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Fuck Studio Canal and fuck Lionsgate!

Agreed. I don't see Lionsgate releasing half of these SC titles considering the state of the market.

Here we go again. Let the scramble begin!

Guys, if you're not all that compelled to watch extra features, I'd snap up the 10 Years of Rialto boxset while you can -- as nearly HALF of the discontinued Criterions over the past year are available in it.

Thanks for the heads up. I've been holding off on buying The Man Who Fell to Earth.

For those who don't have any of the Bunuels, the R2 Optimum box set includes all of the Studio Canal titles and may be your best option: It's currently 47% off, or £23.97 before VAT from Amazon. It's also got a solid stack of extras, listed here. Offhand, I'm not sure how they compare to the Criterions, in terms of either extras or transfers.

Grr. Not again...

I have all the ones I want, I have no clue why people always go nuts as soon as these announcements are made, these movies have all been available for a long time, as soon as something goes OOP all of a sudden everyone wants to get it.

I for one, have held up buying several of the DVDs waiting for a good deal at Amazon, B&N or some other place. When titles go OOP, people are willing to buy it at a higher than normal price and those with not enough cash flow, like me, are fucked because we can't get films we like.

None of these look particularly interesting besides Phantom of Liberty, I'll probably get that.

No, I think what happens is things you'd like to have and have been putting off all of a sudden are becoming unavailable, so either deal with it now or at a premium later. That is the pain of it.

Definitely sucks!

I have a copy Touchez pas au grisbi and is a great gangster flick. Grab it.

How do I not have "A Woman Is a Woman"?

I agree. If you didn't want to watch it before, why worry about it now? Personally, I have absolutely no desire to see any of the movies on the list.

Jean-Pierre Melville fans that don't have a copy of Bob le flambeur... I would grab it now.

Personally, the meh in this thread without mention of that title is a bit...

Grab these 2 masterpieces by the master Buñuel while you can :

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie & That Obscure Object of Desire

I agree with the reply. Also, I plan on getting the films or they are on my wishlist and I'll buy them as I can. Then when they become OOP there is a scramble to get them. So it's not so much that people want in just because it's OOP, but because it may not be available any longer and they wanted in before it went OOP.

never seen any Melville - what would i expect?

i really need to snag Phantom of Liberty and Billy Liar... they've been on my list the past couple years but i've always brushed 'em both aside.

These are the remaining Studio Canal titles in the Collection. If any of them are on your wish-list, you might want to make buying them a priority during the B & N sale:

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Army of Shadows
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Le cercle rouge
Classe tous risques
Le duolos
Fanfan la Tulipe
La haine
Au hasard Balthazar
Hopscotch
Last Year at Marienbad
Made in USA
Mafioso
Masculin feminine
Mouchette
Robeson Box
The Two of Us

From Melville, you can expect to see some of the greatest gangster (amongst others) pictures ever. Le Deuxième Souffle, Le Doulos, Bob le flambeur, Le Cercle rouge, Le Samouraï, and Army of Shadows are all mint. Can't recommend them enough.

Just like last time, I ordered the only BD (The Man Who Fell to Earth) going OOP. Reading the description of the film, it sounds like something right up my alley.

Sorry, there were a few errors in my above listing of remaining Studio Canal titles. Here they are:

Army of Shadows
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Le cercle rouge
Le duolos
La haine
Hopscotch
Last Year at Marienbad (Also Blu-ray)
Made in USA
The Proud Valley (From Paul Robeson box)

Agreed. Of all the French heist movies I've seen, Bob le flambeur is the greatest.

incredibly, some people have not been able to buy every criterion release that they want to each month they are released for the last ten years. other people have only recently, or in the last few years even, been introduced to such films and have had to purchase older releases as they can, rarely in quantities or with a frequency that they would prefer. There are also other companies that release dvds and blu rays that sometimes may take precedence over a catalog release from criterion, so that further lengthens the wishlist and makes picking and choosing difficult.

Thus, when - completely unexpectedly - five titles you have long coveted but put off buying for various reasons and financial realities are announced to be going out of print in 2 weeks and you know the history of values increasing dramatically once they are gone from stores, it creates a sensation of anxiety and haste for consumers to rush to buy the films they want to own - for if they don't now, they may not get to later. It's really not that difficult a concept all around, but I understand that your comment has less to do with any actual lack of understanding than it does a need to post smug self-satisfied snark like this to feel better about your superiority.