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hooveraardvark

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Jul 28, 2009 17:26

HEY IF YOU LIKE MOVIES (OR I GUESS I SHOULD CALL THEM "FILMS") CHECK OUT BARNES & NOBLE'S 50% OFF CRITERION COLLECTION SALE!!

CHEAPER THAN BUYING THEM USED ON AMAZONi am dying slowly of cinema nerd happiness. even though no one wants to hang out with me tonight in dc, i HAVE A PURPOSE and am going to B&N tonight to pick up pandora's box and ( Read more... )

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danadanger July 28 2009, 21:35:38 UTC

OH GOD PANDORA'S BOX, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE. I ALREADY HAVE A BIG LIST THOUGH. WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO.

hooveraardvark July 28 2009, 21:39:50 UTC

what is on your list??

i ended up rejecting grey gardens and black orpheus FOR NOW. augh. this sale is going to kill me.

danadanger July 28 2009, 21:44:53 UTC

the ones i'm seriously considering are: 3 women, fear & loathing in las vegas, brd trilogy, george washington (if i can find it), seventh seal, salo, a woman is a woman, short cuts. i'll only get 3 or 4, i have quite the decision to make. i'll probably be standing in the dvd section of b&n for hours.

hooveraardvark July 28 2009, 21:47:00 UTC

those are tough decisions there. i say you should definitely get the fassbinder as it's a box set and you'll never find it that cheap again.

i considered 3 women as well . . . i ended up ordering the scarlet empress, repulsion, black narcissus, and peeping tom. and i may buy a few more . . . not sure though. at least now i have something to do after work, pathetic as that sounds.

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danadanger July 28 2009, 21:37:56 UTC

but this sale is sort of making me reevaluate myself as a person. is salo more important to own than a woman is a woman? what about robert altman?? terry gilliam??

hooveraardvark July 28 2009, 21:40:45 UTC

i can say with no reservations that salo was not on my list!

but i know what you mean. i am feeling guilty because everything i ordered is relatively well known/mainstream/film 101. BUT I LOVE 'EM

chocolatebark July 28 2009, 21:58:14 UTC

That's a lot of criterion.

hooveraardvark July 28 2009, 22:03:40 UTC

indeed.

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hooveraardvark July 28 2009, 22:03:26 UTC

you can find the criterion versions? a lot of these movies have cheaper versions but the criterion ones come with tons of extras and interesting shit. i have the eyes without a face one and it has a whole other movie on it, a documentary that the same director made about meatpacking.

haha, over here some people think it is snobby to call "movies" "films". like you'd call g.i. joe a movie and you'd call the 400 blows a film. i was just being sarcastic about that.

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hooveraardvark July 28 2009, 22:12:20 UTC

haha we should make you a whole list of "american slang" and you should use it really awkwardly and it will be awesome.

sadly they don't actually have picnic at hanging rock! that's one of the first ones i looked for. :(

yeah if you're a nerd like me and like commentary tracks and interviews and fancy packaging, criterion is the way to go.

I can't come up with legitimate criteria to spend under a hundred mittenstone July 28 2009, 23:33:26 UTC

I am always disappointed when I look at their catalog and see they haven't re-released Robocop.

Re: I can't come up with legitimate criteria to spend under a hundred hooveraardvark July 29 2009, 14:08:32 UTC

and yet there is a version of armageddon floating around somewhere.

Re: I can't come up with legitimate criteria to spend under a hundred mittenstone July 29 2009, 17:01:25 UTC

it's the movie that saved criterion!

Re: I can't come up with legitimate criteria to spend under a hundred hooveraardvark July 29 2009, 17:02:32 UTC

i wonder if anyone i know owns it.