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Darn, a couple of months too late, but I did make good use of the November B&N sale with the following blu-rays:

- Fanny & Alexander
- Three Colors Trilogy
- Harakiri
- Army of Shadows
- Carlos
- The Complete Jean Vigo
- The Battle of Algiers
- The Phantom Carriage
- My Life as a Dog
- Island of Lost Souls
- Repulsion
- Cul-de-Sac
- Double Life of Veronique
- Modern Times
- Hunger
- Kuroneko
- Pierrot le fou
- The Complete Monterey Pop Festival

and a couple of token DVDs:

- The Human Condition
- Hoop Dreams

I guess it seems a little less impressive so far removed, but with a couple of gift cars and coupons, it made for a lovely haul I am still trying to work through.

I'd already seen the first three films - they're some of my favourites - but the other ones are blind buys. I'm quite excited.

bizarre wrote:Mandy.

What a lovely film !!

I bought Floating Weeds, Branded to Kill and Opening Night a couple weeks ago and just ordered Girl of the Night, Bridge to the Sun and the rare Ealing film Mandy.

I now have the Complete Jean Vigo Criterion.

Anyone taking advantage of the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale again? I got the Blu-Rays of:

Black Narcissus
Days of Heaven
Pierrot Le Fou
The Red Shoes
The Thin Red Line

There will be another one around Christmas time.

I went ahead and also purchased The Music Room, Close-Up, Videodrome, and Pale Flower on Blu-ray.

dws, how often does the sale seem to come around? I've heard rumblings of one in November.

I got 9 from the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale. But they're at my aunt's house in California to save on international shipping fees and local customs taxes (which is just highway robbery, really). She usually sends stuff in a box every 6 months or so anyway so she'll just throw them in there. They're all DVD's since I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet:

L'Avventura
The Naked Kiss
Pandora's Box
Repulsion
Sansho the Bailiff
Shock Corridor
Vivre Sa Vie
Yi Yi
Z (blind-buy)

I bought a few but I showed some restraint (for me), and so far I haven't allowed myself to make a second purchase:
The Human Condition
Revanche
The Darjeeling Limited
Insignificance

I've got some that I bought in the last sales that I haven't gotten around to watching yet, so I'm not buying anymore until I go through those. I've actually seen all of the ones I got this time except Insignificance.

Has anyone taken advantage of Barnes & Noble's huge Criterion sale? I have personally gone a little overboard (at least considering my usual henpecking), ordering a huge amount - and why not? 50% off Criterion ($20 Blu-rays) I will take any day! Got:

Beauty and the Beast
Kes
High and Low
Black Orpheus
Kiss Me Deadly
Days of Heaven
Last Year at Marienbad
Sweet Smell of Success
Vivre sa Vie
The Leopard
M
Le Samourai (DVD)
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (DVD)

Also considering adding Videodrome, Close-Up, and The Music Room on Blu-ray before the sale ends on the 1st.