What I want for my birthday: The Janus Films box set

Now available for $650 USD (suggested retail: $850 USD)

Yup, that's Criterion all right.

meh.

still cheaper than film school

$650 for 50 discs is a steal, though! $13 a piece.

Fuck the rent. The landlord will just have to understand that you love movies.

biz secret: this is criterion's way of liquidating undersellers

not so secret: The discs are bare bones editions, altough a couple have new transfers and some others are exclusive to the box (for now).

yes, well, $13 for the whole movie, vs. $40 for the full version with the bonus disc that you may or may not watch more than once.

trudat.

Whatever, guys, you know that if you got that for your birthday there would be hugging and crying.

I want this too!

Kenan OTM, but I'd settle for the book. Netflix and my collection will take care of the rest.

Oh, and the local rep program.

i want this even more. ten bucks on amazon:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BKv-MTG-L._SS500_.jpg

(6.0) All The Kind Strangers (TV-1974) - Stacy Keach/Samantha Eggar/John Savage/Robby Benson
(5.7) Anatomy Of An Illness (TV-1984) - Edward Asner/Eli Wallach/David Ogden Steirs
(6.9) The Ballad Of Andy Crocker (TV-1969) - Lee Majors/Joey Heatherton/Jimmy Dean/Marvin Gaye
(5.1) Betrayal (TV-1974) - Amanda Blake/Dick Haymes
(5.3) Black Brigade ("Carter's Army") (TV-1970) - Stephen Boyd/Roosevelt Grier/Richard Pryor (in support)
(4.2) Born To Be Sold (TV-1981) - Lynda Carter/Harold Gould/Dean Stockwell
(6.5) The Borrowers (TV-1973) - Eddie Albert/Tammy Grimes/Judith Anderson
(5.0) The Brass Ring (TV-1983) - Dina Merrill/Sylvia Sidney
(6.3) Catholics (TV-UK/USA-1973) - Trevor Howard/Martin Sheen/Cyril Cusack
(4.9) Children Of The Night (TV-1985) - Kathleen Quinlan/Mario Van Peebles
(6.2) A Christmas Without Snow (TV-1980) - Michael Learned/John Houseman
(5.6) Coach Of The Year (TV-1980) - Robert Conrad/Erin Gray/Red West
(5.0) Congratulations, It's A Boy! (TV-1971) - Bill Bixby/Jack Albertson/Ann Sothern
(5.8) Cry Of The Innocent (TV-Ireland-1980) - Rod Taylor/Nigel Davenport
(6.9) The Death of Richie (TV-1977) - Ben Gazzara/Eileen Brennan/Robby Benson
(5.0) The Disappearance Of Flight 412 (TV-1974) - Glenn Ford/Bradford Dillman/David Soul/Guy Stockwell
(4.7) Divorce Hers (TV-1973) - Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor/Carrie Nye
(4.7) Divorce His (TV-1973) - Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor/Carrie Nye
(???) Evel Knievel (TV-1974) - Sam Elliot
(5.2) Firehouse (TV-1973) - Paul LeMat/Richard Jaeckel/Andrew Duggan/Richard Roundtree
(5.0) Get Christie Love! (TV-1974) - Teresa Graves/Harry Guardino/Paul Stevens
(3.6) Good Against Evil (TV-1977) - Dack Rambo/Dan O'Herlihy/Kim Cattrall (minor role)
(5.4) The Gun And The Pulpit (TV-1974) - Marjoe Gortner/Slim Pickens/Pamela Sue Martin
(5.1) The Hanged Man (TV-1974) - Steve Forrest/Dean Jagger/Cameron Mitchell
(5.6) How Awful About Alan (TV-1970) - Anthony Perkins/Julie Harris/Joan Hackett
(5.5) Hustling (TV-1975) - Lee Remick/Monte Markham/Jill Clayburgh/Burt Young (minor role)
(4.9) Incident On A Dark Street (TV-1973) - William Shatner/Murray Hamilton/Gilbert Roland (all in support)
(5.7) Intimate Agony (TV-1983) - Anthony Geary/Mark Harmon/Arthur Hill/Robert Vaughn (minor role)
(6.7) James Dean (TV-1976) - Michael Brandon/Stephan McHattie/Candy Clark
(6.3) Katherine (TV-1975) - Art Carney/Sissy Spacek/Henry Winkler/Julie Kavner/Jane Wyatt
(5.9) (F. Scott Fitzgerald And) The Last Of The Belles (TV-1974) - Richard Chamberlain/Blythe Danner/Susan Sarandon
(5.1) Love Is Forever (TV-1983) - Michael Landon/Jürgen Prochnow/Priscilla Presley
(7.0) Maybe I'll Come Home In The Spring (TV-1971) - Sally Field/Eleanor Parker/David Carradine/Jackie Cooper
(5.2) Moon Of The Wolf (TV-1972) - David Janssen/Barbara Rush/Bradford Dillman/Royal Dano
(5.8) Murder Once Removed (TV-1971) - John Forsythe/Richard Kiley/Joseph Campanella
(3.6) The New Adventures Of Heidi (TV-1978) - Burl Ives/Katy Kurtzman/John Gavin
(2.9) Out (1982) - Peter Coyote/Danny Glover (in support)
(3.2) Panic In Echo Park (TV-1977) - Dorian Harewood/Robin Gammell
(6.7) The Pride Of Jesse Hallum (TV-1981) - Johnny Cash/Brenda Vaccaro/Eli Wallach
(5.4) A Real American Hero (TV-1978) - Brian Dennehy/Forest Tucker/Ken Howard
(6.9) Rehearsal For Murder (TV-1982) - Robert Preston/Lynn Redgrave/Patrick Macnee/Jeff Goldblum
(3.7) Shell Game (TV-1975) - John Davidson/Tommy Atkins/Joan Van Ark
(4.0) Snowbeast (TV-1977) - Bo Svenson/Yvette Mimieux/Robert Logan
(5.5) Strangers In 7A (TV-1972) - Andy Griffith/Ida Lupino/Tim McIntire
(5.1) Stunts (1977) - Robert Forster/Ray Sharkey/Joanna Cassidy
(5.6) A Tattered Web (TV-1971) - Lloyd Bridges/Murray Hamilton/Broderick Crawford
(4.3) They Call It Murder (TV-1971) - Jim Hutton/Jo Ann Pflug/Edward Asner/Leslie Nielsen (minor role)
(7.3) To All My Friends On Shore (TV-1972) - Bill Cosby
(5.3) The Voyage Of The Yes (TV-1973) - Desi Arnaz Jr./Mike Evans/Scoey Mitchell/Della Reese
(4.9) Wake Me When The War Is Over (TV-1969) - Ken Berry/Eva Gabor/Werner Klemperer/Jim Backus

Scott, I dare you to 1) buy that and 2) review everything on it. I would buy the book.

One of my old bosses had the one with all the old public domain Corman flix and also some silent pix, plus Carnival of Souls. All but one in Black & White. The "Suspense" one, no? Not bad.

although the 100 pack has all those plus 50 more movies plus boy in the plastic bubble:

http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-100-Movie-Pack-Classics/dp/B000K6GM6A/ref=sr_1_9/102-5403061-5616965?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1185814135&sr=1-9

i want the warriors pack too:

1 Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens, 2 Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops, 3 The Avenger, 4 Caesar the Conqueror, 5 Cleopatra s Daughter, 6 Colossus and the Amazon Queen, 7 Colossus and the Headhunters, 8 The Conqueror of the Orient, 9 Damon and Pythias, 10 David and Goliath, 11 Duel of Champions, 12 Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules, 13 Fury of Achilles, 14 Fury of Hercules, 15 The Giant of Marathon, 16 The Giants of Rome, 17 The Giants of Thessaly, 18 Gladiators of Rome, 19 Goliath and the Dragon, 20 Goliath and the Sins of Babylon, 21 Hercules against the Barbarians, 22 Hercules against the Mongols, 23 Hercules against the Moon Men, 24 Hercules and the Captive Women, 25 Hercules and the Masked Rider, 26 Hercules and the Princess of Troy, 27 Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon, 28 Hercules Unchained, 29 Hero of Rome, 30 Herod the Great, 31 Kindar the Invulnerable, 32 The Last of the Vikings, 33 Maciste in King Solomon s Mines, 34 Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules, 35 Queen of the Amazons, 36 Romulus and the Sabines, 37 Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World, 38 Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness, 39 Son of Samson, 40 Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators, 41 The Ten Gladiators, 42 Thor and the Amazon Women, 43 Triumph of the Son of Hercules, 44 Two Gladiators, 45 Ulysses against the Son of Hercules, 46 Ursus in the Land of Fire, 47 Ursus in the Valley of the Lions, 48 Vengeance of Ursus, 49 Vulcan, Son of Jupiter, 50 The White Warrior

This was the one I mentioned. The horror pack. Some choice stuff, altough some are edited down:

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore
Blue Beard starring John Carradine
The Corpse Vanishes starring Bela Lugosi
Night of the Living Dead starring Judith O'Dea
Doomed to Die starring Boris Karloff
The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
The Indestructible Man starring Lon Chaney, Jr.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Lon Chaney, Sr.
Nosferatu starring Max Schreck
Swamp Women starring Mike Connors
The World Gone Mad starring Pat O'Brien
The Little Shop of Horrors starring Jack Nicholson
Tormented starring Richard Carlson
The Monster Walks starring Rex Lease
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet starring Tamio Kawaji
The Gorilla starring The Ritz Brothers
A Shriek in the Night starring Ginger Rogers
Bloodlust starring Robert Reed
The Amazing Mr. X starring Turhan Bay
Last Woman on Earth starring Robert Towne
The Bat starring Vincent Price
The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price
The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price
Dementia 13 starring William Campbell
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues starring Kent Taylor
Carnival of Souls starring Candace Hilligoss
Atom Age Vampire starring Alberto Lupo
Creature from the Haunted Sea starring Robert Towne
Nightmare Castle starring Barbara Steele
Black Dragons starring Bela Lugosi
Invisible Ghost starring Bela Lugosi
One Body Too Many starring Bela Lugosi
White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi
Attack of the Giant Leeches starring Ken Clark
The Screaming Skull starring John Hudson
Beast of Yucca Flats starring Tor Johnson
The Terror starring Boris Karloff
Revolt of the Zombies starring Dean Jagger
The Giant Gilla Monster starring Don Sullivan
The Fatal Hour starring Boris Karloff
Dead Men Walk starring George Zucco
The Mad Monster starring George Zucco
Maniac starring Bill Woods
Metropolis starring Gustav Frolich
The Vampi

40 Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators, 41 The Ten Gladiators

is this one, two, or three movies?

there is no end to the horror sets. you have to pick and choose wisely, cuz you can get lots of duplicates. but it's no big deal. they are cheap.

i think i could watch 70's t.v. movies for, like, ever.

tarantino wishes:

Stunts (1977) - Robert Forster/Ray Sharkey/Joanna Cassidy

This gem comes as a bonus disc with Double Indemnity:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070000/

"And I thought I'd be SICK when they have a mortified-looking (and rightly so, believe you me) Lee J. Cobb as Keyes practically burping/upchucking his way through the explanation of his "Little Man" to Mr. Garloupis."

It's true! Lee Cobb explains his little man in the midst of gas pains and belching! Un-freaking-believable.

No Go Ask Alice, no cred, though I might pay $10 just to have Maybe I'll Come Home In The Spring which I remember loving. (Sally Field as hot hippie chick)

How much shelf space for that Janus box- what's the footprint?

OK, I think I see.

For me the ideal situation is to have a close friend and neighbor get these things so I can borrow them one by one on a need-to-see basis.