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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:09 am
by zombeaner
cgray wrote:Gregory wrote:Especially good for picking up Ugetsu or any other Criterion titles that DD and DVDPlanet do not carry.
I think L'avventura is another. Any others? Course, I'm sure L'avventura will be out any day now on blu...
yeah a list of these would be great!
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:59 pm
by domino harvey
Dear Criterion viewers,
On June 5, the comprehensive Godard’s 60s retrospective at New York’s Film Forum came to a close. Five weeks packed with the greatest hits of the French New Wave’s greatest filmmaker, Godard’s 60s was truly a cinephile’s dream. As critic J. Hoberman wrote, “From Breathless through Weekend, Godard reinvented cinema.”
For those who don’t live in New York or were unable to partake in this event, we’d like to give you a special opportunity to salute this one-of-a-kind filmmaker: from now until June 24, all Godard DVDs at Criterion will be on sale for 30% off the suggested retail price. Also, we now carry a beautiful one-sheet of Godard’s Vivre sa vie, currently receiving a theatrical reissue from Janus Films; if you buy it along with the Pierrot le fou poster, you’ll get both for $40, which is $10 off the standard price. For all sales, enter the special promotion code GODARD at checkout!
Happy viewing!
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:25 pm
by Murdoch
domino harvey wrote:Dear Criterion viewers,
On June 5, the comprehensive Godard’s 60s retrospective at New York’s Film Forum came to a close. Five weeks packed with the greatest hits of the French New Wave’s greatest filmmaker, Godard’s 60s was truly a cinephile’s dream. As critic J. Hoberman wrote, “From Breathless through Weekend, Godard reinvented cinema.”
For those who don’t live in New York or were unable to partake in this event, we’d like to give you a special opportunity to salute this one-of-a-kind filmmaker: from now until June 24, all Godard DVDs at Criterion will be on sale for 30% off the suggested retail price. Also, we now carry a beautiful one-sheet of Godard’s Vivre sa vie, currently receiving a theatrical reissue from Janus Films; if you buy it along with the Pierrot le fou poster, you’ll get both for $40, which is $10 off the standard price. For all sales, enter the special promotion code GODARD at checkout!
Happy viewing!
This is great news, I had been holding out buying Pierrot le Fou, but now I have to snatch it up.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:48 am
by Svevan
I've never seen that Vivre sa Vie poster before. Likely to be the cover art for the DVD?
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:55 am
by domino harvey
There was some bellyaching a few weeks ago over it, but I'd count on it. I think it looks beautiful.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:04 am
by kaujot
Agreed.
Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:06 pm
by Tribe
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:17 pm
by swo17
There are aspects of the Criterion Collection that totally puzzle me, like why they take money from Jerry Bruckheimer and why Quentin Tarantino's brilliance offends their better senses, but who are we kidding? If I didn't have a rare Criterion Collection edition of Paolo Pasolini's Salo, I wouldn't be able to shock visitors to my apartment with insane sex and torture under the guise of art.
Was this article written eight years ago?
Re: Criterion Collection Store
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:43 pm
by mrschroeder1982
Well, I'm officially an idiot.
When the news first broke about Criterion's 40% off sale, I immediately went to their store and put four box sets in my shopping cart. But because I didn't have the funds in my bank account at that moment, I decided to wait a little while. I just went to the store today to buy those box sets and they're no longer available. Seems I waited too long and they're out of stock. ](*,)
Still, I can't complain too loudly. I did get 12 single-disc titles: Closely Watched Trains, Beastie Boys Anthology, Story of a Prostitute, Unfaithfully Yours, Kicking and Screaming, Seduced and Abandoned, The Fallen Idol, Twenty-Four Eyes, The Honeymoon Killers, The Last Wave, The Cranes Are Flying, and Ballad of a Soldier. 17.97 USD each.
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:00 am
by domino harvey
This is what the guys from the Dot Com Forum are doing to pass their time now that their board is gone
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:18 am
by cdnchris
Wow, have I been totally out of the loop? What happened to .com?
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:20 am
by domino harvey
One picture signature too many caused the whole thing to come tumbling down
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:00 am
by Poncho Punch
domino harvey wrote:One picture signature too many caused the whole thing to come tumbling down
Happens to the worst of us.
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:29 am
by dx23
I don't know what is worst, the blog or the idiots on the comments section. How did this guy came up that Criterion was having financial troubles because they were having a 40% off sale?
But seriously, what happened to .com? I tried going to the site and is like it doesn't exist. I know that they were having hacker/spam problems last week because I recieved a PM from "wetgirl" offering me some sexual advice and it came from .com.
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:17 am
by PimpPanda
My favourite:
It's not that Criterion's business model is being co-opted. The real issue is that Criterion was simply running out of good films to re-release--they've been in business 20 years, after all, and the film business is only about 90 years old.
Re: Criterion Collection Store
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:01 am
by domino harvey
mrschroeder1982 wrote:I did get 12 single-disc titles...17.97 USD each.
Congrats! With what you overpayed by not buying from DVDPlanet, you could have gotten a free upper-tier title and still had enough left over for a refreshing beverage
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:10 pm
by dx23
PimpPanda wrote:My favourite:
It's not that Criterion's business model is being co-opted. The real issue is that Criterion was simply running out of good films to re-release--they've been in business 20 years, after all, and the film business is only about 90 years old.
For that guy, films started with Mickey's
Steamboat Willy.
Re: Gawker reading way too much into Criterion 40% sale?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:35 pm
by dx23
cdnchris wrote:Wow, have I been totally out of the loop? What happened to .com?
Looking at WhoIs, the owner of the domain let it expire on 11/13/08. They have like a month or so to renew it before it goes back to public domain. Want to buy it Chris and have complete control over the criterion forums?
Re: Criterion Collection Store
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:20 pm
by Dr. Mabuse
Buy it, it´s all about staying power...
Criterion Cover Art Prints For Sale
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:22 am
by HerrSchreck
Tight economies require new revenue streams.
If you get the newsletter, you'll get this soon.
Re: Criterion Cover Art Prints For Sale
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:34 am
by kaujot
I was really hoping that they'd be adding to the number of posters for sale.
Re: Criterion Cover Art Prints For Sale
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:15 am
by dx23
I'll wait for the Fan Fan La Tulipe and Viridiana art prints.
Re: Criterion Cover Art Prints For Sale
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:54 am
by Tootletron
kaujot wrote:I was really hoping that they'd be adding to the number of posters for sale.
Yeah, me too...
Re: Criterion Collection Store
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:12 pm
by Napier
I just got my Amarcord art print today, and I must say it is quite beautiful. Number 67/100. The detail is amazing. It's going to look sweet on my wall in a custom frame.
Re: Criterion Collection Store
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:53 pm
by kaujot
I wonder how feasible it would be for Criterion to have some sort of "Poster on Demand" service, where a person orders whatever cover art or poster they want, and Criterion has it printed and shipped. I don't know of many companies who do this, but I know that DeviantART does. Admittedly, they have a much larger userbase than Criterion, but from just thinking about it on the surface, I don't see much that would stop Criterion from doing this. They can obviously print up posters of the cover art, we've seen from office photos.