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Re: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection - Oct 14, 2008
I dont understand the rush to ebay the CC's you are taking sight unseen that this is an upgrade worth having.
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07-03-2008, 10:22 AM
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07-03-2008, 10:23 AM
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Re: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection - Oct 14, 2008
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I dont understand the rush to ebay the CC's you are taking sight unseen that this is an upgrade worth having.
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Because as long as the film is completely out-of-print in the US, people will pay absurdly high prices for it. Right now even used copies are selling for above MSRP. Once this set hits shelves, the price will plummet.
Anyone with all three Criterion discs could easily sell them for $120, then turn around and buy the Fox set for $90 -- a $30 profit plus you end up with five more movies. Fox has an extremely good track-record with their classics division, so it's unlikely they'd screw up a major release like this, and while you wouldn't have all the Criterion extras it's not an unreasonable trade off.
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07-03-2008, 11:36 AM
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Re: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection - Oct 14, 2008
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Anyone with all three Criterion discs could easily sell them for $120, then turn around and buy the Fox set for $90 -- a $30 profit plus you end up with five more movies. Fox has an extremely good track-record with their classics division, so it's unlikely they'd screw up a major release like this, and while you wouldn't have all the Criterion extras it's not an unreasonable trade off.
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07-03-2008, 11:37 AM
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I highly doubt that the prices on the Criterion's will plummet. They all have different commentary tracks as well as other exclusive extras. People continued to pay exhorbant fees for other out of print Criterions with less substantial extras than these in the past including "Spinal Tap", "Silence of the Lambs", & "Seven Samurai".
I'll hold on to mine until I'm convinced that the new commentaries are on par with the Criterions and until I make sure that some of the other extras are present on the new editions ..... especially all of the screen tests on Rebecca (One of the best extra material ever put on DVD)
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07-03-2008, 07:16 PM
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Re: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection - Oct 14, 2008
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I own all of these but I'd gladly replace my cheap PD/bootleg versions of The Lodger, Young And Innocent and Sabotage and Anchor Bay's version of The Paradine Case. However, I'm not going to spend $80 for just those movies when I own the other half of the set so I'll just hope that they are eventually released separately.
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Rebecca, Spellbound and Notorious will also be available separately for $19.98 each.
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07-03-2008, 08:22 PM
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Rebecca, Spellbound and Notorious will also be available separately for $19.98 each.
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07-04-2008, 06:00 AM
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I'll hold on to mine until I'm convinced that the new commentaries are on par with the Criterions and until I make sure that some of the other extras are present on the new editions ..... especially all of the screen tests on Rebecca (One of the best extra material ever put on DVD)
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I agree. Those screen tests sent yourself back in a time machine to Hollywood working technique. I always thought that with all the material packed in the Criterion editions (tests, memos, pictures, storyboards etc) one could make a beautiful making of doc. I'm glad they finally did it.
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07-04-2008, 09:47 AM
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Re: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection - Oct 14, 2008
It sounds great, but considering the features, it seems like REBECCA should be a double-discer like the Criterion. Hopefully, this portends "hope" for the long delayed David Lean Collection....
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