Barnes & Noble Semi-Annual 50% off Criterion Sale (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

Picked up Swing Time, Blue Velvet and I Wanna Hold Your Hand...so far.

 

[Nelson Au]

I don’t see Pan’s Labyrinth at my Barnes and Noble store. Looking on their on-line store, it’s not listed there either. A box set of del Toro’s 3 films is on their on-line store. I see the Criterion Pan’s Labyrinth on Amazon for $22. Might get it there instead.

I didn’t pick up too many titles this year.

 

[David Norman]

I don’t see Pan’s Labyrinth at my Barnes and Noble store. Looking on their on-line store, it’s not listed there either. A box set of del Toro’s 3 films is on their on-line store. I see the Criterion Pan’s Labyrinth on Amazon for $22. Might get it there instead.

I didn’t pick up too many titles this year.

If you ever have trouble with BN search (not an unusual issue) -- usually the UPC works with the 12 digit though sometimes they use a 13 digit with a leading zero

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-pans-labyrinth-ariadna-gil/9791510?ean=0715515186810

 

[Nelson Au]

Thank you David! I’m much obliged.

 

[Nelson Au]

I think I’m finished, I made my 4th trip to Barnes and Noble today. Thanks again David, I was able to pick up Pans Labyrinth earlier this week.

I picked up more titles then I planned, I only wanted Swing Time. But also got I Wanna Hold Your Hand and a title I had not heard of before called All That Heaven Allows. It looked interesting for a Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman title. In addition to Pans, I found kluge which I know of but is a blind buy, as is Kiss Me Deadly. I haven’t seen In The Heat Of The Night in a long time. Also I almost forgot I wanted to get the 1943 Heaven Can Wait which I saw years ago.

 

[Mike Frezon]

I went back for a second bite at the apple yesterday.

I walked away with the interesting triple feature of:

The Baker's Wife
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Funny Games

 

[Mark-P]

I'm trying to place my final order for this round, but the site seems to be having some kind of checkout issue. Every time I hit the checkout button, I get a blank screen. I've tried it both on Safari and Firefox, same results.

Edit: My bad. I missed that there was a note on one item saying it was out of stock and I must remove it from my cart in order to continue.

 

[bujaki]

I went back for a second bite at the apple yesterday.

I walked away with the interesting triple feature of:

The Baker's Wife
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Funny Games

Funny Games is very, very hard to watch. Well-executed film, but...

 

[JohnRice]

and a title I had not heard of before called All That Heaven Allows. It looked interesting for a Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman title.

You might check out Far From Heaven (not Criterion) which is an homage to Sirk, and particularly All That Heaven Allows.

 

[B-ROLL]

You might check out Far From Heaven (not Criterion) which is an homage to Sirk, and particularly All That Heaven Allows.

Far From Heaven is available through KINO and it's part of the KINO sale

 

[JohnRice]

Far From Heaven is available through KINO and it's part of the KINO sale

BTW, I know a lot of Kino titles are rather sub-par, but this one is top notch!

 

[albert_m2]

I know a lot of Kino titles are rather sub-par,

Really? The ones I have watched looked fine.

 

[JohnRice]

Really? The ones I have watched looked fine.

Prizzi's Honor and The Doctor are ones that come to mind as being pretty soft, but I'm not one of those people who insist on every movie ever made looking like the latest digital release. I like the movies, but the image is fairly so-so. Prizzi's Honor is really pretty awful.

 

[Darby67]

Picked up this sale:

Pickup on South Street
Thieves highway
La Bete Humaine
The Naked Prey
This Sporting Life
The Night of the Hunter
M
Night and the City
Gilda
In a Lonely Place
The Magic Flute
Detour
Diamonds of the Night
A Face in the Crowd
Swing Time

To pick up at next Criterion 50% off flash sale:

War and Peace
Klute
1984
The Cloud-Capped Star

 

[DavidJ]

I only picked up two titles -- Klute and In the Heat of the Night. I've got too many unopened Criterion discs, but I did also take advantage of the Arrow sale (Ronin, A Fish Called Wanda, Weird Science, Gosford Park, 12 Monkeys, and The Andromeda Strain) so I didn't really save any money.

 

[David Norman]

Not much to add since the FLASH SALE ended, but first report of a customer having a B&N employee tell them that the fall sale should start on Nov 1. Just one report so far, but that was the most likely start date.

I know with the B&N buyout being finalized there is more than the normal uncertainty about the usual Sale Pattern.
That will be just about perfect with the Godzilla Box releasing 10/29

Cleaned out most of my wishlist with the Flash Sale, but I left the digipacks to pick up in person -- Godzilla, Koker, and 3 Silents are at the top of the list, plus several if not all of the November releases. I'm not sure if I save those for in-store trips or just pick up the 1st batch and set up a Ship to Home order for the rest while I'm there.

Hopefully that will also be in time to see if the usual Gift Card promos will run in Nov. $10 Promo card for buying $75 and even better the Black Friday 10 for 50 version later in the month. Usually have to stock up on those in November to make the December run of sales even better.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks for the heads up on the Fall sale.

I’ll also be collecting the Godzilla set. And the Cary Grant Katherine Hepburn film Holiday too.

 

[David Norman]

Thanks for the heads up on the Fall sale.

I’ll also be collecting the Godzilla set. And the Cary Grant Katherine Hepburn film Holiday too.

Holiday is a January release isn't it?

List of Criterion Releases since the end of the summer sale
Release items at start of sale
An Angel at My Table 715515233118 6-Aug-2019
The Inland Sea 715515233217 13-Aug-2019
Magnificent Obsession 715515233613 20-Aug-2019
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (お茶漬けの味 / Ochazuke no aji) 715515233811 27-Aug-2019
The Koker Trilogy 715515234016 27-Aug-2019
Insomnia 715515234412 27-Aug-2019 Re-release BD only
Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) 715515234511 3-Sep-2019
The Cloud-Capped Star (মেঘে ঢাকা তারা / Meghe Dhaka Tara) 715515233415 10-Sep-2019
Polyester 715515234818 17-Sep-2019
Cluny Brown 715515235211 17-Sep-2019
Local Hero 715515234610 24-Sep-2019
The Circus 715515235013 24-Sep-2019
3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg 715515235716 8-Oct-2019
Häxan (Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages) 715515235617 15-Oct-2019
When We Were Kings 715515235815 22-Oct-2019
Matewan 715515236010 29-Oct-2019
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 715515236416 29-Oct-2019

Releases during presumed sale dates
The Daytrippers 715515237116 12-Nov-2019
Betty Blue 715515237512 19-Nov-2019
Cold War (Zimna wojna) 715515238311 19-Nov-2019
Now, Voyager 715515237918 26-Nov-2019
All About Eve 715515237710 26-Nov-2019

Releases after assumed end of the sale though it's possible it could be extended to include at least the 12/3 items
Tunes of Glory (Criterion Collection) 715515238915 3-Dec-2019
The Story of Temple Drake (Criterion Collection) 715515238717 3-Dec-2019
Old Joy (Criterion Collection) 715515239318 10-Dec-2019
Until the End of the World (Criterion Collection) 715515239110 10-Dec-2019
Holiday 715515239813 7-Jan-2020
The Fugitive Kind 715515240017 14-Jan-2020
Le Petit Soldat 715515240215 21-Jan-2020
Fail Safe 715515240413 28-Jan-2020
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) 715515240611 28-Jan-2020

 

[Mike Frezon]

As always...thanks, David. That's a very helpful list.

 

[Nelson Au]

I stand corrected David, I thought I saw on Amazon or another site that the disc of Holiday was going to be out in time for the sale.