heads up for criterion fans

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006A05RM/aintitcooln07-20/002-3480560-1561665?dev-t=mason-wrapper%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2

Actually, one of the reviewers notes that it's $21.78/disc, which doesn't sound that great considering there are some many supplemental discs.

According to the new website, Nights of Cabiria is now OOP as is Port of Shadows. These could be bugs w/the site.

It looks like those were bugs, but it has been confirmed that Ran has been put OOP (and the upcoming bluray has been canceled) due to a licensing issue.

Contempt may be going out of print- no official confirmation yet, and it may be a bug as with Nights of Cabiria and Port of Shadows, but it's marked as OOP on their site as of yesterday, and reports are circulating that an attempt to license the new HD transfer for a blu-ray release fell through. The similarities to the Ran situation are close enough that I'm definitely running out and picking this up at my first opportunity; it was the last Godard Criterion I hadn't bought yet anyway (except for Tout va Bien, which I'm not terribly fond of).

Uh-oh:

Dear Criterion collectors,

Our three least favorite initials: OOP. Since we launched the Criterion Collection more than twenty-five years ago, we’ve endeavored to keep everything we’ve published in print. But despite our efforts to renew rights, we are losing a large group of titles from StudioCanal at the end of March, and we wanted to give you advance notice that our editions will be going out of print. Until we’re out of stock, we will be offering these titles at an additional $5 off on our website. The titles are going to Lionsgate, and we don’t know when they may be rereleased. As ever, we will continue to try to relicense the films so that they can rejoin the collection sometime in the future.

Here are the titles that will soon be out of print:

Alphaville
Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy (Eclipse Series 6)
Le corbeau
Coup de torchon
Diary of a Country Priest
The Fallen Idol
Forbidden Games (Criterion and Essential Art House editions)
Gervaise (Essential Art House edition)
Grand Illusion (Criterion and Essential Art House editions)
Le jour se lève (Essential Art House edition)
Last Holiday (Essential Art House edition)
Mayerling (Essential Art House edition)
The Orphic Trilogy
Peeping Tom
Pierrot le fou (DVD and Blu-ray editions)
Port of Shadows
Quai des Orfèvres
The Small Back Room
The Tales of Hoffmann (Criterion and Essential Art House editions)
Trafic
Le trou
Variety Lights (Essential Art House edition)
The White Sheik

Take note: this may be your last chance to pick up spine number 1 from the collection.

Happy viewing!
The Criterion Collection

Everyone knows about the Barnes & Noble 50% off sale that's been going on, right? Ends July 28th.

New announcements today, too- there's speculation that the Time Bandits reissue and Mulholland Drive might be among this month's titles...

Jacques Tati box just got announced for October!

Oh, I didn't see the other thread... I didn't think to look at the film board! duh

Also didn't realize this one was ILF either.

Hey bestbuy.com is doing a similar sale to the recent B&N one.

Half-price flash sale (24 hours) starts at noon EST today on the Criterion website. I'm picking up Gummo and Happiness.

am usually jealous of all the US 50% sales but hmv currently has a 40% off sale, making them about £11. picked up the one thing that i hadn't already seen, Sword of Doom (would've been more adventurous if i didn't have the Daiei Gothic set earmarked)