Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Spending Day

I've been trying to find Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy, the release from Criterion that came out last Tuesday consisting of the director's post-WWII works Rome, Open City, Paisan and Germany, Year Zero.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it in any of my local movie retail warehouses and I refuse to spend $89.99 at Best Buy. The last resort was Amazon.com, which was selling it for $57 all week until today, when the price shot up to $79.

4 comments:

  1. Try Barnes and Noble. I think they have it listed at about $56 right now?

    They're pretty good about having Criterion releases on discount.

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  2. Really? The last time I was in a Barnes & Noble I saw "Angels & Demons" on Blu-ray for $39.99 - but I'll take your word for it and check it out sometime this week.

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  3. Other movies yeah, not so much, but they tend to be good about Criterion releases. Every once in a while they hold huge (like 25-50% off) sales on Criterion releases for B&N members, but you gotta keep an eye out for it.

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  4. Looking to get the Rossellini trilogy myself but waiting for a blu-ray release. I e-mailed Criterion but they are silent: I'm sure they want to sell through their new DVD before announcing a high-def release. DVDbeaver has an extensive and wonderful review!

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