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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 4 2007, 04:42 PM Post #1 |
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Coming later this month from the British Film Institute to Region 2 DVD: the Mikio Naruse Collection (SRP £44.99). Titles include When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki), Floating Clouds (Ukigumo), and Late Chrysanthemums (Bangiku). There's a deluxe booklet included, plus commentary and bonus featurettes. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Nov 9 2007, 08:50 AM Post #2 |
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Most desirable but very expensive. With the declining dollar I've had to put off region 2 buying. Thanks a million, Mr. Bush! |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Nov 9 2007, 11:25 AM Post #3 |
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I remember someone's salary went up 100% in 2003...maybe 2004....and it wasn't mine. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 9 2007, 11:54 AM Post #4 |
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Mine, either. And yeah, when I started buying overseas DVDs, I think they were cheaper than US DVDs. My, how times change. Keep in mind, though, we don't pay VAT (value added tax) which, combined with the amazon.co.uk discount, gives us a big price break. £44.99 for the Naruse collection is, on today's rate of exchange, $94.05. With the amazon.co.uk discount and the VAT subtraction, the cost delivered overseas to my door would be $63.34. Another example is that W.C. Fields colossal megaset from Universal in the UK. It's got a suggested retail price of £69.99, which is $146.33. Amazon's discount price is £52.49, though, or $109.77. Subtracting the VAT and adding overseas shipping, and my final cost (and I know, 'cause I've ordered it) is $99.82. Still not cheap, but for 17 films that's $5.87 each, or for the six movies in the set I didn't have already, that's $16.64 each, which I would've paid for them if they were U.S. releases. One more example. The British 21-disc collection of Laurel & Hardy Hal Roach shorts and features, restored and remastered, has an SRP of £199.99 and an amazon price of half that, £98.97. Delivered to the U.S., though, the set is £87.31. Yeah, still very expensive, but... |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Nov 9 2007, 03:07 PM Post #5 |
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I can't afford 'em, period. No biggie -- it just means I'm buying more on eBay. Naruse will have to wait, even though he's about the biggest blank space in my moviewatching. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is available on Criterion, and it's next in my Netflix queue. Frankly I hope I don't much like it, because I already spend a lot of money on Ozu and Kurosawa. |
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