I'd Buy That DVD for...Somewhere in the Neighborhood of $5

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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

four weeks pass...

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" $2
Wholphin 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

two weeks pass...

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), $5
Bjork, 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

three weeks pass...

Thrift store's half-price day, $1 each:

To Die For
Carnal 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

two weeks pass...

Friends of Library Sale Shelf, $12 total:

The Verdict "Collector's Edition" 2-disc
Born Yesterday
Imagine John Lennon "Deluxe Edition"
6 Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Rolling Stones
The 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 1
Barton Fink
Tapeheads
Please Give
Superstar: 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 & 2
The IT Crowd: Season 2
Cedar Rapids: The Super Awesome Edition
Mike & 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

two weeks pass...

Thrift store today, manstrokewoman, both seasons on 2 disks, for $1.

nickn, Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Thrift store today (again), the Bogart / Bacall collection, unopened, for $7.

The Big Sleep
To Have and Have Not
Key Largo
Dark Passage

nickn, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

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 (four 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 (four years ago) link

Ha, OK, I guess I'm in for a treat.

nickn, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link

Thrift store today, $1 each:

Jesus' Son
Valley Girl

nickn, Thursday, 16 May 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link

solid haul

Nhex, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

Another thrift store find today, Respect Yourself, The Stax Records Story for $1.

nickn, Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link

been picking up a heap of excellent films on dvd recently for 5 & under, but my big score is def:

columbia pictures film noir classics vols i & ii ($5)
warner bros film noir classic collection vols i, ii, iii, iv & v ($15)
warner bros gangsters collection vols i, ii, iii & iv ($10)

currently 3 films in with another 60 or so to go

no lime tangier, Sunday, 30 June 2019 09:42 (four years ago) link

great stuff!

adam the (abanana), Sunday, 30 June 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Got the Foo Fighters Skin and Bones show for $2 at a thrift store on Friday.

nickn, Monday, 15 July 2019 04:45 (four years ago) link

Fry's, 99¢

Larry Sanders Seasons 1-2.

frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Swap meet today, $1 each:
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Richard Pryor, Live In Concert (first filmed performance)

$2 each:
Mind The Gap
The Filth and the Fury (Sex Pistols doc)
The Three Geniuses, the Re-Death of Psychedelia (a Los Angeles public access TV collection, had never heard of it before)
Love Dolls Superstar: Fully Realized (director's cut)
Cut Shorts - David Markey collection of shorts and music videos.

nickn, Sunday, 4 August 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link

Thrift Store, $2 each:

Days of Wine and Roses
Where The Sidewalk Ends
Miller's Crossing
M*A*S*H Seasons 1 & 5 (sealed, the former still had a $35 price tag from Borders on the shrink)
The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 1 (sealed)

frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link

Thrift store about a week ago, $1.50.

Nine Inch Nails - Beside You In Time (live 2006, ~90 min)

nickn, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link

Night and Fog (Criterion) [Goodwill, $2]

Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link


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