97p (plus postage) for a copy on Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August from Amazon marketplace.
About £3 (plus postage) for Kurosawa's Scandal (ditto)
The last two I need won't be as easy (Dreams has just been reissued but is expensive and The Idiot is oop)
― koogs, Sunday, 6 May 2018 04:15 (six years ago) link
Documentaries, $2.99 each:
Arranged, Cutie and the Boxer, Iraq in Fragments, Mr. Gaga, Watermark
It's supposed to be very good, but Cutie and the Boxer is such a terrible title.
― clemenza, Sunday, 13 May 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PS3)Mass Effect 3 (PS3)
both cib each for $5 at goodwill
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 30 July 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Video games?
Best thing I got recently was a used copy of Robert Drew's Primary, his Kennedy-Humphrey film, for $3. I got it at a flea-market kiosk where I used to buy a lot of DVDs until they reconfigured their floor-space for...more vinyl.
― clemenza, Monday, 30 July 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
Just ordered the Blu-Ray of Ridley Scott's The Counselor (screenplay by Cormac McCarthy) on eBay for $5. It's actually a 2 Blu-Ray set, because it includes a director's cut that's 20 minutes longer. Since it was one of the most baffling, insane movies I've ever sat through in a theater, I figured I'd check out the long version and see if it gets even weirder.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 3 August 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Picked up Ciao, Manhattan a couple weeks ago for $1.50.I know it's trash, but such a low price! (thrift store half-price, because it had been on the shelves for a while).
― nickn, Friday, 3 August 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
The Spectacular Now, $3
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Saturday, 4 August 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
ah, when Miles Teller was cute
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 August 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
I passed on The Best of Times (the Robin Williams/Kurt Russel movie) because I couldn't remember if it was supposed to be any good, and a couple of seasons of Frasier because I'm pretty sure the whole season is available for free On Demand. But mostly because I didn't want to break any large bills (also bought a book).
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Saturday, 4 August 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
Was that Ciao, Manhattan the PlexiFilm edition? That was one of my first DVDs. A nice faux-Criterion edition with some great bounses, particularly the deleted scenes. You get to see Paul America throw his script away and speed off set in a sports car, a party scene that the director appeared in but doesn't remember (in the commentary, the interviewer notes the huge toke he took off a joint on-camera and says, "that's why!"), and footage from this big be-in thing with Allen Ginsberg and Uma Thurman's parents.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 4 August 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Got a documentary on Haskell Wexler for $3 today.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
Just received a sealed copy of Six Films By Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Homo Sapiens 2016, Over the Years 2015, Abendland 2011, Our Daily Bread blu ray, Elsewhere 2001, Pripyat 1999) for $8.42 (normally, $45). Post-human non-verbal apocalypse, here I come.
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
How??!?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 4 August 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
MK: surprise "used" sale on my Amz wishlist.
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Sunday, 5 August 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Was that Ciao, Manhattan the PlexiFilm edition? ...
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain)
It is! The 30th anniversary edition, per the cover.I guess I made out better than I thought.
― nickn, Sunday, 5 August 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Half-Price Books, $1.60:
Drinking Buddies
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 September 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Thrift store finds:
about a month ago:Superbad (2 disk version) $3
today:Wholphin vol 2 "DVD magazine of rare and unseen short films" $2Wholphin vol 4 $2
Absolutely Fabulous complete series 3 for $2
Ray Bradbury Theater (3 disks) for $3
― nickn, Sunday, 16 September 2018 05:32 (five years ago) link
Surprising finds at Goodwill Books:
Rosemary's Baby (Criterion Blu-ray, $3)Solaris (Criterion DVD, $5)
― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Thursday, 4 October 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
thumbs up
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 4 October 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
Thrift store finds.
Kids In The Hall, Season 2 (4 disks), $5Bjork, Live from Athens, Greece 2004, $3
― nickn, Saturday, 6 October 2018 03:27 (five years ago) link
Atthe swap meet, $1 each
The Doors (2 disk version) Funny Ha Ha
After I bought them I wasn't sure I didn't already have the Doors one, but for a buck who cares. I don't have my disks organized so it may take a while to check if I already have one.
― nickn, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Thrift store's half-price day, $1 each:
To Die ForCarnal Knowledge
― nickn, Thursday, 1 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Two volumes of the original Betty Boop cartoons for $2 each.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
The Fog, $2.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Friday, 16 November 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Went to a Repair Cafe today (volunteers fix stuff for free) and at the "really really free" table I found the Herzog/Kinski box set, 6 movies.
― nickn, Saturday, 17 November 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
With the B&N half price sale and an extra $15 off with the members card, the new Ingmar Bergman box set comes out to $4.50 per blu-ray, with a good book thrown in.
― WmC, Sunday, 25 November 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
My copy of that set just arrived a couple days ago. It's fucking huge.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 25 November 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
danger: diabolik
― no lime tangier, Monday, 26 November 2018 08:34 (five years ago) link
I have a box with dvds that includes some french box sets (Rohmer, Melville, Malle, a few others) and some Simpsons seasons and I don't know, all in all like 100 discs, and I have no idea how I'm going to get rid of them
― niels, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 09:10 (five years ago) link
a few years ago i bought a european blu-ray of 8 1/2 because it was cheap. it has no english subtitles. i don't even like 8 1/2.
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 09:54 (five years ago) link
^^^ New I Love Film board description.
― nickn, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Today at a thrift store, $3 each:
When You're Strange (Doors doc)Fur (Diane Arbus "imaginary portrait")Studio Ghibli collection, 6 disk set, but disks 2 and 3 were missing.
― nickn, Saturday, 1 December 2018 06:44 (five years ago) link
Friends of Library Sale Shelf, $12 total:
The Verdict "Collector's Edition" 2-discBorn YesterdayImagine John Lennon "Deluxe Edition"6 Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones Rock'n'Roll Circus (sealed)
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
Forgot to enter these, from a week or two ago. $3 each except for the Warhol, $2.
Sarah Silverman Show – season 1Barton FinkTapeheadsPlease GiveSuperstar: Andy Warhol doc
― nickn, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Half-Price Books 20%-off sale (all used):
Plan 9 From Outer Space ($1.60)Luck: The Complete 1st Season ($2.40)The Science of Sleep ($3.99)Ninotchka ('')Double Indemnity ('')Ed Wood ($4.39)Ride The Pink Horse [Criterion] ($6.00)The Simpsons: The Complete Season 4 (8.00)
And then yesterday I went back but they'd ended the sale, which didn't stop me from grabbing:
Ocean's 11: 3 Film Collection ($5.99)
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 December 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
Big Lots:
Ocean's 11/Robin & The 7 Hoods "TCM Double Feature" ($2.50)The Interview/This Is The End "TCM Laugh Out Loud Double Feature" ($3)Fletch ('')
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
Friends of Library Shelf:
$5: Inagaki's The Samurai Trilogy (sealed Criterion reissue)
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
that is a good deal
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 January 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
I should have posted this here too, if any of you are ebay buyers.
An art gallery is selling a lot of Criterions on ebay, for those interested. It's located near me but I never remembered to go and check it out in person.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/flickhead/m.html?_nkw&_armrs=1&_ipg&_from&fbclid=IwAR0y3j78QfCEz3DTitovRhc7zLOtPfkt8Or6G-sBVHfC48wYDz7xYMb8V84
― nickn, Saturday, 12 January 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
For those with region-free players, the Brexit related US/UK exchange rate is facilitating some cheap deals for North Americans. Also key is that the US prestige labels like Criterion and Kino Lorber chose a luxury price point, whereas the UK (and for that matter, German) labels price art films like more mainstream fare, for the very same transfer. VAT is deducted for export orders, so ATM the price in $ comes close to the price in £. While I picked up a bunch more in the $8-$10 range (shipping over the pond will be about $8 from Amz.co.uk, so I made one big order), the most notable deals were blu-rays of Let the Sunshine In for about $5 and the Three Colours trilogy for about $13.
― Sanpaku, Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
Dollar Tree, $1 each (duh):
Just Shoot Me!: Seasons 1 & 2The IT Crowd: Season 2Cedar Rapids: The Super Awesome EditionMike & Dave Need Wedding Dates
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
Saw a Russian version of Zabriskie Point in a thrift store today for $5, didn't buy it because I wasn't sure it would play on my player. I didn't see NTSC anywhere. Also saw a Marx Bros set (6 or 7 movies) for $7 or 8 that I should have gotten, maybe I'll go back for it.
― nickn, Saturday, 26 January 2019 00:00 (five years ago) link
Friends of Library, $5:
Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection Box Set: The Big Boss; Fist of Fury; Way of The Dragon; Game of Death; and Game of Death II (sealed)
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link
Half-Price Books, $2.40 (used)
Come Drink With Me
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
At my Friends of the Library charity bookstore, all lightly used:
North by Northwest, $2.The Third Man, $2.Stagecoach, $1.50.The Eagle Huntress (documentary) $2.I Am Not Your Negro (documentary), $1.50.The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (documentary), $1.50.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
Big Lots clearance bin:
75¢: Martha Marcy May Marlene$1.25: The Iron Giant "Special Edition"$1.50: Boogie Nights 2-disc*
*Have this already, but it's in storage somewhere.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
Thrift store today, manstrokewoman, both seasons on 2 disks, for $1.
― nickn, Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Thrift store today (again), the Bogart / Bacall collection, unopened, for $7.
The Big SleepTo Have and Have NotKey LargoDark Passage
― nickn, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Swap meet on Sunday, $1 each:
Pink Floyd at Pompeii - Says director's cut from 2003, but I think this has been re-released in a more elaborate form since.Monty Python/Holy Grail 2-disk set - Probably don't need to see this again but I assume the commentaries are worth doing.
― nickn, Monday, 6 May 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
oh my, the director's cut of Live at Pompeii is bad on a scale that transcends hilarity - the wonderful original footage intercut with eye-wateringly bad 90s home-computer "space" animations. If you got the same DVD as me, fortunately the original is on there and excellent quality.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 02:20 (five years ago) link