good job Amazon! That should help sell more copies.

The Third Man BD is $7 cheaper than the DVD. I'm assuming the others are the same.

Bottle Rocket
http://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Rocket/...=38LUYWX6DYUFC

Chungking Express
http://www.amazon.com/Chungking-Expr...=38LUYWX6DYUFC

Last Emperor
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Emperor/d...=38LUYWX6DYUFC

Man Who Fell to Earth
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Fell-t...=38LUYWX6DYUFC

Third Man
http://www.amazon.com/Third-Man/dp/B...=38LUYWX6DYUFC

Pre-ordered Bottle Rocket.

Thanks

Please note that there's another listing for Bottle Rocket at Amazon for $27.99. Here's the link to this listing-

http://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Rocket/...9697736&sr=1-8


The first listing that I posted came from DVD Price Search. Hopefully Amazon will clear up the confusion soon so we'll know for sure that we're getting the BD.

Hmm. Thanks for that.

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Emperor/d...=38LUYWX6DYUFC

says FORMAT DVD not BLURAY???

Yeah, guys, just wait until this is cleared up. It's not like you're getting them any sooner if you order now. :)

thanks! too bad amazon still has the format listed as "dvd".

Wait for the eventual Universal Blu-ray. The HD-DVD is great.

Get the DVD in November during the sale. Criterions always have high resale value, so you'll be able to unload it for a decent chunk of change when and if a Blu-ray edition is released.

Amazon has updated their listings and the listing for Bottle Rocket($27.95 instead of $27.99) on BD is this one-


http://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Rocket/...=38LUYWX6DYUFC


Here are the correct links for the rest-

Chungking Express
http://www.amazon.com/Chungking-Expr...d=QJSRF8F5KL3O

Last Emperor
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Emperor-B...d=QJSRF8F5KL3O

Man Who Fell to Earth
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Fell-E...d=QJSRF8F5KL3O

Third Man
http://www.amazon.com/Third-Man-Blu-...d=QJSRF8F5KL3O

Pre-ordered Man Who Fell To Earth and The Third Man.

Thanks for the links.

Preordered:
The Third Man
Chungking Express
Bottle Rocket
The Last Emperor

Gonna wait a bit and see the reviews for The Man Who Fell To Earth before upgrading my relatively recently purchased CC DVD set. Love that movie though, will most probably end up getting the BD at some point knowing myself.

preordered 'The Last Emperor'

going to ask for 'Bottle Rocket' and/or 'Chungking Express' for my birthday.

I may just do that. Is there any indication of what previously released titles Criterion will consider for Blu treatment? I really like the Criterion bundle, but I would rather have a bare-bones 1080p version.

Link to the sale?

NoirFan is talking about the 20% off sale Deep Discount has twice a year. The next one should be in November.

All of the catalog titles Universal has released, announced, and hinted at (in that brochure) for BD are titles already released on HD DVD. That may mean it won't be too long, but I wonder how well DAC actually sold.

You could always get both the Criterion DVD for the extras and the eventual Universal BD (or even the HD DVD for cheap if you have a player). If Criterion releases one, it may look better though; I don't know. Personally though, I hope Criterion focuses on titles not available on BD at all, not counting imports.

Thanks! Sounds like a good opportunity to pick up my favorite movie in a sweet bundle.

I actually wouldn't mind having a couple different copies of D&C if Criterion isn't planning a BR release.

I was hoping Amazon would have a better discount but I suppose that's the going price $39.95 MSRP Blu-rays.

The Third Man is up to $35.99 at Amazon.:(

Just noticed it and Bottle Rocket had shot up in price. Waited too long to order. I may hold on to my DVD of Third Man for awhile longer. I couldn't even get $15 for the 2 Disc Criterion version on Half.com.

Are you sure? They still have the Bottle Rocket BD listed for $27.99, but the DVD is $35.99.

I'm usually not one to pre-order early, but I went ahead and did so for Chungking Express before it goes up. This does not surprise me, as they often don't discount Criterion titles as much as they do for studio titles.

Yeah, I ordered Bottle Rocket and Chungking Express last week. That sucks about The Third Man, it was in my Goldbox one day last week for $26 something.

Pre-ordered Chungking Express. Bottle Rocket, and The Last Emperor for $27.99 each, after tax it came out to about $30.10/title...wish I would've gotten in on The Third Man at this price.

You are right. I was looking at the listing page and saw the DVD price. Great, I will order that one while it is still $27.99.

Glad I preordered all 5 of them when they were $27.95-$27.99

Very disappointing that Amazon raised the price on those. And here I was thinking how crazy some of you guys were for going ahead and pre-ordering it! But I guess if you know you want something, then you should just pre-order from Amazon early and enjoy any price drops -- or get the low price as it turns out this time.

I always place pre-orders as soon as they show up, then cancel later if I change my mind. Not so much to get the lowest price, but to get in the pipeline ASAP in case they don't get too many copies the first week. Don't know if it makes too big of a difference in the long run, but that's my Amazon M.O. I bet the prices on these go back down come release date.

FWIW, the 'Third Man' cannot be found via the Blu-ray pulldown Search button at Amazon (at least by me.)

Also, their Blu-ray page still reads:

"Blu-ray
Save at Least 30% on All Blu-ray Movies & TV"

So there may currently be a price/classification error associated with the 'Third Man' blu-ray (which can be found via the Movies & TV Search pulldown.) If there is no error, they need to get to work on updating the Blu-ray page (changing "at least" to "up to" or something similar.)

Something I've noticed on the bluray criterions is that they don't have all of the same features as the dvds.
for example,the bluray is only 1 disc whereas the dvd is 4, and the dvd has the extended tv cut, whereas the bluray does not, at least according to the special features list.
also, the bluray for the man who fell to earth doesn't have the book that comes with the dvd.
does anyone have any more details on this?

The Last Emperor is a BR of the single disc + extras, not the full boxed set- this was announced at the first announcement. You are correct, the book is not included on TMWFTE. And also I think 1 or 2 essays from the 3rd Man is not included.

This was posted over at the Criterion forum:

oh and I JUST bought the Seventh Seal import - phhht!

Isn't that always the way?

[bangs head on wall repeatedly]

I'm satisfied with the Seventh Seal Blu-ray. If it's not going to come out till next year, well that's a long freakin time away.

The same email mentions a future revisiting of Black Narcissus as well, thought that should come as no surprise, as the transfer is one of Criterion's worst.The R2 Optimum looks marginally better, with identical extras, but the unfortunately OOP French WB disc towers over the othert two SD editions. The ITV Blu looks quite sharp as well, though it is only single layer, so there is certainly room for improvement. Hopefully a Criterion Blu will arrive sooner rather than later.

It is a surprise in some sense, as a previous inquiry from a Criterion forum member just a few weeks ago was responded to with a "no plans" stance on Narcissus. Either way, I'll stick with my ITV version.