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Just when you thought there couldn't be anymore deals this year Amazon goes and lowers their prices on several of their Criterion Blu-ray titles, many of which are priced at $17.99 including personal must owns such as Seven Samurai, Stagecoach, 12 Angry Men, Diabolique, The Thin Red Line, The Wages Of Fear, The Great Dictator, The Night of the Hunter, Rashomon, 8 1/2, Last Year at Marienbad and a major favorite of mine... Breathless.
There are even some titles available for preorder such as Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Christopher Nolan's Following along with recently released titles such as Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, David Fincher's The Game and Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby.
I have broken the titles up into a few categories below based on my personal taste so sort through and give 'em a look and see if you can save a little money on some titles you've been wanting to add to your collection.
Must Owns
- Seven Samurai [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Stagecoach [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- 12 Angry Men [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Diabolique [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Anatomy of a Murder [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Black Narcissus [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Thin Red Line [Blu-ray] ($17.81)
- The Wages Of Fear [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- The Great Dictator [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Breathless [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- The Night of the Hunter [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Rashomon [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Yojimbo & Sanjuro [Blu-ray] ($35.99)
- 8 1/2 [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Amarcord [Blu-ray] ($23.75)
- Modern Times [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Gold Rush [Blu-ray] ($24.99)
- Last Year at Marienbad [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button [Blu-ray] ($5.99)
Recommended
- Blow Out [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Shock Corridor [Blu-ray] ($20.78)
- Cronos [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- M [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The 39 Steps [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Traffic [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Paths of Glory [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Last Days of Disco [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Videodrome [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Killing [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Last Temptation of Christ [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Days of Heaven [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Broadcast News [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Kiss Me Deadly [Blu-ray] ($17.81)
- Dazed and Confused [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Rosemary's Baby [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Red Shoes [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- High and Low [Blu-ray] ($20.78)
- In the Mood for Love [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Following [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Repulsion [Blu-ray] ($22.99)
- The Lady Vanishes [Blu-ray] ($23.91)
For Your Consideration
- The Darjeeling Limited [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Something Wild [Blu-ray] ($14.84)
- Summer Interlude [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Summer with Monika [Blu-ray] ($24.99)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Charade [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Being John Malkovich [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Harold and Maude [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- The Royal Tenenbaums [Blu-ray] ($17.81)
- The Game [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Brazil [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Carlos [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Che [Blu-ray] ($20.99)
- Paris, Texas [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Rushmore [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Down by Law [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
The Rest
- Pale Flower [Blu-ray] ($19.79)
- Black Orpheus [Blu-ray] ($23.62)
- Letter Never Sent [Blu-ray] ($14,84)
- Quadrophenia [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Monsoon Wedding [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- 3 Women [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Antichrist [Blu-ray] ($23.98)
- Smiles of a Summer Night [Blu-ray] ($24.47)
- A Night to Remember [Blu-ray] ($17.99)
- Bigger Than Life [Blu-ray] ($20.78)
- White Material [Blu-ray] ($23.20)
- A Christmas Tale [Blu-ray] ($19.99)
- The Organizer [Blu-ray] ($19.47)
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I'm in between Brazil and Seven Samurai...
Thanks for the heads up, Brad. Of your Must Owns (and I own both), I've only seen Diabolique (sent by you and Laremy) and Benjamin Button. Really need to get onto watching some of these.
Still, it's almost as cheap to order off Criterion, which is what I'm doing.
I still maintain that $20 is not a "sale."
For a Criterion Blu-Ray, it surely is. Beautiful restorations plus comprehensive special features. Can't go wrong...
When the average year-round price is $25? Meh, not really.
But, that isn't the average. On Amazon, it's usually around $27, sometimes more. So, if you're like me and buy in bulk orders of sometimes close to 10 Criterions, you could potentially save around $70.
Well, not in my experience. For example, The Phantom Carriage is currently at $24.23 and it's not on sale.
This isn't adding to the conversation but I just wanted to mention how fantastic The Phantom Carriage is.
I didn't get much at the recent Barnes and Noble sale, but I've been wanting to get Following so I'll probably pre-order that.