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 (four 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 (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' SonValley 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
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
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
Swap meet today, $1 each:Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRichard Pryor, Live In Concert (first filmed performance)
$2 each:Mind The GapThe 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 RosesWhere The Sidewalk EndsMiller's CrossingM*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
Goodwill, $2.99
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (Box Set bonus disc documentary including a reconstruction of Something's Got To Give)
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 August 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
Today, a double pack of FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN and BLOOD FOR DRACULA for $2.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 25 August 2019 04:52 (four years ago) link
Stones "Some Girls Live in Texas 1978" on blu-ray for $4 at a thrift store.
― nickn, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
4-disc Gone with the Wind box, sealed, $4.99.
Some of the DVDs I listed above, things I bought in duplicate, I've been giving away to friends the last few weeks in advance of a move. I'm trying to force myself not to buy new stuff as I try to get rid of old. But of course I continue to buy a few DVDs, books, CDs, and records. I'm a pathological accumulater.
― clemenza, Sunday, 13 October 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
I got Total Recall at the swap meet last week for $1. I've never seen it.
And yesterday I got a Sun Ra disk called Jazz Session new for $5.50.
― nickn, Sunday, 13 October 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Total Recall would be the perfect DVD to buy cheap, then realize when you got home that you'd bought it before.
― clemenza, Sunday, 13 October 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
Some DVDs I bought in the mid-'00s (e.g., my cherished Val Lewton set) became unplayable over the years due to rot. Apparently Warner DVDs ca.2005 are particularly prone. I'm not sure how widespread the phenomenon is, but it sullied the whole idea of DVD collection as film library for me.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Sunday, 13 October 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link