gosabres1984

Salo - Criterion Collection DVD (Spine #17)
(The original 1998 version, with the frosted white ring)

How many people here have this DVD, or know someone who does? I was wondering if anyone here has this DVD can you post pictures of it...

I guess this DVD sells for anywhere between $300 and $800 used, I have only seen the original Salo DVD sealed and it sold for about $1500!! I here it is almost impossible to find this DVD sealed, because there are "fake" versions of Salo floating around out there, with the same UPC as the original, also if it's sealed you would not be able to tell if it had the frosted white ring (which only the original has).

I am a DVD collector, I have over 700 DVD's, and having the Salo Criterion DVD to me is having the ALMIGHTY of DVD's.

project86

Criterion is reprinting it soon... it was announced last month some time.

JZ1276

who cares about salo

Living Dead

Obviously the OP, and enough people to drive the price sky high. But I guess you don't like the film, so no one else should either. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us.

Alan Smithee

What does the "white ring" look like anyways?

The world's rarest DVDs are the ones I make myself

kevkev

no need to educate us OP. we know it all.

the white ring is like a sort frosting/fog to the centre ring. it's not the sort of thing that you could copy is you were a bootlegger. the killer also has this frosting. though i believe legit copies also existed with a mirrored centre ring. but to be honest, dvd prices have fallen and so have the demand for some of the rarer dvds.

speedyray

Not sure it is the rarest, I have read a few arguments over that, but it is one of the rarest and hardest (most expensive) to get a hold of. I used to try, just to have it and see what all the fuss was about, but shortly after the Facets fiasco that so many of us her took part in, I gave up. With the new release coming, I sure am glad I gave up.

movieking

I owned it very briefly. After what I paid for it I was afraid that a new release would be announced and it would crash in value so I got rid of it (for a premium).

Trout

Only a few copies of The Killer had the white ring. My criterion was mirrored. It's these discs that go for more money...

TomOpus

No way this is the rarest DVD. Inflated eBay prices does not make something rare... only expensive.

laserdogg

Are you saying the white ring pressing of The Killer goes for more money or is scarce compared to later / different legit pressings?

My copy was bought from Suncoast the week it streeted and in checking just now it has the "white ring"

kintnerboy

You are 100% WRONG.

Criterion only produced about 2000 of these, making it one of the smallest pressings for a dvd, Limited Ed or otherwise. Subtract from that the number that were thrown away / destroyed (I know mine was) by people who were disgusted by the contents and or scared that a girlfriend/wife would think they were a perv, and you have a very small number of legitimate copies left in existence.

darkside

I owned it and cashed in on it. One of the worst films I have ever seen. The rarity of the DVD is the only thing it has going for it.

TomOpus

I'm sure there have been other DVDs with runs with less than 2000. Hell, I have the autographed LE of I Drink Your Blood where there were only 500 produced. So which one is rarer?

Salo is a highly prized collectable. There is a perceived notion that one "had to have it" so the price inflated. I just did a quick look at some "real" ones that sold on eBay and they're going for $300 to $400 range (unopened). I'm sure once Criterion re-releases it, the prices will drop even more.

starseed1981

A had this briefly... Honestly, this is probably the worst film I've ever seen.

visitor Q

.. rather, ummm, nope!!

I have two sets of Innocence (Ghost in the Shell 2) that only had production runs of 1000 each. As Tom noted, there are quite a few rarer (based solely on production runs) than Salo. What makes Salo appealing (oxymoron right there) are Criterion completists, period. The film itself has been available to importers for some time.

canaryfarmer

Bill Needle

I could press only 100 copies of my dog taking a dump, and it still wouldn't be worth anything...and neither should it be.

JZ1276

i cannot

kintnerboy

Uuum....rather......duh.....um....nope yourself


I have a 1 out of 150 autographed copy of Murder Set Pieces. That surely is the rarest dvd in the world, right? Or my 1/1333 copy of Pig? Numbered limited fanboy editions don't count. We're talking about regular production runs of catalog titles.


That was a silly picture of the cat, though.

dvd_luver

Any chance of the 1st Ed Wood DVD with Johnny Depp being one of the worlds rarest DVD's? I am not talking about the SE, the 1st Buena Vista release which the studio recalled and probably destroyed them all. Some leaked, but very few. I doubt it is, but it could be considered.

Filmmaker

How many copies of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION: Deluxe Limited Edition (the one in the silver foil box with soundtrack CD and book) made it out into the world? I got one the day of release from an online source but I remember them being off-the-market that same day. The only copy I ever saw was my own.

Matthew Ackerly

I own the 2 disc Halloween Limited Edition which is pretty rare. It goes for quite a bit on ebay and other place...

Anyone know how rare it actually is?

SI78

I'm curious how many Little Shop Of Horrors with the alternate ending made it out into the world. How close to the street date was it recalled? Over the years I have managed to find 2 sitting on shelves in stores. (Well, two locations of the same retailer.)

Bacon