shame
A Story from Chikamatsu
Panique
Wanda
Funny Games
Blue Velvet
Purple Noon
Throne of Bood
Tokyo Story
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Clouds of Sils Maria
Foreign Correspondent
Klute

I can't wait to see wait the Bergman Trilogy packaging looks like.

[reaperx187]

Just completed an order for in-store pick up on the way home from work today.

Blue Velvet
Funny Games
Police Story Set

[htom]

I am apparently unable to participate in this sale as the online BN rep said that Criterion titles do not ship to Canada as of a few months ago. I'm wondering if this applies only to Canada or if other previously allowable international destinations are now restricted as well.

[alull]

If this is the real deal, I'll happily buy directly from Criterion's flash sales from now on.

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by htom

I am apparently unable to participate in this sale as the online BN rep said that Criterion titles do not ship to Canada as of a few months ago. I'm wondering if this applies only to Canada or if other previously allowable international destinations are now restricted as well.

I wonder if this is related to Sunrise ceasing to sell Criterion titles a few months back, and the recent increase in price on Amazon.ca? I guess there must be a new distributor for their product in Canada, who presumably doesn't play well with others.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by htom

I am apparently unable to participate in this sale as the online BN rep said that Criterion titles do not ship to Canada as of a few months ago. I'm wondering if this applies only to Canada or if other previously allowable international destinations are now restricted as well.

Originally Posted by alull

Is this is the real deal, I'll happily buy directly from Criterion's flash sales from now on.

Or, if you're willing to pay a little extra money, use a parcel-forwarding service.