The World's Rarest DVD!!!
 

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.

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

who cares about salo

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.

What does the "white ring" look like anyways?

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

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.

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.

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).

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

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

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"

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.

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.

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.

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

:clap: .. 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.

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.

i cannot

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.)

:crap:

I believe RetroMedia's version of FLESHEATERS, with commentary and featurette, was only pressed 40 copies before it got recalled. That has to be rare.

Do you have any idea how apropos that icon was?

<---------- Hanging on to 27 copies of Saving Private Ryan:Limited Edition biding his time until time to cash in and retire. ;)

I never said that mine were the rarest. I was commenting about your reply to TO. -ohbfrank-

Pig is more limited and harder to find than salo. it fetches more, but rarely shows up for auction

Here's some info on Salo including pics.
http://www.rareoopdvds.com/detail.ph...5&display=info

what about the cancelled Film Noir Boomerang that was supposedly never released but people (like me) got a copy?

Wasn't there an Ed Wood dvd that only a few hundred made it to stores before it was cancelled?

Yeah, that is what I previously mentioned, I don't know for fact if it is one of the worlds rarest DVD's, but it has got to be so incredibly rare and HTF. So it could be one of the worlds rarest DVD's since the studio probably destroyed them all since the SE was planned instead from Tim Burton who wanted a SE on it's way in the future. Regardless, if any exist at all it is an incredibly rare version and DVD.

Is this it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pig-OOP-DVD-Cult...em260076859793

If so, the value is pretty piss poor.

I found "Salo" to be endlessly disturbing. It affected me for a few days. I'd hardly call it a bad or unsuccesful film if it was able to do that.

Right, but if Criterion released 100 copies of it the disc would go for thousands of dollars.
The only reason this DVD is wanted is the Criterion name. If Image had released 2000 copies of it and let it go out of print the value would be a fraction of the Criterion version.
I have no idea why Criterion released it. I guess it has art value to some.

As far as I know those were on DVD-R discs.

Well, the production run for this was definitely larger than 40, but "DVD Discoveries" was a geniune pressed DVD, and was produced in very limited quantities.

Regardless of all that though, I'm not really sure whether having a super-rare DVD is that much to brag about. First of all, 75-90% of the population couldn't care less about <i>Salo</i>, so no matter how rare it might be, only a small segment of the population really wants a copy. Besides, if you're focusing on rarity alone, there are TONS of promotional DVDs, and even general-release DVDs that are probably more rare than <i>Salo</i>. I understand that the OP is happy to have it not only because it's rare, but it's a film they like, but if you're going to ignore the fact that it's not technically the <b>rarest</b> DVD out there because a lot of those rarer DVDs aren't something people care much about, and often aren't even movies, you also have to think about how sought-after <i>Salo</i> is by people who aren't just looking for a rare collectible, and the answer is, not very.

Yes, technically, the Retromedia release of THE FLESH EATERS (only 50 copies produced) were on DVD-R discs, but they contained the full final menus and disc art so they were basically final product.

The Retromedia disc is a lot better than the current Dark Sky release as it contained the full uncut version of the film with the color sequence intact at the end, the commentary track, the featurettes, the full theatrical trailer, etc. None of this is on the Dark Sky release.