241 titles on 282 disks, just $4,995 (after discount). It's the Criterion Collection Holiday 2004 Gift Set, exclusive from Amazon, all of the series' published DVD's through October*. One wonders who has the money for such a thing. (Not many -- current sales rank 26,154). Heck, for that kind of dough you can get one of these
contraptions. Or, alternatively, you could feed
72 third world children for a year. Now, Criterion does great work, but as the comments point out, this supposedly complete collection does not include its out of print titles like John Woo's "The Killer"
(current eBay bid: $148) and, sadly, the beloved
This is Spinal Tap (High bid: $61). (At least it's a good investment). So, subtract the ones I already own and love, like
The Third Man and some that are
simply awful you could probably save scads with some selective shopping. Sure, it would be satisfying to own so much great film, but I find more and more I have no use for re-watching movies, unless I am joined in my
satellite of love by some good companions. Anyway, happy consumer month!
posted by Slagman
on Dec 10, 2004 -
34 comments
Amazon is essentially going against the will of the MPAA by
offering (followed the link from the
Thirteen Days dvd) information regarding a work around to RCE (which prevents Region 1 dvd's from being played on region free dvd players). It's funny how the MPAA has
taken 2600 to court because they posted links to DeCSS but they haven't made any moves against Amazon. CSS isn't protection against copying, it's really just used to
prevent people from importing dvd's.
posted by dave
on Jul 12, 2001 -
6 comments
