Charity (thrift) shop DVD hunting

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Dave Gilmour's Cat, Dec 8, 2019.

  1. LitHum05

    LitHum05 El Disco es Cultura

    Location:
    Virginia
    That's Criterion, right? Sweet.
     
  2. Mirrorblade.1

    Mirrorblade.1 Forum Resident

    I scored Citizen Kane the disc edition co produced by PBS 98 cents..
     
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  3. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Not in the U.K.
     
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  4. Nimby

    Nimby Rotten hound of the burnie crew

    Location:
    Lewis, Scotland.
    I have just discovered this thread, and as charity shop DVDs are my new hobby, I shall be posting now and then.

    I like to have a film night every Saturday, for which I keep a special box of DVDs handy for selection.
    And I seem to be collecting the Marvel MCU films as and when they turn up in my local charity shops for 50p-£1
     
  5. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Just bought 10 DVDs for £3 in my local charity shop, including some I really want to see and some that might be awful. But at 30p each, it’s not much of a gamble:
    • The Girl on the Train (2016)
    • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
    • It’s Complicated (2009)
    • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
    • Pretty Woman (1990)
    • The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 remake)
    • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
    • Rosetta (1999, with bonus film La Promesse from 1996)
    • The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

    Thoughts on any of these?
     
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  6. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

    Location:
    Lancaster UK
    Goldfinger
    Local Hero

    50p each.
     
  7. JonW

    JonW That's just the name of the shop, love!

    Location:
    UK
    Nope, it's the Argent Films Special Edition. Criterions are mostly not sold here (I think they have produced a handful of Region B Blu-Rays e.g. Kelly Reichardt's "Certain Women" but they are the exception).
     
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  8. gabacabriel

    gabacabriel Forum Resident

    Location:
    Bristol, UK
    David Lynch's Dune
    Anthony and Cleopatra
    Porridge S1
    ...plus a fourth one that I cant remember at the moment

    I don't normally buy DVDs (prefer BD or 4K).... but it was a quid for the lot!
     
  9. JonW

    JonW That's just the name of the shop, love!

    Location:
    UK
    That's a great film. If I remember rightly, the soldiers move across the screen consistently in one direction when they are advancing, and back the other way when they are retreating. I happened to watch it at the same time as "War Horse" came out, and a review of that (I don't remember if it was of the film or the stage show) said the battle scenes made no sense. If a film made in 1930 can get these things right, why not something more recent?

    One of my favourites from my teenage years! :righton:
     
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  10. LitHum05

    LitHum05 El Disco es Cultura

    Location:
    Virginia
    DVDs have gotten so cheap around me that I don't pick them up anymore. I left behind a sealed copy of "Birdman" for $1.00 yesterday. Unless it's a Blu Ray or something I've been wanting, I leave it behind. Trying to fight the pack rat instinct! :help:
     
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  11. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    You've never seen ' The Good the Bad and the Ugly ' ? Are you kidding? Watch it tonight !
     
  12. gabacabriel

    gabacabriel Forum Resident

    Location:
    Bristol, UK
    Checked tonight when I got home - the fourth title in my 4-for-a-quid splurge (!) was....



    Carlito's Way ;)
     
  13. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

    Location:
    Concord, NC
    Found these DVDs at thrifts over the past few weeks. $1.00 each.

    Leonard Cohen - Live in London
    The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle
    Rome - The Complete Season 1-2 (HBO series)
     
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  14. biilyedwards

    biilyedwards Todd Browning's freak

    Location:
    UK
    The Third Man (1949) - 2DVD special edition - 50p
     
  15. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

    Location:
    Concord, NC
    “Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns” 8 DVDs, 16hrs. w/bonus footage. $4.99 sealed. Thanks, Goodwill!
     
  16. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI

    Wow, that is an excellent deal, great score!
     
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  17. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    I second that. Stunning deal.
     
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  18. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

    Location:
    Concord, NC
    Thanks!
     
  19. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Three for a total of £1:
    • Hope and Glory (1987)
    • The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    • The Go-Getter (2007)
    I saw the Steve Martin film many years ago. Anyone recommend H+G or The GG?
     
  20. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

    Location:
    Lancaster UK
    'Bottom - Mindless Violence' for £1
     
  21. SirCandy

    SirCandy Forum Resident

    Hope and Glory is good ( if it's the John Boorman one ).
     
  22. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

    Bought a 10 disc Harry Potter DVD set for $10. After I finish the Coen Brothers box I'm binging Harry Potter.
     
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  23. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

    Hope and Glory has one of the greatest closing lines in history.
     
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  24. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

    Location:
    Concord, NC
    Echo In The Canyon DVD, $1.00.
     
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  25. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

    It is that one, yes.
    I will listen out for that.
     
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