My Best Criterion Haul Yet! - Barnes & Noble 50% Off Sale Criterion Collection Hunting (July 2024)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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"Piano Sonata Number 17 D. 850 (Gasteiner) in A Major, Movement 3", a free-use public domain song by Franz Schubert, courtesy of Musopen: musopen.org/
the trainspotting 4k packaging is the worst decision criterion every made. i got the blu-ray lol
No wonder why I can’t find anything I’m looking for they sent all of it to your store.
I'm so glad you picked up Almodovar! Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is one of my favorites. And I totally agree with you, we need more Almodovar in the Criterion Collection.
Viva Pedro!
@@BillGriff1I have never seen a store so big. Where is that place you went to?😮😮
I Married a Witch is a gem of a film. I rewatched it a few months ago and enjoyed more than I did the first time I watched it.
I've simped for the funeral crane shot in Soy Cuba consistently since seeing it. I love the use of the Infrared Camera too
100% agree about Almodóvar! More please! Also LOVED Perfect Days!
The slowmo on Jellyfish Eyes IS essential viewing.
First video I've seen of yours. I picked up The Princess Bride 4K, Heroic Trio/Executioners 4K, Perfect Days 4K, The Red Shoes 4K, Destry Rides Again, Crash and Until the End of the World.
What a great haul! Highly recommend the mexican film " Japón" is on the criterion collection, great movie.
Yesss I’ve been wanting to watch Japón for so long but keep forgetting. I think this is the final push, I’ll check it out next week!
Where is this location? It looks amazing.
OMG your Barnes and Noble criterion section is so much better than mine!!
That fucking store!
My local store has been decimated.
@@donsimpsonshead8809Same. So jealous of his B&N! Not a single copy of Perfect Days.
@@travisspazz1624 My library had it and it was a great watch. I’ll pick it up in a year or two when they’re back in stock and I’m in the mood. I did pick up Anselm today though. With my rewards it was ten bucks.
What a stocked store! I got Perfect Days, Tie Me Up/Down, Trainspotting (blu ray), Secret Sunshine, Bound and Blood Simple 😀
Even though they've already released a number of his films I've been wanting Criterion to put out an Almodóvar boxset.
So far in the sale I bought Dogfight and La Cérémonie from the store; ordered the Varda set, La Cage Aux Folles, and The Damned online; and there's still a few I'm contemplating getting: 45 Years, Hopscotch, Mr. Klein. To Die For and Bound were on my list of titles to get for sure but they're currently out of stock online and not available at my nearby stores. Dogfight was my 3rd 'for sure' title- it's my favorite River Phoenix film; though, I think My Own Private Idaho is his best performance. I got La Cérémonie because I've been going through my Claude Chabrol boxsets from Arrow and am really liking the films. I had been taking my time with them but Betty (1992) was my favorite movie that I watched for the first time last year, which is in the Lies & Deceit set. Last month was my birthday and on the day I watched Cléo From 5 to 7 for the first time. I really liked it and loved Le Bonheur when I saw that years ago. It's feeling like the right time for the Varda set. La Cage Aux Folles is a blind buy, though I've seen the American remake. And I got The Damned because I recently watched The Night Porter, which made me think of The Damned, which I watched on The Criterion Channel a few years ago before it was announced in the Collection. In May, I watched the tv production of the 1993 Cabaret revival, so I guess stories dealing with fascism is something I've been exploring this late spring/early summer. (I have A Special Day, so I'll have to watch that soon, too.)
Speaking of musicals- the way you were talking about Pinocchio and father/child relationships resonating with you made me think of Into The Woods, which I recommend watching! NOT the 2014 film adaptation but the original musical production. Even though the show is about parenting and children and growing up, the 2014 movie takes out certain parts that literally undermine those themes and messages, including part of a father/son relationship. The proshot of the original Broadway cast is actually available to watch on youtube. There are a few uploads of it.
From what I've seen in your stacks there, my personal favs are The Silence of the Lambs, Fat Girl, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and To Die For.
Yeah my friend got 4 exchanges for Trainspotting 4k, all came damaged except the last from Amazon, Amazon let him keep 2 of the slightly damaged ones and gave me a copy. The packaging is just terrible I agree, I’m all about the plastic cases.
Sweet haul Bill! Team Griffindor is proud! 😆 Make Way for Tomorrow is fantastic a 10/10 like Tokyo Story. Take care.
I can’t wait to see it, thank you FV!
I kept missing my chance to watch Silence of the Lambs. I only first watched it a few years ago. I wasn’t expecting such a wide range of emotions from that movie. I straight up cried when Clarice and Lecter are talking about the lamb incident.
I always look forward to a new The Bill Griff video! Awesome haul and video my friend 🎉 also, wtf is up with them massively overstocking last picture show and other titles? Are they high?
I’m always blessed to have a kino friend like you in my life. Ikr it’s like they prepped for all the Cybill Shepherd stans that might swarm the location!
I’d rather they overstock than under stock. That way you’re guaranteed to get a title you want without the store running out.
Great video! I’ve been meaning to check out Fat Girl but I need to be in the right mood to watch it.
If you like Andrew Haigh’s other films then you should really check out Lean on Pete. It’s not in the criterion but it’s his best movie.
And if you liked A Special Day, there are some great Scola hidden gems out there, The Family and We Loved Each Other So Much are really good.
And To Die For is great! Way better than Nightcrawler. I think it’s Kidman’s best performance, Joaquin Phoenix is also great in it.
Damn this location is crazy! So many copies of the same title. Even the B&N’s in NYC don’t look like this! Where is it?
Nice haul! Being There is an excellent pick!
Hey, bill, awesome video as always ! I just got the House criterion and wanted to ask you which one I should get next since you’re basically the criterion master (right now I have Barry Lyndon, Night of the Living Dead, Dazed and Confused, In the Mood for Love, and the Royal Tennenbaums.)
I watch your vids with letterboxd opened on the side 👌 adding to my kino watchlist is a good past time
Perfect Days, Pasolini 101, Salo: 120 Days Of Sodom, Three Colors Trilogy, Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid and Black God White Devil are the movies that I got so far.
Waiting for Che and Harakiri. Still looking to some new movies to my collection.
I actually saw To Die For back in theaters . I remember before it was released the studio thought it was a bomb. The Others is definitely a classic horror cinema. Some nice pick ups.
No one ever talks about Dogville. Here's hoping for a Criterion!
Good haul, hope you enjoy 😊
My haul this year:
The Essential Fellini collection
The Essential Jacques Demi collection
The Complete Jacques Tati collection
Three Films By Luis Buñel collection
The Trilogy Of Life collection
Salo, Or 120 Days Of Sodom
Smooth Talk
Blow-Up
Belle de Jours
Also got the OOP Truffaut's Antoine Doinel Collection and Withnail & I
Superb!
great pickups! sucks my barnes didn’t get perfect days in yet
i’ll pick it up the next go around
Exactly, my Barnes and noble has no new titles lol
I own most all the criterion releases pre 1960s. It’s always funny how I’m not at all in touch with modern film people. Leo McCarey is one of the best. You’re in for a good time.
My Barnes and Noble only had Pinocchio on Blu-ray, but they did have my Fear and Loathing 4K. My Barnes and Noble doesnt have a Criterion Section, so I have to go to a far one
I like your videos man but I don't know if I would be willing to join the Bill Griff army sounds kinda serious.
your b+n is STACKED - jealous
Is this the B&N warehouse LOL why do they have so many copies- even the flagship in nyc doesn’t carry this many copies of things
Last year B&N made the decision to choose 12 store locations in the states to stock up on every criterion in it’s collection. Thankfully, I have a family member that lives near one of the locations so every sale I manage to try and visit it. I know it sucks that they downsized 90% of B&N. All the locations in my area suffered greatly from that.
@@BillGriff1what are all 12 locations?
I went into B&N to check the criterions out the other day and I also had an employee watching me like a hawk. He kept on pacing and asked me if I was finding everything okay several times. I’m thinking “did I forget to shower today or something? Did I wear my ‘I’m going to steal something’ badge?” It was so annoying.
I walked up to him and said “I’m just checking out the criterion sale if you’re wondering.” I’ve never seen someone get so red in the face. Lol he was just all “oh yeah there’s a lot of good stuff” and sort of shuffled away back where B&N employees go when they’re not wanted. Lmao
We are "The Griffters". I refuse to support Criterion until they release Night Swim. A Matter of Life and Death is one of my favorites. I bought Peeping Tom so far, going back Saturday. I absolutely loathed Jellyfish Eyes. Again, we are "The Griffters".
Criterion please releases Matador (Almodovar) and Elefhant (Gus Van Sant)!
My B and N only sells books
Bill Griffins
Bro the Devil's Backbone is number 666 no wonder it's eating the plastic
You sound like Richard Dreyfuss
First
A Special Day - “pre World War 2 in 1938…” Ahhh anyone wanna tell him.
Hopefully they dont start realeaseing movies in that HORRIBLE train spotting case
If there were a Barnes and noble in Canada I would be in heaven. I have never seen so many criterions in one place 🥹
Even as an American it’s a shocking view when you see it in person. It’s like going into a video store that time forgot. A lot of B&N stores have big music sections too with CDs and vinyl.
Where in Canada as I’m buying from unobstructed view .