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Second run today
Rushmore
Down by Law
Kiss Me Deadly
Being John M

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I was at multiple locations today and there was 1 copy found at all locations (7 in total)...

I'm going to finish up this sale tomorrow, while I'm out I'm going to ask about this title again and see what the deal is...

I'm starting to think that I should grab a couple mainstream titles that are very popular to use as trade-bait for the OOP's that I missed... (The Man who Fell to Earth, The Third Man, Pierrot Le Fou)

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Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
The Darjeeling Limited

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And more:

Rushmore
High and Low
Amarcord
Sweet Smell of My Success

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I pretty much got everything from The Gold Rush to Videodrome in the My Collection link below. I'm still waiting to receive the following from B&N, and I may order the Samurai Trilogy before the sale ends:

Carlos
Battle of Algiers (BD)
The Leopard
The Secret of the Grain
Broadcast News
Certified Copy
Wings of Desire
Throne of Blood (DVD)
The Thin Red Line
The 39 Steps

EDIT: Re: Salo. It's been in my "maybe" pile forever and it always ends up getting pushed off from a purchase by other titles. Submersive films are not something I take offense to, but the overall negative comments I've read about this film have ended up delaying my purchase.

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I think this is my final list - the only other ones I'm considering are Design for Living and WR: Mysteries of the Organism (on DVD.)

Quadrophenia (The salesperson saw me browsing the Criterions and told me that I could preorder this at 50%. Unfortunately, I didn't ask about Lonesome or the Dardenne titles, which I want quite a bit more.)
Certified Copy
The Organizer
Harold and Maude
Godzilla
The Gold Rush
The Killing
The Lady Vanishes
Naked
Playtime
Summer Interlude
Summer with Monika
The 39 Steps
A Hollis Frampton Odssey

DVD:
Paul Robeson: Portraits of an Artist
Eclipse: Robert Downey Sr.
Red Balloon/White Mane

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This is news to me... You should have done it and just exchanged product when they come out. At least you can lock in the price.

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Unfortunately, I don't think they're actually supposed to let us pre-order anything for the sale price - I just got lucky with a cashier who thought it was all right.

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^ Yup. I asked about this in two stores and was told "no dice".

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My final haul:
My Criterion

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Added:
The War Room
Metropolitan
Last Days of Disco
Certified Copy

Based on looking at my collection, it seems that I add between 8-10 titles every sale.

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I'm a year behind cuz of my most previous (and very extended) situation. I've about 30 or so titles I want to get. I'll bounce back somewhat in the next sale. Only got 3 this time. :(

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Only got 3 as well this time.
30 Steps
Gimmie Shelter
Last Days Of Disco.

Already watched 39 Steps and Last Days, so I feel like this sale has actually been a success (even though I hated 39 Steps) since the point is to watch these, not just collect them.

I would have bought more but an inventory of my Criterions put the unwatched number over 50- that's way too much money to have tied up in stuff I'm not actually using and enjoying or planning to use and enjoy anytime soon. There are about 50 or 60 other titles I would rather spin on any given night than Solaris or Senso. I do want to see them someday, but a lot of the stuff I've bought in these sales is feeling more like work than entertainment.

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Why buy The 39 Steps if you hate it?

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I understand his quote to mean that he purchased those 3 movies for this sale and he's gotten around to watching two of his three purchases.

This.
Bought 39 steps, watched it, hated it.

Not This.
Watched 39 steps, hated it, purchased it.

I will say that I upgraded the 39 Steps without having really researched the new transfer, and was disappointed. For being such an early release on DVD by Criterion you'd think this Blu-ray would have been a bigger step up. It's not bad or anything, I just wish they had found a much better print in all those years- or done more restoration work on the current one. It was almost like watching the original DVD.

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39 Steps was actually the one title I was most anxious to get.
I'd watched it 10-15 (maybe more) years ago and remembered liking it quite a bit. Now, seeing the same contrivances show up again and again in Hitchcock's work, it all just rubbed me the wrong way.
IIRC, I originally saw it before either Saboteur or North By Northwest, and at this point I prefer the other two in their handling of this kind of premise (wrong man on the run-with girl, out to stop spies) though both of those films also suffer the usual Hitchcock nonsense of 'ruthless adversaries' who have no problem coldly and efficiently dispatching the supporting cast, while at the same time giving their most dangerous opponent (the lead actor) every opportunity to live and frustrate their goal through one inefficent death trap after another.
Donat is just not as interesting or likable to me as Cummings or Grant, so the film was a tough slog this time.

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I picked up

Le Cercle Rouge
Carlos
Shallow Grave
The Samurai trilogy



I'm still pondering Anatomy of a Murder and Branded to Kill.

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Unqualified recommendation for Anatomy of a Murder. Though as an attorney who LOVES jazz, perhaps I'm a little biased. That being said, this film can be enjoyed by anyone and is one of the great Jimmy Stewart performances.

I actually discovered the film after first hearing Ellington's soundtrack, which is fantastic.

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Only picked up Godzilla (couple days later two more copies were on the shelf) and Wages of Fear. Always wanted the latter so very excited to have the blu.

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My likely final tally of purchases during this sale:
3 The Lady Vanishes
7 A Night to Remember
56 The 39 Steps
166 Down By Law
381 La Haine
385 Army of Shadows
504 Hunger
563 Something Wild
567 The Makioka Sisters
594 Godzilla
598 World on a Wire (Welt am Draht)
600 Anatomy of a Murder
601 Letter Never Sent
608 Harold and Maude
609 Alambrista!
612 Certified Copy

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the score is great, but as for the movie, to me it's like those classic books that you are supposed to read in English High School - you're supposed to read it, think it's great, but it feels like you're taking medicine.

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My wife and I are buying our first house this year, so I took it easy this sale:

Rushmore
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
Three Outlaw Samurai

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My haul for the sale:

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This year's haul:
12 Angry Men
Blow Out
House
Kagemusha
Traffic
And I convinced the wife to pick up The Seventh Seal for me for Christmas.

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Pretty much just the past couple months' worth of Criterions, which I held off on buying in anticipation of the sale. I'm pretty gosh darn nerdy, so I already have all their other BDs.

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I didn't think I'd be able to grab anything, but at the last second I decided to pick up The Gold Rush and Godzilla

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Great sale. The 3-hour overlap was epic and will be highly speculated/anticipated come November. -pray-

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Thought I was done, but I picked up Godzilla (BD) a week or so ago.

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Isn't the next B2G1 in January?

Is this sale running through today (Monday) or is already over?

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I grabbed:
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
on Bluray

On DVD:
David Lean Directs Noel Coward
Summer With Monika
Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin

I wanted much more, but this is a big year of travel and celebrations in my family, so discretionary income is limited.

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I don't know about the next B2G1....didn't know they were recurring like the CC sale.

The 50% off sale ends tonight at 2:59 AM Eastern.

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Squeaked one more order in this morning with minutes left for Certified Copy.
Could have saved $2 if I'd hit the store yesterday when I was out, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation to pick up more than that.

Four titles total for me this sale- and even better I've watched 4 others from the unwatched pile while the sale was going on. This was still the lightest haul I've ever made in these sales. Feels good to not overindulge for a change.

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Ended up with:


Being John Malkovich
World on a Wire
Harold and Maude
Godzilla
Zazie dans le metro
The Magician
Samurai Trilogy


A lot more than I had planned on picking up, but that's okay.