Most expensive DVD of all time?

[werther]

I think there is a lunatic out there, who can call himself, the owner, of the most expensive DVD of all time. He bought a sealed Salo Criterion for 850$ a few days ago.

I think unwrapping my Salo edition when I bought it a few years ago was one of my stupiest acts.

[SeanL]

$850 US? Ouch!........Definitely a crazy person.

[Taxi]

$850? I could see trying to buy this DVD as an investment, but who's gonna pay much more than $850 for it?

[Flash Ahhh]

Wow,

$850 bucks is a lot of money. Granted it's a Criterion, but Criterion just recently annouced that there has been some fake Criterion's selling on eBay. I sure hope that guy didn't buy a fake.

I've seen some OOP Criterion's go from $100 bucks, all the way up to about 400 tops, and that was for The Killer and Hard Boiled. I've seen the OOP Little Shop Of Horrors with the alternate ending go for about $250.00.

Most I ever paid for a single DVD was about $45 bucks about 2 years ago or so. It was when Re-animator was out of stock everywhere and they didn't seem to be printing any new ones, but they never officially said, OOP. So I bought it. DVD's were all $29.99 and up then anyway. Market saturation has brought the prices down. When Bride of Re-Animator came out then copies of RE-Animator were prtinted again.

-Flash

[Flash Ahhh]

More info on Salo...

Fill title, Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

Color, 1.85:1, letterboxed, non-anamorphic, 1.0 mono sound, 112 minutes, cut down from 118 minutes. No known extra's..

Worth 850 bucks? Probably not. You're not even getting the full version.

An anti-fascism masterpiece

Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salo, the 120 days of Sodom is the quintessential anti-war/fascism film, which shows us with an unflinching eye the shocking, unspeakable atrocities committed by Mussolini's Fascists in Italy during World War II. Many critics have said this to be the most disturbingly intense film in cinema history, which it probably is, but very few of them have said what an outstanding achievement this is in what it does.

-Flash

[AnonomusBob15]

If you want to find out how to find a fake Criterion, go here

http://www.criteriondvd.com/bootlegs.asp

Bootleg Silence of the Lambs are floating all over the place.

The most I have ever paid for a DVD is 190 bucks for 007 vol. 1 and 44.99 for Brazil CC.

[Josh]

Most I ever payed was $130 for the X Files boxsets. The Bond collections were around $120.

[Underpants]

$850 is simply ridiculous for any single disc. I've heard enough bad about that 'film' to make me never want to see it even if it was free.

One I wouldn't mind having however is the specially authored, otherwise unavailable "Koyaanisqatsi" disc you can get with a contribution of $180 or more from:

http://www.koyaanisqatsi.com/

I'd do it if I had the money. Fascinating film.

[dvds'r'us]

The most i've ever paid for a dvd is The Ultimate Scream Collection For $59.99 and then The Ultimate Toy Box for $54.99, soon to be overpassed with season sets.

[Avid]

My most expensive DVD so far is Bull Durham at $24.30. The disk was being discontinued and I didn't know if a commentary would be included on future releases so I decide to grab it while I could. After that the most expensive disks have all been Paramount releases.

I think the days of getting most of my DVDs for $20 or under are coming to end, the ones left on my list are rather expensive.

*sniff, I thought I could just buy a couple and stop anytime I wanted...*

[Marty McFly]

The most I ever paid was $27.99 for The 1st season of The Simpsons. I won't pay higher than $30 for a DVD (unless it's a souped up SE of one of my favorite films).

[orko007]

$850 US... WOw.. $1700 AU, not comprehendable.... The most I paid for an individual disc is $61 AU for Robocop Criterion & $55 Men In Black LE.... But peopl pay crazy prices... On Ebay for eg. GTA 3 which is banned on PS2 in Aus, is reaching $275 - when it can be shipped from NZ (which is Pal R4) and fully compatible for $130.

But back to the heading $850 is mad... Ive never even heard of the movie so it must be decent anyway

[RealmRider]

I picked up the Koyaanisqatsi DVD for $180.00...at least it was tax deductable.

Picked up the sequel as well from Amazon.de but haven't watched that one yet...

[SolidSnakeASS]

I heard about this and I thinks it's crazy. It would actually be cheaper for you to buy a laserdisc player and the Salo Criterion laserdisc (which is mastered from the same sources).

[manigrasso]

I paid $125 on ebay for the OOP Little Shop of Horrors. I'm so dopey, I just really wanted to see the original ending. Now that I've seen it, I'm not sure it was worth it, but had I never seen it, I'd still be wondering about it, and contemplating going to ebay. Now the curiosity has passed, and I can work on that cure for cancer.

[pdjennings]

Collectibles are collectibles..... & they are worth whatever a collector is willing to pay for them.

I'd love to own the CC edition of Salo.... but I, personally, couldn't spring that much for it. I don't have the 'love' for it that's needed. I have, however, paid just slightly more than that much for a Stephen King limited edition though.

[IKEA_boy]

The most I've paid for a DVD was $40 for Akira SE in the LE tin.

[caligulathegod]

It's SALò, fer chrissake! Someone explain to me, please, why that POS is worth $850. No movie is worth that. I'd understand, maybe, if it was some 100 year old rare first edition, but it's a movie on a 4 year old format. A dull, depressing, revolting movie at that. Can you be proud to own it? It's one step up from owning Cannibal Holocaust or Scat videos.
(I usually don't believe in negative posts, but this really demands it)

[interfxrence]

Originally posted by SolidSnakeASS
I heard about this and I thinks it's crazy. It would actually be cheaper for you to buy a laserdisc player and the Salo Criterion laserdisc (which is mastered from the same sources).

a friend of mine is getting rid of his copy on LD. so if anyone happens to be looking for it real cheap: http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI....tem=1401161714

there's a rental shop here in Toronto that has a copy of salo DVD. $10 a night and a $500 deposit i believe. so if you want to see what the fuss is over the film, i'm sure you can find it for rent somewhere. worth a view, but definitely not $850US.

[General Zod]

Right on, caligula. Why would anyone actually PAY to see adolescents being raped, sodomized, and fed feces? Let me put it this way: I would MAYBE watch this movie if my life depended on it. Blecch.

[BubbleGumUK]

I paid around $100/125 for the original "Little Shop Of Horrors". I love this film, so it was well worth it to see the ending - very different!

I was also one of the idiots who coughed up around $70/80 bucks for the "Willy Wonka" DVD when it got deleted (and, yes, I just bough the widescreen re-issue!) - still, at least I guess I have the better cover!

Most paid for a mint/sealed laserdisc was $450 for the director's cut of "The Frighteners" with the 4.5 hr doc, $250 for the never-officially-release/deleted "Best of Roger Rabbit" shorts disc, and around $1400 for the ENTIRE set of MGM animation box sets - from vols 1-3 of "The Art of Tom and Jerry" to all 5 "Golden Age Of Looney Tunes" sets.

The OOP "Marx Bros Box" set me back about $80, but you're getting three rare films there, plus they threw in anohter free, so that wasn't SOOOO bad!!!

[interfxrence]

Originally posted by BubbleGumUK
I was also one of the idiots who coughed up around $70/80 bucks for the "Willy Wonka" DVD when it got deleted (and, yes, I just bough the widescreen re-issue!) - still, at least I guess I have the better cover!

guess that's not as bad as those guys who paid $150... not that anyone cares but that Wonka disc made me get into DVDs / movies. story: saw Wonka on TV, became my fav movie / wanted to sample some audio bits. couldn't find it on VHS at all, so i ordered the DVD. eventually i got a player... when the ebay auctions were going, i just couldn't part with my copy (:

BTW: its funny, cuz every LD you just mentioned is gonna be released on a single DVD next tuesday for $15 (:

later

[marty]

I saw a thread on dvdtalk - some guy has been buying criterions and not opening them (for a few years I guess). Another user replies to the post telling the guy he has a sickness and just in general insulting him.

What does Mr. Sealed have - Killer, Salo, Hard Boiled, Sid and Nancy. All of those go for twice retail, The Killer for a few hundred, and apparently Salo can fetch $850.
Yeah that guy is sick, a $35 investment that is now selling for 20 times its original price. He was obviously wrong not to open that up

[dvds'r'us]

Originally posted by marty
I saw a thread on dvdtalk - some guy has been buying criterions and not opening them (for a few years I guess). Another user replies to the post telling the guy he has a sickness and just in general insulting him.

What does Mr. Sealed have - Killer, Salo, Hard Boiled, Sid and Nancy. All of those go for twice retail, The Killer for a few hundred, and apparently Salo can fetch $850.
Yeah that guy is sick, a $35 investment that is now selling for 20 times its original price. He was obviously wrong not to open that up

I read that post on dvdtalk as well! he is truly PSYCHO!!

[orko007]

The more I hear of this movie being gross & disturbing the more I wanna see it for myself... No Region 4 release out here unfortunately and Im not paying $1700AU for a frikin movie


AND I JUST CHECKED ON IMDB... IT WILL NEVER BE RELEASED.. IT IS BANNED IN AUSTRALIA.. Damn.. now i really wanna see it .. cant even frigin hire it..

[orko007]

I FOUND THIS BIT OF TRIVIA INTERESTING


Salo was banned in Australia for 21 years before receiving a short stint at the cinema in 1996. This uncut version was then re-banned due to political pressure and hasn't been screened since.

[tenebrae]

If you really want to buy "Salo Or The 120 Days Of Sodom" it is out on British R2, uncut:

http://www.bensonsworld.co.uk/detail...=7000000061749

and it's only £15.99.

[Avid]

Okay, what makes Criterion Salo so rare?

Does anybody know how many copies where printed or how long the disk was made? Did Criterion print only a small amount, based on their anticipated interest in the movie, thus creating a collectible?

Are there less copies of Salo than say, 400 Blows, The Killer or Hard Boiled (I forget what the other "OOP big 5" is).

[werther]

I once read in the Criterion Forumt hat there be probably only about 800 Copies of that Edition. But nobody knows for sure as Criterion doesen´t say the real numbers.

[SebastianCole]

Oh crap! I got a bootleg Criterion Silence of the Lambs! Never would have been able to tell though...shit...I'm gonna keep it anyway. A little extra quirk to my collection.

[Dudley]

just a personal note...

Don't you think that movies (in this case dvds) are meant to be viewed/watched.. i mean basically collectors are paying huge amounts of money for an object that really is not going to be used for what it was meant for.. I mean would you go out and buy a michealangelo and then store it away in a sealed box... I think that would be a huge insult to the artist....

Check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1401624979

Here are some more:

http://search-completed.ebay.com/sea...ty=MetaEndSort

[psycrow]

Hey, BubbleGumUK, do you have a pic of the cover of that MGM LD set you bought?