I'll get the obvious one out of the way, and say that I've never seen the Salo Criterion Collection DVD. I've seen it on eBay of course, but I never saw it in a store. I've also never seen The Red Desert DVD release before.

A while back, before the latest release of Ghostbusers and Ghostbusters II I could have sworn that a two pack, or a single disc release with both of the films in one package, was released. Did that ever happen or am I just crazy?

I've also been looking for The Return, but I can't find it anywhere other than online. The people at Best Buy told me they don't even have it in their in-store system anymore.

i don't get it...

I see Salo on my bookshelf every night. I'll never see the $400 I spent on it again, though.

I did at one point, back in '99 or so, hold a copy of it in my hands at Suncoast while looking through the foreign films section....

Actually the only OOP Criterion I don't currently have (not counting titles that have been reissued in newer, better versions) is Playtime... but I'm not dropping $100 on a title that they have plans to rerelease in the not too distant future.

I think the only other rare titles I have in my collection are Double Indemnity and The 47 Ronin Parts I & II, although the latter is out on loan to a friend and I suspect that he may have lost it (considering it's been on loan for two years now!)

-- Jim

You are not crazy--the original GHOSTBUSTERS: Collector's Series and GHOSTBUSTERS 2 DVDs were offered as a two-pack back in the day.

Nope, not crazy at all. I look at that Ghosbusters 2-pack every time I look at my G row of DVDs. Considered double dipping fo the new, nice GB2 set, but that idea kinda faded.

two years is not a loan...thats thing is stolen...

Rare DVDs, both in print and OOP, that you've never seen before in person?

He was talking directly to Brent. Notice he followed up with a title he himself has never seen.

I have yet to see "Salo", "This is Spinal Tap", or "The Killer" myself, and in my many, many weekly travels, I'm surprised. Haven't spotted many HTF/OOP Criterions, for that matter. None of the LE Anchor Bay tins, i.e. Two Lane Blacktop, Maniac, The Beyond, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, etc.

The day I do come across "Spinal Tap" however....mmmmmmmmm..

Hey, Brent, what's the big deal about "The Return"? Who directed it? Who released it? I never heard of it.

I think he is talking about the 2003 Russian film directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev that Kino International put out.

Yep, that's the one.

I still remember the day (December 22rd 2000) when my Salo: CC came in the mail. At the time it was the best $225 I have spent in my life.

IIRC there was a classsic film-noir release that was recalled (rights issue?) before its release date, but a few copies escaped. It may be the rarest dvd, but not as expensive as Salo since it isn't as well known. and no, I can't remember the title.

I did see Salo and The Killer Criterions at Tower Records back in 1998, but I didn't have the foresight to buy them.

I never saw The Killer, Hard Boiled, or Salo Criterions. I'm pretty sure Salo was out of print even before I got into DVDs in 1999. I did almost pick up a Playtime Criterion back in the day but changed my mind. I don't think I ever saw Swamp Thing DVD in person. I don't buy DVDs in the store anymore so I haven't seen a lot of new dvds. Lords of Dogtown Unrated!! OMG!!

I saw Swamp Thing many times in stores and never picked it up. Wound up paying $40 for it one I found out the new DVD was not the international cut.

The Evil Dead Lunchbox Edition. Been quite a while that its not seen in stores/online auctions. Well if one pops up in ebay, its lucky for someone to get it at around $50.

You thinking of Farewell, My Lovely? I actually have a copy of this. It's supposed to be very, very scarce.

A place around here actually lets you rent Killer: CC, Hard Boiled: CC, and The 400 Blows: CC (1st print). So Salò remains unseen.

The toughest find for myself was finding the KISS Unplugged dvd, that was near impossible to locate, I finally found one at a Suncoast in Taunton MA a few years ago. I hear they are now re-releasing so go figure!

I actually held not one, but TWO copies of 'Salo' in my greasy little hands the week it came out and I decided not to buy one. (I already own the laserdisc and I figured it wasn't worth it because it wasn't a new anamorphic transfer) I put 'em back on the racks and it's a momemnt of personal failure that still haunts me. And will continue to do so until a blu-ray edition is released.

I could have kept one for myself and put one aside to sell!

It's a shame the lasedisc never skyrocketed in demand.

I could have bought Salo when it was going out of print back in the day, but as I hadn't seen it and didn't know about the skyrocketing of value on Criterion discs (their dvds were still pretty new), I passed and kick myself regularly now. I own all the rest from when they were first released including The Killer, Spinal Tap, etc. I also have the Lucertola Rabid Dogs, but paid $70 for that and several months after Anchor Bay annouced their release plans for it. I also kick myself over The Red Desert. I didn't know the film, but could have had it used for $6 or $7 about 3 or 4 years ago. Oh well.

I have the FAREWELL MY LOVELY, bought it from reel.com, ah the old coupon days!

This DVD was actually recalled!?

Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of.

i had a copy of the criterion silence of the lambs in my hands at fye a few years ago (they also had the robocop disc as well) and passed them up. i believe they were oop at the time as well.

I've never seen several of the Criterion OOP titles, including This Is Spinal Tap. I hadn't seen Sid and Nancy until I happened to luck into a copy via the bunch that showed up at an online retailer a couple of years back.