Peeping Tom : Quite a costly DVD
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I know what you mean - i'm based in the UK and i have 2 versions of it on dvd, the US "criterion collection" and a standard version - the criterion one i had to order from a specialist website dealing in shipping american/region 1 dvds to the UK and paid 26 for it, whilst i paid 11.97 for the standard one.
You could probably get it slightly cheaper if you bought a UK version but then, from what i gather, if you're based in the US most american dvd players don't let you play dvds from any other region. If i find a US copy for cheaper than $30, i'll let you know!
You could probably get it slightly cheaper if you bought a UK version but then, from what i gather, if you're based in the US most american dvd players don't let you play dvds from any other region. If i find a US copy for cheaper than $30, i'll let you know!
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Criterion has no income other than its DVDs. They are not like the Hollywood studios, which have many outlets for their films. That's why the Criterion line of products is so expensive.
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Yep. I found many Region 2 DVDs for an excellent price, but can't use it.
sigh, wish I could though. There are so many UK DVDs that I can't get here.
Like 'Box of Delights' and 'Gulliver's Travels'(with Richard Harris)all R2.
Ah, that Criterion group has other titles that I've been wanting,
but haven't got around to buying because the price is too high.
Like 'The Killers' set with the 1946 and 1964 versions.
It's not like any of these movies are big name titles, don't think Peeping Tom
is as popular as Psycho, so why raise the price so that no one buys it?
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People do buy it. Criterion is THE best. best transfers. best extras. best films. I bought the Criterion version and was lucky enough to find it used for $15. Im in the process of seeing every film in the collection, im not too far yet but damnit its gonna happen! people will pay quite a bit for movies in the criterion collection.The normal prices are 30-40 dollars but most box sets are between 70-120 dollars. Id be willing to pay the 60 or 70 bucks the "Brazil" set costs, and Im planing on getting the Virgin spring dvd. also the OOP sets are extremely rare, people are willing to pay a couple hundred bucks for an OOP criterion version of "Hard Boiled" or "Robocop". and of course if you ever see an authentic version of "Salo:120 days of sodom" Id suggest picking it up as its the most expensive and most searched for dvd around.
Id say if you can ever find this for under retail price you should buy it, most criterion discs are hard to find outside of the internet.
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Id say if you can ever find this for under retail price you should buy it, most criterion discs are hard to find outside of the internet.
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Okay. I broke down and bought the DVD.
The movie is awesome and Criterion did a fine job with the extras.
I enjoy the the making of and interviews.
Found 'Peeping Tom' $25 at DVD Planet with free shipping.
It's a great addition to my movie collection;)
I just didn't want to pay $39.95, or whatever it is, for a DVD.
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The movie is awesome and Criterion did a fine job with the extras.
I enjoy the the making of and interviews.
Found 'Peeping Tom' $25 at DVD Planet with free shipping.
It's a great addition to my movie collection;)
I just didn't want to pay $39.95, or whatever it is, for a DVD.
:)
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Criterions are worth it, almost without exception (only exceptions I can think of are Hard Boiled, The Killer, Salo, Silence of the Lambs, etc). They did a nice job with Peeping Tom, although they've done better.
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go to either www.criteriondvd.com or www.deepiscountdvd.com - the cheapest prices for criterion stuff can be found there!
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i mean deepdiscountdvd.com - sorry
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> Criterion is THE best. best transfers. best extras. best films.
By and large, yes, but in this case, I find the transfer a little disappointing. Don't you think the colors are a little off? It's not a bad transfer, but Criterion usually does a little better, particularly these days. (This was one of their earlier releases, so perhaps the technology has improved since.) The extras are great, though, and most importantly, it's the only way to get it.
Tom
By and large, yes, but in this case, I find the transfer a little disappointing. Don't you think the colors are a little off? It's not a bad transfer, but Criterion usually does a little better, particularly these days. (This was one of their earlier releases, so perhaps the technology has improved since.) The extras are great, though, and most importantly, it's the only way to get it.
Tom
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Some Criterion versions aren't so hot. Picnic at Hanging Rock had no extras except for a trailer, and the transfer is one of those (I don't know exactly what the techincal problem is) that doesn't scale to a large screen TV properlyif you watch it in the "dot by dot" mode, you've got black bars on all four sides of the image. You have to stretch it, zoom it somehow to avoid that, but the ways of doing that that do not distort the image cut off the second line of subtitles. So you either watch it as if you had a smaller TV (with black bars on all four sides), with the proportions being wrong, so that people are stretched out, or so you can't watch the second line of subtitles. There's no other choice . . . those problems might not occur on other kinds of TVs, but most DVDs do not have that problem, whether they're older or not.
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Not only that. Criterion spends much time to do beautiful and quality releases for every DVD. The restoration is always flawless and they often include nice extra features and a booklet, or even sometimes books.
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I got my copy in a 5 DVDs for 20 deal!
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I think the price is being looked at the wrong way. You can get the super-mainstream-popular movies for cheap because they can be produced in huge quantities and a large number will be purchased. In order to make money off of older, special interest movies that won't have such a huge audience, they must cost more to make a profit. When we ask studios to release films like this for us, they're sticking their necks out there and the only way they can justify and get away with it is by charging a large sum.
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If you really like this movie, I think the price is fine. Criterion Collection offers lots of rarely seen footages and behind scene interviews. It is not only DVD, but also a kind of 'document' for you.
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I'm glad you were able to find it. Not bad, especially in a 5 for $20 deal! I think perhaps because Criterion offer some of the best transfers (i hear Superbit are also quite good, especially in terms of sound and image quality) and offer a lot of extras, for example the documentaries and commentaries that weren't available on the region 2 release. Plus, it is something of a "special interest" film that perhaps isn't as famous and mainstream as Psycho, but has developed a cult following.
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critrions are really expensive,i have around thirty criterions but they are worth every cent of it.
yes they are right , this is a special interest film and also expensive to produce and not in large quantities, that's the reason for the price.
it's much more expensive for me since i'm from the philippines in asia.
it's really worth around $40 or more plus shipping,just for a criterion dvd and i am not a rich man! but i still buy and collect criterion dvds
yes they are right , this is a special interest film and also expensive to produce and not in large quantities, that's the reason for the price.
it's much more expensive for me since i'm from the philippines in asia.
it's really worth around $40 or more plus shipping,just for a criterion dvd and i am not a rich man! but i still buy and collect criterion dvds
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I got mine for 10 euros
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In Australia, its on special for $8 and I'm considering buying
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$10 AU here
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Yes well it would of cost a lot more back in 2005.
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I was lucky to find this film for $1.00 at a one dollar book store yesterday, brand new, criterion collection, although I wouldn't mind paying the regular price at all.
Criterion deserves all the money they put out. Their dvds are clearly the best, and its obvious they truly admire the best films. Not only do they carefully choose what films to add to their collections, but they also manage to try and add extended special features, booklets, director "approved" footage and anything else you can think of, all to make the dvd more satisfactory and worth the price. They certainly don't waste your buck by shoving in pointless Digital Copies and they still stick to the old fashioned 2 disc: 1 disc is the FILM, while the 2nd disc is THE SUPPLEMENTS (the special features, as they call them).
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Criterion deserves all the money they put out. Their dvds are clearly the best, and its obvious they truly admire the best films. Not only do they carefully choose what films to add to their collections, but they also manage to try and add extended special features, booklets, director "approved" footage and anything else you can think of, all to make the dvd more satisfactory and worth the price. They certainly don't waste your buck by shoving in pointless Digital Copies and they still stick to the old fashioned 2 disc: 1 disc is the FILM, while the 2nd disc is THE SUPPLEMENTS (the special features, as they call them).
I have spoken.
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I bought this film for 7 Euro's.
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Bought mine for 5 over here
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Same here i got mine also for 5
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Ha. I rented it.
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There is a Blu Ray being released. I doubt it will be cheap.
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i picked up the criterion release of this last night, which i believe is now out of print. it cost me around $50.
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I just picked up a copy from my trip to Mexico for approximately $3.50 (US). The quality is absolutely fineI'm sure not Criterion standards. It was released by Studio Canal/Universal Home Ent. In addition, it contained "The Eye of the Beholder" documentary and an original trailer. Not a bad deal!
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There are lots of releases of this film on video, DVD and now on Blu-ray.
You get what you pay for. You can get a cheap one, or you can get a good one - and occasionally you can get a cheap and good one (usually second hand)
There are lots of bootleg DVDs that have been released, but they usually aren't very good quality
Steve
You get what you pay for. You can get a cheap one, or you can get a good one - and occasionally you can get a cheap and good one (usually second hand)
There are lots of bootleg DVDs that have been released, but they usually aren't very good quality
Steve
Quite a costly DVD
After seeing this movie on TCM, I wouldn't mind having it in my DVD collection.
But when I looked it up, I found the price to be over $30. ouch.
As interesting as the movie may bedon't think it's worth that much.
I'd think that $15 or less would be reasonable. sigh.
Don't know why many of these older movies cost that much.
I know that they want to add extras and charge more
but how spectacular can the features be for that price?
I just want to see the moviegrr.
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