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The Barnes and Noble 50% off Criterion sale started today, should run about 3 weeks, time to load up!

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Waa, forgot about this! thanks for the reminder.

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I already made my first haul. The Shoah BR for $36 :) a copy of the just OOP Howards End, as well as Sansho the Bailiff and Monsieur Verdoux all BR. Going to hit up a different store after work tomorrow.

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Monsieur Verdoux is one I'm thinking of going for.

Have to order them all separately to get rid of the customs risk.

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And now that I just got a job, I'll actually have money for this! :D

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I love these sales. 3 more today with a $5 off $50 coupon got them for $52.53 :)

The Gold Rush
Harakiri
The Last Days of Disco

Will be getting more on Saturday and then another round on Tuesday when Lord of the Flies comes out on Blu.

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My first Blu-ray order from the sale in America:

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Where I shop online it's the cheapest I've found it brand new with postage costs added on. It's gone £1 over the customs limit but they are suppose to be customs friendly and my Three Colours Trilogy box set got through safe and sound last year from Barnes & Noble.

I'm happy with the buy. :D

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I'm thinking of getting Z next but it's only available on DVD from Criterion, does anyone have any idea if this is going to get a Blu-ray release anytime soon?

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I'm just going to go for Z but will order it tomorrow. But ordered a second one tonight but it's a DVD, not out in a Blu-ray edition yet. Missing:


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Never seen it so looking forwards to it, looks fantastic.

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Cool, you'll have to let me know how that one is! It certainly looks interesting.

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Wish I had some cash. I'd pick up a few but weddings are expensive.

http://www.movieforums.com/community...1&d=1373600302

Finally purchased Repo Man.

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Some potential purchases:

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I also grabbed The Battle of Algiers today. With the $8 off coupon and my member discount I walked out with it for $15.54! :)

@rauldc14, I'm getting married in December, you've just got to find a future wife who wants a cheap wedding too, so you can buy more movies! (and I'm Scottish so I am one cheap SOB!)

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^ Lucky with the money off!


Ordered two more tonight:

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Nice pick ups there. I got Medium Cool a few weeks ago, that is an interesting movie, especially how it was made, enjoy!

I picked up 3 this morning:

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That same store has a copy of the OOP Leon Morin, Priest, which I will probably grab to resell after the sale.

Going to be near another B&N after we go see Pacific Rim this afternoon, so will be making one more buy today, not sure what yet.

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one more after the movie:

The Leopard BR, another for $15 and change :)

Thanks for the heads up. My wallet does not thank you though. :p

I picked up In The Mood For Love, Wings Of Desire, and Monsieur Verdoux on blu-ray. There were a few others that I wanted, like Fear And Loathing, and Belle de Jour, but I wanted to take advantage of the sale as much as possible, so I got the more pricey on the top of my list. I need a lot more of these releases, on blu ray, I only have two others (Being John Malkovich, and Night Of The Hunter) and only two on DVD (Life Aquatic, and The Royal Tenenbaums.) I might get a few more when I get my next paycheck though. :laugh:

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All good choices! I personally would have gone for Fear and Loathing(one of my personal favs and one of my first Criterions!).

Nonetheless that is a good start to your collection. Night of the Hunter is classic, I really enjoy that one, and I am a huge Wes Anderson fan, so I have all those too!

Additionally, here is a link to the coupons I have been referring to throughout this thread: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-bargain...-part-2-a.html

You need to be B&N member to use them(That they do check, plus it's an extra 10% off), and "technically" these are for new members only and one time use only, but I have been using them for several sales and repeatedly with no issues. Just click on the spoilers tab in the thread and print them off!

Going in for 3 more tomorrow. Lord of the Flies on BR and two others I'm not sure of which yet though.

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Ended up picking up Belle de Jour and Short Cuts. Paris, Texas was out of stock, which made my decision easier seeing as I wanted to limit myself to two :p

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Paris, Texas is an excellent movie.

Got three more blus today:

Lord of the Flies
Metropolitan
and Antichrist

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is the sale still on? about how much for a criterion?

Goes through the end of July. Criterions are usually $30-40 each, so now it's more like $15-20.

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And the sale has been extended through August 5th!

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By looking at the films I like and have seen, what do you recommend I get? I'm throwing in the towel and I'm going tomorrow to look.

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Well, I went and after deliberating I cut it down to 8 possible buys:

-Night of the Hunter
-The Thin Red Line
-Short Cuts
-12 Angry Men
-Charade
-Ace in the Hole
-The Gold Rush
-The Lady Vanishes

any predictions what I went with?

Night of the Hunter - yes!
The Thin Red Line - F yes! One of my all time favorites.
Short Cuts - never seen it
12 Angry Men - yes. A classic
Charade - yes! Watched it last week, a lot of fun. Cary Grant is great in it.
Ace in the Hole - never seen it
The Gold Rush - Chaplin, but of course!
The Lady Vanishes - Definitely, early Hitchcock, and very funny!

All good choices, enjoy!

FWIW - The Thin Red Line is my favorite Criterion edition by far. The blu-ray transfer is phenomenal.

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I forgot to put that I only got two, I went with The Thin Red Line and Charade. Only wish I could have afforded them all. Haven't seen either that I've bought yet.

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I'm glad you went with The Thin Red Line, both are good choices though!

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I'm not too keen on The Thin Red Line, but I'm in a minority on that. Hell of a cast.

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Picked up On the Waterfront. Watched half of it. Will watch the rest later. I enjoyed what I saw.

Absolute gem of a movie. Expect to see it on your MOFO Top 25 of the 50s list

^ this, and the Criterion blu-ray is the definitive edition! Enjoy!

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Good to hear! longer to have a good think on what to get next.

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For those in Britain like me, Amazon.com have some of the Criterion films up for the same price now, $19.99. It should be cheaper than Barnes and Noble because I believe Amazon have cheaper shipping prices(only about £2 difference but it helps), oh and faster delivery from my experience.

So worth checking out.

For the same price but cheaper with lower postage, I just ordered this from Amazon:


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I was planning to sit this one out but ended up ordering thes two today

Close-up (Blu-ray)
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The Music Room (DVD)
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6 today:

The Devil's Backbone
The Ice Storm
In the Realm of the Senses
The Blob
Marketa Lazarova
and Safety Last!

A good haul today!

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Decided to get this before the sale ends, adore the artwork on the cover:


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Got this yesterday.

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Had to get at least one more before the sale was over. I was really hoping My Own Private Idaho was cheap enough, because I really want to rewatch it, and all of the other goodies, but it was the same amount as a standard Criterion blu ray (because of the hefty packaging,) and you can buy it used for a significantly cheaper amount online. Oh well! :dizzy:

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Criterion is a lot cheaper in the US than in Canada. Here each Blu Ray are more than 30$. I prefer buying 3 movies than 1 for that price.

I think they're ridiculously priced over here, I agree with you. For me, B&N is the only place to buy them in store, and they're usually around forty dollars just for a standard release, which I don't know if I could ever do.

You can always get them online, some for even cheaper than the sale prices at B&N, but I just usually wait until these things until I actually buy them anyways. They seem to only happens a few times a year, and it gives me an excuse to go hog wild on them at one time. :yup:

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Are they $30 originally in Canada or is that a sale price? Do you have B&N in Canada? Sorry if that seems like a stupid question.

I picked up 3 more today:

Gomorrah
La Haine
and Island of Lost Souls

That brings my take to 25 during the sale and I am done!

The Criterion release for The Devil's Backbone is fantastic BTW. It looks and sounds pretty damn good! So happy they released that, I just wish the book were a bit bigger, but that's ok the on-disc supplements are quite hefty!

I almost always get them from Amazon or on eBay. And I go crazy during the Half off sales at B&N as I have a link for the coupons plus my membership discount and my convenient location of having access to 5 different stores within a few minutes of my work and home. The $40 regular price is absolutely ridiculous no matter how great a movie it is, although I am an idiot that spent waaaay too much on a copy of The Third Man and less but also too much on a copy of Pierrot Le Fou. I also have access to 3 used movie stores around here and have been lucky enough to find some very cheap ($15 for Army of Shadows about a month before it went OOP!), or waited until it sat on the shelf for a few months and talked them into lowering the price to move it.

Edit for clarity: I buy them in groups of 3 to get the price over $50 so I can use the B&N $5 off $50 coupon plus my 10% member discount I pay $17.48 for each movie with tax in-store, which is a great price for a brand new blu-ray.

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I ordered this Criterion while the sale is still on:


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Another one:


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Aww it's ended. Anyone who has ordered The Devil's Backbone, are you having problems with out of stock/no stock? They are saying they are having trouble getting stock. Hope it doesn't fall through because it's really expensive now.

This happened to me before, don't remember which film, but the date on which your order was placed is what counts. And if not, just ask for a refund and buy it again in the November sale.

Sheeeeeet I forgot Ministry of Fear..

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^ You can get Ministry of Fear for $18.99 on Amazon at the moment if interested in getting it from there.

My daughter had a $50 B&N gift card, so she bought these:

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I never saw 49th Parallel in the store either :(

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She ordered them online. The movies cost $50, shipping was free and it's local so it should take no more than two days to get here. She just had to pay about $4 (7 3/4 %) in sales tax. :)

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Just a word of warning, don't buy their Madame de... Blu-ray, it's shlt. Someone should get fired for it.

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I got a dispatch e-mail today at the same price I pre-ordered it for, so it's on its way. :)

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Criterion Sale at Barnes & Noble, 50% off through December 1, 2014. Sale started today. I learned of it yesterday from a worker there who knows I buy Criterions.

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Pretty awesome, I won't be buying anything this time though as I'm saving up for a pad controller. :(

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I'll be getting some. I've been digging it recently. People I know are gonna think I'm a nerd if they see my collection :p

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Right on brother!

I wont.. you should see mine... between 40 to 50 films... got one today... havent posted about it yet...

I got "The Innocents" (1961) for under $15. The 50% and my 10% off for my B&N membership. Get one if you dont have one.. it still saves you more!

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Finally! been wanting to get this wonderful film on Criterion blu ray - so my first order of the sale:

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Beautiful. :D

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I don't know what I'm getting yet. Its a tough call. I may get some things I haven't seen. Any recommendations?

I picked up "Insomnia" today... for like $12.00 (with my 10% b&n membership as well)

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The Tati box set is awesome. If you like westerns this week had a double with The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind(both have Jack Nicholson). What genres interest you most?


I've grabbed 12 titles this week already. I'm less than 100 from owning all the blu-ray releases.

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I can just tell i'm going to be spending 300-400 on this before the end of the month. Already loaded up a cart with 11 blu rays and I thought I was being too picky.

:eek:

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Drama and thrillers are what tend to interest me most. I'm sure I'll make a decision, but until then I'll take rec's.

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Whatever it is though, it prob won't be Bunuel. I was a bit disappointed with what I've seen from him fairly recently.

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Ha, how about The Game?

I've never seen The Game, it looks somewhat interesting, but not interesting enou for a blind buy.

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The Game is rather good, but it is not one I think is worth picking up.

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What do you suggest, Lucas?

The past three days I've literally made a shopping cart on B&N, but never went through. Decisions, decisions :p

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Well either way tonight is the night I make my decision. Sansho is a guarantee and I'm going to get two others.

Are you getting Blu-ray?

I liked Down By Law, which I blind bought.

http://www.movieforums.com/community...1&d=1416441966

Very nice looking black and white film from the '80s starring Tom Waits (winner of Folk Song Tournament). I'd do a commentary for it with you. About three guys who escape from prison and are on the run. I hear it's kinda like O Brother Where Art Thou? But without the music.

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I liked Stranger than Paradise but not Dead Man, so it'd probably be a toss up if I liked that.

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Down By Law is fantastic, I second Sexy's recomendation.

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I desperately need to see it, Swan knows this, but I love Tom Waits and Dead Man is brilliant.

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Down by Law was a good movie. I have Dead Man still to watch.

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I went back and forth, forth and back. I ended up getting Sansho the Bailiff, The Uninvited, and Paris, Texas.

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You should have bought The Innocents instead of The Uninvited.

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Paris, Texas was fantastic. Saw it for the first time a couple months ago.

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I haven't seen either. Looking forward to them. And Sansho was just a must.

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I need to see PARIS, TEXAS.

The guy who wrote TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 wrote that. It was the only other movie he wrote.

L.M. Kit Carson. He died last month, too. Another victim of the Sexy Curse.

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You are telling me the guy who wrote Paris, Texas and the guy who wrote TCM2 are the same guy? The world is a weird place.

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Yep. I was shocked when I found this out, too. Actually, he wrote a few other things, I see. He also wrote BREATHLESS.

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My second buy from the sale:

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I actually haven't seen All That Jazz before.

You should definitely see All That Jazz. It's a great movie.

For those interested in Criterion DVDs:
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2...22RI%3A6%22%7D

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Grabbed 4 more today and the book. As usual spent way too much during this sale!

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For those in Britain who don't know yet, starting in April the Criterion collection will launch in Britain/Region B. At the moment we are getting Macbeth, Grey Gardens, Speedy, Tootsie, Only Angels Have Wings, and It Happened One Night. Once they get going they are apparently going to bring out about three titles a month from what is already available in America on Criterion.

Finally! :)

I sometimes buy a DVD if you just want to watch a movie often, but if you just look at once to look online

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Bought my first UK criterion last week, Easy Rider. Yay. They go for around the same price that it would cost to import one from the criterion 50% off sales in America.


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Does anyone know when the July sale actually starts? There's a few I for sure want.

On reddit i'm hearing 7/5 to the end of July for Barnes & Noble.

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I'm going to get a couple Saturday, me thinks.

I picked up The Killers and Thief. Always wish I could get much more.

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Friend in the US is going to send me Dr. Strangelove. A favorite I for some reason didn't think of getting a Criterion version of.

I lied. I'm getting some today.

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Just bought Fantastic Planet and My Darling Clementine. It was so hard to hold back buying others.

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Ones I nearly scooped: The Killers (off Sean's rec), Eraserhead, Autumn Sonata, Palm Beach Story (looked interesting) and L'Avventura

I hope you like The Killers, I'm excited for my second watch. Surprised you didn't go with Cries&Whispers.