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They really don't have anything to lose by doing this, it's not like DVD manufacturing is very expensive these days. For all we know they might have interns burning these on the weekends at a cost of 10 cents a disc, slap them in binder and ship them off at a 12000% markup.

That's it! I'm boycotting Criterion! (until the October titles come out. Oh and Playtime looks good - DAMN!)

that or you could just take them off your friends list on myspace.

Amazon's price: $594.99

Is anyone really going to buy that? It was a mistake of them to include the DVDs.

I personally would pay the 650 for the criterion one, for the extra tshirts and to be entered into the raffle for 25 extra criterion discs, where the chances of winning should be pretty good.

I'm guessing the book will be made available as a stand-alone product eventually, maybe within a year or less. It's not surprising Janus / CC is trying to lure a few takers with a rather opulent package, but they have to know they'd make more money with a moderately-priced book release. I'm guessing most of us here would spring for it if they listed it at $45. Think of the recent Talking Heads reissue project - first came the mega-box, all the albums remastered under one roof, but the individual releases untouched. Everyone grumbled. Six months later, bingo. I could buy a newly remastered Buildings and Food without buying, say, Naked. I'm hoping Janus takes a similar approach.

HerrSchreck wrote: I'd like to console myself saying the book will just be fifty booklets presented in extravagant form, but as it's a coffee table book, there's probably tons of non-booklet photgraphs in there, and there's no guarantee that the pictures will only correspond to the 50 flicks in the box.

The 'Essential Art House Page Samples' just went up on the CC Store page. Cork it!

Those samples have been up since day one.

Tribe

Obviously I don't pay enough attention.

I'm pretty sure Le Jour Se Leve, Fires on the Plain and Miss Julie will be announced as the December titles. If not then, then very early next year.

It appears that only the films and subtitles are the features on the discs. If this's true, what a waste of cash and opportunity this box is.

[quote]Product details from DVDPLANET

* Hardcover, linen-bound box set with 240-page, full color book and 50 DVDs
* Dimensions: 12.5â€

Why? You're getting each movie plus a huge book (which is a pretty awesome extra) for a little more than $10/movie. Were you really expecting extras for each disc?

Yes, I was expecting extras. At least commentaries. I know is like 10$ a movie, but we're still talking about $600. It's a lot of money either way.

It's available (for pre-order) on DDD for $589.
If they include it in their next "20% off" sale I will definitely buy it!

gubbelsj wrote:I'm guessing the book will be made available as a stand-alone product eventually, maybe within a year or less. It's not surprising Janus / CC is trying to lure a few takers with a rather opulent package, but they have to know they'd make more money with a moderately-priced book release.

This is what I'd assume, and I'd guess that the (thus far) non-CC titles included in this set will start to appear individually around the same time; those films are otherwise ready to go, so it all comes down to how quickly the set sells.

kristy wrote:Janus book now available!

Now available to some:

Note: We are only licensed to sell this product in the U.S. and English speaking Canada.

There is room for a promotion code on their store signup page...

I wonder if they are going to give us a promo code... I'm definitely buying the book, but I'll hold out for the next newsletter.

It says they can sell it to english speaking canada, yet I cant register with my canadian address, when I pick the right country, it doesnt change the states to provinces...

I spent half the year bitching-- any promo code I am given will doubtless double the MSRP.

Oh, and maybe the "English-speaking Canada" line was a joke.

Jon Mulvaney: "I can't understand a word those fucking hosers are saying!"

I had mine delivered Previous-Day by UPS this morning. Le Jour, I am very sorry to say, is non-anomorphic.

Schkura wrote:I had mine delivered Previous-Day by UPS this morning. Le Jour, I am very sorry to say, is non-anomorphic.

I must be missing something. Aren't all DVD transfers of 1.33:1 films non-anamorphic?

Matt wrote:

Schkura wrote:I had mine delivered Previous-Day by UPS this morning. Le Jour, I am very sorry to say, is non-anomorphic.

I must be missing something. Aren't all DVD transfers of 1.33:1 films non-anamorphic?

He's obviously joking.

Gigi M. wrote:

Matt wrote:

Schkura wrote:I had mine delivered Previous-Day by UPS this morning. Le Jour, I am very sorry to say, is non-anomorphic.

I must be missing something. Aren't all DVD transfers of 1.33:1 films non-anamorphic?

He's obviously joking.

Er... yeah... obviously. 8-[

Sorry, I'm a bit dry. I thought Previous-Day mail would've given it away.

I've trapped the wrong fly!