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Paris Texas
Wages of Fear
M
Walkabout
Red Shoes
Bottle Rocket

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The Secret of the Grain
Red Shoes
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Leopard
Close Up
Bigger than Life
Yojimbo/Sanjuro
Lola Montes
Letters to Fontaine
Walkabout
Red Desert
Vivre Sa Vie
Everlasting Moments
8 1/2

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I don't have much knowledge of the films that Criterion releases.... but would like to get a few from B&N sale. Can you guys recommend a few blurays?

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Recommendatinos are pretty uselsess without a link to your collection or some sort of reference as to what you like. Doesn't make much sense suggesting a movie if you have no interest in the genre.

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Fair enough.

I am actually pretty open to all genres. Some of the samurai period films interest me more than others but I figure Criterion only picks good films so I should at least be open to watch them. The problem is I stayed away from buying DVDs/blurays except for a few blockbusters (Batman, TDK and the Bourne Trilogy). I only have 7 blurays and all of them are mainstream. I would like to expand my horizon.

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In terms of Crierions Blu-Rays only, then I would suggest you start with the Sanjuro/Yojimbo box set & The Wages of Fear/ Those would be the two I'd go with for someone who has more mainstream taste.

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I would recommend Chungking Express. It's a foreign release but fun enough so that anyone can enjoy it.

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^ you also kind of have to be a fan of the Mamma's & Pappa's 'California Dreamin' ;)

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But if you aren't then you will be one after, so it all works out.

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Got these blus:

Che
Gomorrah
Yojimbo/Sanjuro
Paris, Texas
Black Narcissus
The Red Shoes

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8 1/2
Black Narcissus
Bottle Rocket
Kagemusha
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Red Shoes

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Damn you! I was unable to find a copy.

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Blu-ray

Days Of Heaven
Walkabout
Bigger than Life
8 1/2
The Leopard
The Red Shoes
Black Narcissus
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Paris, Texas

DVD

Night Train To Munich
Divorce, Italian Style
Monsters & Madmen

still debating on whether or not to pick up Revanche. May just let it slide till the next sale since I won't be watching it before then anyway.

Of course, you never know. it's always possible there may not be a next sale.

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yojimbo/sanjuro
m
mystery train
gimme shelter
gomorrah
stagecoach

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I went light:

Days of Heaven
Black Narcissus
Walkabout
Bigger Than Life

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I'm pretty confident there will be another in November. I heard one of the employees telling someone that this is a sale they do twice a year, so it sounds like they intend it to be a regular thing. The thing I am worried about is them cutting out the $5 off coupon in-store for the next sale. I could totally see them doing that since they disabled it online this time. So a lot of stuff I would have waited until the next sale for, I am picking up now while I know I can save that extra 5 bones.

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Thanks, I will definitely stop by Monday to get one (or both). $20 per Criterion is awesome.

Actually, it wouldn't be foreign since I am Chinese :) But I don't watch too many HK/mainland China movies any more since moving out of parents.

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$13.50 is even more awesome which is what these can be had for in-store during the sale.

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... with a paid membership to B&N and a YMMV acceptance of coupons. Gotta remember to mention that.

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Yeah, your right, if he is only buying 2 Blu-Rays & doesn't go to B&N much a membership probably isn't worth it.

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Have received:

Bigger Than Life
By Brakhage
Close-Up
Everlasting Moments
Gimme Shelter
Gomorrah
Howard's End
Hunger
The Leopard
Lola Montes
Monsoon Wedding
Mystery Train
Red Desert
Revanche
The Seveth Seal
Stagecoach
Walkabout
Yojimbo & Sanjuro

Shipped but haven't received yet:

Black Narcissus
Che
A Christmas Tale

On backorder:

Days of Heaven
Paris, Texas
The Red Shoes
Summer Hours
Vivre Sa Vie

Yeah, I went a little nuts. :)

This will come very close to giving me a complete collection of Criterion Blu-rays. I passed over a few that I can't imagine myself ever watching, like El Norte.

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Possibly depressingly, I've been buying every Criterion disc as they've come out, so I only needed to pick up The Red Shoes and The Secret of the Grain to complete my collection.

I wish I'd bought Mystery Train from there instead of from DeepDiscount. They took a month to get around to shipping my order, and two weeks have passed since without any sign of it showing up in my mailbox.

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12 ordered during the sale. Will post a pic when I actually get them all. :lol:

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Glad to see that I wasn't the only one to really go nuts with this sale. Granted, I have no interest in most current movies so I haven't been purchasing too many BDs until now.

BD

Bigger Than Life
Black Narcissus
By Brakhage
Che
Close-Up
Everlasting Moments
Kagemusha
Last Year at Marienbad
The Leopard
Lola Montes
M
Mystery Train
Paris, Texas
Red Desert
The Red Shoes
Revanche
The Secret of the Grain
Summer Hours
Yojimbo/Sanjuro
Wings of Desire


DVD

Andrzej Wajda Three War Films
The Furies
The Human Condition
Night Train to Munich
Presenting Sacha Guitry
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy

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I got 25 making the collection complete. Been watching one a day and now I can't wait for November :).

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I hope this is appropriate for this thread, but I bought the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set online from B&N. Upon watching Yojimbo today, the disc froze at 1:13 approximatley, who should I contact to get a replacement?

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1. Make sure your player's firmware is up to date.
2. If the firmware is up to date and the disc still freezes, contact B&N for an exchange.

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Looks like B&N will be on my list of places to call in the AM.

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Ended up picking By Brakhage and Summer Hours at the last minute. Now, is it November yet? :lol:

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Alright, I got in one more order with B&N:
-Gimme Shelter
-The Complete Monterey Pop

Both on Blu.

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http://i7.createsend3.com/ei/r/F2/0E...ckymonkees.jpg

File name says wackymonkees.

12 Monkeys from 1995 or 3 Monkeys from 2008?

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Likely confirmation of the New Hollywood/Bert Schneider-Bob Rafelson set with Easy Rider (the motorcycle), Head (the four monkeys or rather Monkees), Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show, The King of Marvin Gardens, A Safe Place and Drive, He Said.

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+1

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dvdbeaver on BLACK ORPHEUS: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ck_orpheus.htm

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If that's the case, I'll pick up that set for Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces and The Last Picture Show alone and treat the others as bonuses. :)

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I'd buy it! Easy Rider, Head, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show and The King of Marvin Gardens are all excellent. And I've always wanted to see A Safe Place and Drive, He Said for Nicholson (the latter being his directorial debut).

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I'm frustrated by it. The idea of a Criterion BD of Five Easy Pieces is a delicious one, but I don't want any of the others and I'm sure not buying a several movie boxset for one flick. Hopefully they'll break them out later on, but so far they allegedly have no plans to sell them separately. :(

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this was probably part of the deal with columbia/tri-star

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Hmm... maybe I'm missing something, but that sounds like a rather lose/lose condition to me.

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Looks like "Night of the Hunter" is coming to the CC soon.

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