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When is the next sale on Deep Discount? I apparently missed out on the first one.
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LaptopGun posted:Yeah Im out of money after rading amazon's various DVD sales What kind of sales has Amazon had?
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Nov 8, 2007 01:44
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Macrame_God posted:
Are you talking about the Musashi Miyamoto films with Toshiro Mifune, or the Rebel Samurai pack?
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Jan 13, 2008 00:50
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Criminal Minded posted:Thank god for that. Imagine how skewed the Yearly Consensus threads would be. Sin City with 200 votes? Children of Men with 170? Wowzers! I can't think of any other Goon Favorites® though. Jack Does Jihad fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Feb 9, 2008 |
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Feb 9, 2008 08:38
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Og Oggilby posted:I'm bored: Ahaha, holy poo poo. "Sorry about my face." I Netflix'd Miss Julie solely on this image:  I thought it was gunna be a funny battle of the sexes dramedy, which it was for the first 30 minutes. Then it gets completely overwrought with drama and kind of goes downhill. I wasn't familiar with the play it was based on, so maybe I should've been. There were a lot of things I really really liked about it, though. 
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Feb 11, 2008 01:01
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The top ten list from Beastie Boy Adam Yauch in the recent newsletter was hilarious:Adam Yauch posted:1. Seven Samurai I'm also really looking forward to those Malle films. Great cover designs, too.
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Mar 1, 2008 00:26
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FitFortDanga posted:New announcements! Holy poo poo that is a badass cover. It's strange how much a Criterion cover can convince me to check out a movie.
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Mar 14, 2008 23:03
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Has anyone here actually used DVD Planet? I noticed almost all their 2-disc sets were 5 bucks cheaper than Deep Discounts. I've heard DVD Planet has lovely customer service so I was kinda hesitant to order from them.
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Mar 17, 2008 23:11
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There are few movies on the face of the planet that are psychedelic enough to warrant a cover like that, and I'm pretty sure Mishima isn't one of them.
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Mar 19, 2008 00:14
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FitFortDanga posted:High and Low - Old disc goes on eBay tomorrow. Yeah. I got this not too long ago, too. I'm really looking forward to the dvd art. The current one looks kinda cool at a glance or from across the room, but is pretty terrible when you look at closely.
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Apr 17, 2008 05:38
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Wow, that was quick. Not so hot on the new High and Low cover. It isn't bad by any means, and I do like the focus on the phone. The Vampyr cover however is absolutely awesome.
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Apr 17, 2008 06:21
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I was under the impression it was in May, but I might be mistaken. I know there's one in November, though.
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Apr 18, 2008 01:20
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Brian Fellows posted:I take it back, that one's great and there are a couple of other pretty good covers. That Vampyr cover though... Atleast they switched from that horrible double-thick case they used to use for two-discs when they changed logos.
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Apr 19, 2008 04:21
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It's cool that they finally did it, but I always took a small comfort when I bought Criterion dvds thinking that it'd take them forever to switch to Blu-ray. I've been pretty hesitant to switch over just yet because it seems fairly in-depth. 1080i? 1080p, what the hell? I noticed most cable channels look like poo poo on all my friends HD-TVs. I'd also have to buy a blu-ray player and the component cables. Lot of money to get it set up right now. I'm not even sure how standard def dvds would fare on an HD-TV or if I'd have to change the settings or what.
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May 8, 2008 00:26
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Does this news make any of you think twice about buying a standard def Criterion dvd? I was planning on buying a good number during the sale (whenever that is) but there will always be this nagging feeling that I'm gunna have to re-buy them not too far down the road. Just curious what you guys thought, it might just be me though.
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May 8, 2008 22:49
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FitFortDanga posted:Yes, definitely. I have around 5-10 Criterions I've been wanting to buy, just waiting for the next good sale. Now I might hold off on all of them for a while. I imagine they'll start releasing some of the older ones, if I had to guess. I bet Spartacus will be up soon, along with some of their other "flagship" (if you wanna call it that) titles. I bet they won't re-release the newer ones like Mishima for awhile, but I'm just guessing. Let people wait long enough to buy the standard def before releasing the blu-ray. Cacator posted:I don't think Bunuel films would really benefit from HD transfers, they aren't very interesting visually. Funny, one of the ones I really wanted to buy was Diary of a Chambermaid.
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May 9, 2008 01:37
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I don't know how old these are, but I found pics of the Mishima and Patriotism packaging:   Completely awesome. More Criterions need to be packaged like this.
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May 25, 2008 20:32
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Daunte Vicknabb posted:If we're discussing favorite packaging, I rather liked the style they went with for Ace in the Hole. The essay book folds open like a newspaper, it's very well done and fits quite well with the movie (obviously). Yeah, that was really well done. It was even two-sided. Can't forget Videodrome:   beta-max. Nice.
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May 26, 2008 00:56
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Cacator posted:Recommendations needed for DeepDiscount/DVD Planet sale: Have you seen Bunuel's Diary of a Chambermaid yet? It's one of my favorites. If you own the rest of Melville's stuff I can't see why you wouldn't like Army of Shadows. It's a bit darker than his usual and has one of the coolest dvd covers in the collection in my opinion.
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Jun 6, 2008 01:25
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Pictures of the packaging for The Furies: Hahah, I didn't expect the novel to have the Criterion spine on it for some reason. Looks pretty classy. And this one, essay booklet looks nice: 
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Jun 7, 2008 05:42
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 Got quite the boner. Looks a little more sepia-ish than the original picture of the cover on Criterion's site though.
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Jun 17, 2008 00:53
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Og Oggilby posted:Criterion is going to hit paydirt with the goth crowd. Yeah, it kind of panders to that kind of crowd, but it's a much more interesting cover than Kino's or MoC's. The booklet looks to be pretty cool, containing the screenplay and the short story that inspired the film.
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Jun 17, 2008 02:51
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FitFortDanga posted:The color scheme on the Kaurismaki box is hideous, though. Yeah, it looks awful. The Small Back Room cover looks really lovely too. That font makes it look like a 5 dollar dvd or something.
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Jun 18, 2008 08:01
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Some images of the inside of Vampyr from the Criterion forums: It looks great, and I'm pretty psyched about this. I don't remember the black skeleton in the movie, though. Did they just add that for the packaging? And I really wish Criterion would expand their poster selection. There are so many awesome covers and images they could choose, but the selection they have now is really, really boring.
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Jun 24, 2008 08:04
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Yeah, I just bought a bunch of poo poo I didn't really need. "I've always wanted to read the essay about Bernard Herrmann that DePalma wrote for Sisters.." I'm really glad they're having this sale, though. I got to buy 3 I've been meaning to pick up, with 3 others that I mildly considered buying. Yesss.
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Jul 15, 2008 00:28
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I bought Ivan's Childhood, The Fire Within, Sisters, Umberto D., Elevator to the Gallows and Solaris.zandert33 posted:I'm hoping for "High and Low" to be added as well. I'll get that, and I think I'll finally pick up "Ikiru". I've been meaning to get that one for a while and just haven't. I never thought of getting High and Low, that's a good idea.
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Jul 15, 2008 04:32
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Exree posted:You can have mine if you want to trade. It's the old one with the yellow cover. I have the old High and Low, I was too lazy to sell it though. I think it's strange that they still got the aspect ratio wrong. It's not a huge difference and doesn't really bother me, and I'm looking forward to all those new extras.
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Jul 15, 2008 08:07
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Salo packaging is out:  Looks really good. Especially the spine.
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Jul 25, 2008 00:25
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Is that Andrzej Wajda box any good? I was talking to a friend and he heard about it but none of the films in the set are on netflix.LaptopGun posted:fear and loathing showed up today. Still no word on the others. I've only got a few more left for Deep Discount to ship, been pretty happy so far.
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Jul 27, 2008 21:15
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GoochBag posted:As much as I want this edition, I don't think I can ever bring myself to watch that film again. Not that it's bad... Is Salo really as brutal and disturbing as it's reputation leads me to believe?
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Aug 1, 2008 00:02
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In the latest newsletter: Hmm...any clue? I'm never good at these things and I'm sometimes baffled how people figure them out.
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Aug 8, 2008 21:27
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FitFortDanga posted:Okay, so... lots to talk about here. I thought they were gunna go with that wacky "b" logo they had a few months back, but I guess not. quote:* Fanfan & Spy: as always, I rarely blind-buy, but most Criterions are guaranteed rentals for me. I thought about renting Spy months back. It's been on dvd for awhile, decent transfer from what I hear. If you don't feel like waiting till November it's on netflix. quote:* The extras for the BRs of the previously released titles appear to be the same, but with less stuff in the booklets. 
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Aug 15, 2008 23:04
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I Am Awful posted:Oh no, spine numbers. I would miss them if they stopped. Ah poo poo this just occurred to me, instead of displaying spine numbers they might have that wacky "b" logo.
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Aug 16, 2008 03:03
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IndieRockLance posted:I've been blindbuying Criterions like mad lately. We get in a lot of used DVDs where I work so we get first crack at them before they're priced and put out on the floor. So far I have M in my hands, along with Trafic, Sword of Doom and Eyes Without a Face in my hold box. Of them, I've only seen Sword of Doom, so hopefully these will be worth the money (although it isn't that much, I paid 10 bucks for M). There are very few Criterions I wouldn't own if they were only 10 bucks.
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Aug 16, 2008 06:34
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Magic Hate Ball posted:There's an interesting topic: what are the worst films in the Criterion canon? I haven't seen enough to specify more than a few which ones I outright hate, but some of them have absolutely awful transfers: Branded to Kill The Scarlet Empress Life of Brian Aside from weird color timing, it's mostly early Criterions that have poo poo transfer. There are some more but I can't think of them. I think there's one that is interlaced? STEVIE B 4EVA posted:Agreed. I'd also nominate The 400 Blows but I doubt I will find anyone agreeing with me in this thread. Nanook of the North is kinda dull, really staged, and borderline offensive, so I'm glad someone restored it but I don't think it's a very good film. This is kind of how I feel. It comes down to personal taste. I've hated all of the Godard I've seen, and The 400 Blows didn't do much for me, but I know there are people who adore that stuff and I'm glad they have it in the catalog. Most Criterions I don't like have something interesting in them, whether it's a special feature or an aspect of the film I never noticed. It's rare that I walk away with nothing. I think most people can agree that The Lovers is a loving waste of time though. I also can't imagine anyone seriously liking Koko: A Talking Gorilla. I guess hardcore Koko buffs or people that really dig documentaries like it. Such a small niche. Jack Does Jihad fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Aug 16, 2008 |
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morestuff posted:400 Blows is by Truffaut, not Godard. (Not intended to be a dick correction or anything) I'm also in the camp that likes it; I still need to check out the rest of the series, though. Yeah I know. I mentioned it because the guy I quoted said he didn't like 400 Blows either. I'm well aware that Truffaut made it. Prolly should've clarified that sentence or something. I Am Awful posted:Exterminating Angel, Obscure Object, Discreet Charm, Diary of a Chambermaid... all great movies that I enjoyed a lot. Viridiana just left me feeling pissy. For some I find myself enjoying his 60's films way more than his 70's. I still need to see Tristana though.
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Aug 16, 2008 20:32
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zandert33 posted:Old Japanese films are really my thing, and I have to say that Samurai Spy is one of the worst I've ever seen. There are so many other great 60s Samurai films that haven't been released yet (Tenchu for example) and Samurai Spy is one of the ones they chose? I wish they would have just held off on the whole set and released them under Eclipse, they bare-bones anyways. There's no reason why the Rebel Samurai set should not have been Eclipse. I wish they'd hurry up and put out a samurai Eclipse set - I'd really like to see it. And sometimes I think I'm the only person who liked Samurai Spy.
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Aug 19, 2008 20:36
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That Upgrade Program isn't very practical. I wish they had talked about the essays that are getting dropped from the Blu Ray booklets too.
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Aug 22, 2008 20:29
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SneakySneaks posted:Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that amazon is having a great sale on Criterion dvds right now. Yeah, I saw this yesterday but didn't know it was a sale. The Bad Sleep Well for 14 dollars? I assumed it was an error. Elevator to the Gallows is 15, Le Cercle Rouge is 18, great sale.
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How long is this sale supposed to last? Till Sunday or Monday I assume?
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