Criterion Adventures: Day 2 | July 50% Off Barnes & Noble Sale Haul

[@kevinhouse4376]

"Pickup on South Street" and "To Be or Not to Be" are both wonderful films, and the location shooting in 1920s New York City in "Speedy" is like traveling there in a time machine. Finally, "City Lights" is my favorite Chaplin film! The final shot is one of the most moving in film history.

[@ethanedwards7557]

I love when you spend $300 on blurays and they give you a coupon for a free cookie IF you also buy a $6 coffee.

[@FilmsByColor]

Hahaha So true! I now have 6 cookie coupons. (Yes I’ve gone back twice, since we shot these videos. Don’t judge me!)

[@jesusperez7108]

I have been to that Barnes & Noble too. I live in Atlanta. I had 2 amazing hauls at the Buckhead location, but that's when I was starting my collection. Now I don't go there anymore, because they never have my "must buy" criterions. I figured Connor was going to be left disappointed the second I realized they went to the Buckhead location.

[@FilmsByColor]

Oh cool, another local collector. Nice to meet you, man. Yeah I had never been to the Buckhead store before. It wasn’t the best. The Sandy Springs, Smyrna, and Marietta stores where all great though. We found a lot of stuff there.

[@jesusperez7108]

@@FilmsByColor Marietta rocks. I need to check those other locations out, because Cumberland is leaving something to be desired. Perimeter has a pretty solid collection. I went to Snellville once and I had a great haul with them. I have to drive like an hour though to find a Barnes and Noble with a respectable collection though.

[@ethanedwards7557]

It’s weird how many good Criterion content channels are in the Atlanta area, this one, Misfit Pond, 20th and 21st Movies……a Criterion hotspot.

[@ethanedwards7557]

You’re looking for the Jacques Tati set which is great…….the Conor firework mishap reminds me of a scene in Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday. 😂

[@FilmsByColor]

Yes!! It totally does. We’ve actually recorded a Criterion Corner on Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday. I’ve got to get that edited and uploaded soon.

[@ethanedwards7557]

Can’t go wrong with any Lubitsch, To Be or Not to Be is great.

[@ethanedwards7557]

Speedy is great, I watched it for the first time a year or so ago and loved it.

[@ethanedwards7557]

Pickup on South Street is my favorite Fuller film. Thelma Ritter is great in it.

[@ConnerNielsen6]

Thelma Ritter’s in it?!?! Okay, now I’m watching it ASAP

[@ethanedwards7557]

I believe she got an Oscar nomination for it. Widmark is great too but she steals every scene she’s in.

[@daveanderson4600]

Really enjoy watching your low-key, but engaged and quality content. Have picked up, so far, Raging Bull (4K), The Girl Can't Help It, Pickup on South Street, and In The Heat Of The Night. Don't see how I'll beable to talk the family into a good evening with Jake La Motta, so I'll probably have to wait on that one... That being said, my son & I watched Seven Samurai last night & he seemed to authentically like it. Didn't fall asleep nor look at his phone for almost 3.5 hours. Who knows, maybe he'll dig Heat of the Night.

[@FilmsByColor]

Thanks man! Glad you’re enjoying the vids. I really enjoying making them. And sweet pickups. Love that you’re making classic film a family affair. That’s so nice to hear these days.

[@ConnerNielsen6]

In the Heat of the Night is so friggin’ cool. If your son liked Seven Samurai, I can see him liking that one. Great pickups!

[@w.iraheta3769]

Conner pick two solid classic films.

[@ShaneRob93]

I LOVE The Ballad of Narayama, I will say that the first time I watched it I didn't know how I felt about it until about the final act and that's when it all hit me and I fell in love. It's definitely good leading up to that point, but on a first watch (also I didn't know what the story was supposed to be going in) I found it difficult to get a feeling of what was going on until that point.

[@FilmsByColor]

Cool! Glad you had such a great experience with it. I’m really looking forward to it.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

I’m a fellow criterion collector as well. I’ve already been on three B&N criterion hauls and plan on two more before the month is over, here’s what I’ve gotten: *Shaft, Pink Flamingos, The Damned, Death in Venice, The American Friend, Fail Safe, Pierrot Le Fou, Shame, Shallow Grave, The Circus, Night on Earth* I got the John Cassavettes boxset last Christmas and considering getting the Tati boxset on my last haul. Cool video.

[@FilmsByColor]

Welcome! Always happy to talk to another collector. You’ve got some great pickups so far. I really hope I can find that Jaques Tati box set before this month is over.

[@fv5681]

Great pickups guys. Someone forgot to stock the store with 4k’s(not cool! Lol). City Lights is a masterpiece you will love that! Can’t wait for the next adventure! Cheers.

[@FilmsByColor]

Thanks man! Can’t wait to check out City Lights. It’s one of the the last big Chaplin films I still need to see.

[@lukassjogren4294]

What a lovely couple of videos, I just stumbled across your channel! I look forward to see what else you guys pick up and I hope you’ll find a nice copy of the Cassavetes set (who doesn’t love Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands)!

[@FilmsByColor]

Hey! Welcome Lukas. Glad you enjoyed the videos. I’m almost done editing Day 3. I should be able to get that uploaded soon.

[@jarethgearhart1239]

Great couple of Video's DJ. These Video's are much better than anything I seen anybody else makes on KZbin. You should think about doing more of these kind of video's👍. I personally spent as much on the Arrow video sale. Did you two buy any Arrow Blu-Rays?

[@FilmsByColor]

Thanks so much for the kind words. I’ve had so much fun editing this series of videos. Glad you’re enjoying them. I did get some Arrow pickups before Conner got here. I limited myself to just two, because I knew I would go nuts on the Criterion sale. I got 12 monkeys and the Yokai Monsters Collection Box Set. Which ones did you pick up?

[@ConnerNielsen6]

The Arrow sale was awesome. I love that they have cool limited edition sets of some releases. From the Arrow sale I got: • Hold Back the Dawn • Wild Things 4K (Limited Edition) • An American Werewolf in London 4K (Limited Edition) • True Romance 4K (Limited Edition)

[@jarethgearhart1239]

Your welcome. I got Wild things and True Romance on Blu-Ray Boxsets because I don't have a 4K player. Criterion's I got are When Horror came to Shochiku(DVD)Became it's not on Blu-Ray and 12 Angry Men and The Man who knew to much on Blu-Ray. By the way the 12 Monkeys Blu-Ray apparently has some sort of manufacturers Error on it you might want to see if your copy Is part of that. That's the only reason I didn't pick it up myself

[@jarethgearhart1239]

@@ConnerNielsen6 Hey. I also got WIld Thing's and True Romance on just Blu-Ray tho. Let me know if you're happy with American Werewolf of London that was one of my Dads Favorite Horror movies so I probably should upgrade from the DVD He had. Thank you for answering me about The Batman the other day I finally found you both on Letterboxed. It took me awhile to get used to that website😅

[@ConnerNielsen6]

@@jarethgearhart1239 No way, An American Werewolf in London was actually a movie my dad showed me too! And no prob, new websites/apps take some time to get used to

[@ethanedwards7557]

They just redid the media section at my B&N and the Criterion section got shrunk way down to much smaller than this store’s section.

[@FilmsByColor]

Ah man, that sucks. I hate how much physical media has been declining these days. My Target has been reduced to just half of one side of an aisle and an end cap. That’s it! I have to buy everything online or at 2nd hand stores.

[@indiefilmcafe]

I thought that dude was Mike Myers for a second lol 😂

[@excelsiormoviereviews]

This is a fun video. I have exactly 70 Criterions now, do you both know approximately how many you have now?

[@ConnerNielsen6]

Congratulations on the the milestone! I’ve been cataloging mine for some time, participating in several sales at this point. Currently I own 259 films that are in the Criterion Collection, and they’re collected across 247 spine numbers. But that number is going to go up a little before the end of the month! Happy hunting, hope you’ve found some good finds this month

[@excelsiormoviereviews]

@@ConnerNielsen6 that’s an impressive collection count. I just picked up one more today and will pick up a couple more before the end of the month. I currently have purchased 12 titles this month and have released two Criterion Haul videos so far in July under this channel name. I’m Steve, btw.

[@FilmsByColor]

Great question. I had to check my catalog app. I haven’t been collecting as long as Conner. He’s got a very impressive collection. This is only my third sale, but I’m sitting right at 121.

[@excelsiormoviereviews]

@@FilmsByColor that’s awesome! I started collecting Criterion DVDs in the late ‘90s and then stopped, It wasn’t until 2021 that I learned about the 50% Off Sale at Barnes and Noble and I learned about Amazon, Wal-Mart and the Flash Sales on Criterion. Happy Hunting to you and Conner and I will look for your next Criterion video.

[@_ErickRangel]

Do you all have Letterboxd accounts?

[@FilmsByColor]

Yes we do! Mine is D. J. Martinez III and Conner’s is Conner Nielsen.

[@_ErickRangel]

@@FilmsByColor awesome., I’m gonna follow you guys. Great videos 👍🏽

[@JohnHenrysaysHi]

The Greatest Adventure is what lies ahead..unless this ends after Day 2, and that footage of tomorrow was delayed April Fools lies since this is a time travel video from the past to the present...and this present with you guys is a gift, so expect the unexpected here on TheWelder! TheWelder was a super villain after all...but I was certain he sought reconciliation after he got his final revenge on Conner picking up the Third Man... Being that you have the greatest dedicated movie channel, we have to hear your thoughts on Citizen Kane being that it's the movie that people bring up as a benchmark for movies like Shakespeare for literature...and they've probably never watched it, so it might be some kinda of nerdy self-defense mechanism thing going on even though we're talking about a nerdy pop culture....and by we, I mean, I'm not speaking for anyone but myself and this talking ring that I picked up on South Street but I'm sure many would like to hear your thoughts on it! I've seen it twice and while I don't think it's one of the absolute greatest movies like It's a Wonderful Life, Ben Hur, The Godfather, and Jingle All the Way, I thought Citizen Kane was a great movie but maybe you'll think it lives up to the hype like the Passion of Joan of Arc...which I shamefully haven't seen yet...not as shameful as not seeing a Wes Anderson film in theaters because it's waaaaaaay worse! Especially since I haven't done either...where are we going with this precious South Street ring? We'll just have to wait and see if there's a Day 3 becauseeeee there's allllllwaaaayyyss tomorrowwww for dreeeaaaams to come true like a new video with DJ and Conner....the greatest Happy belated July 4th celebration....today.... since the greatest Happy belated July 4th celebration would be seeing Conner apologize profusely for that bottle rocket seeking reconciliation by traveling to Mars on a diplomatic adventure to give Martians the ultimate reason to spare America: Jingle All the Way. I might have picked up something else on South Street to make me so goofy today. haha You guys are awesome. Hope you and yours had a very Happy belated 4th of July! P.S. I hope your wife is okay!

[@FilmsByColor]

Haha! I always enjoy your comments, but you’ve really outdone yourself on this one. Even got a Rankin & Bass Rudolph reference in there. Well done! I’m sure Citizen Kane will come up on Criterion Corner eventually as it’s one of Conner’s top 5 favorite movies. We’ll see if I can get my hands on a copy this month!

[@DemonSorcererMiyagi]

Poor Conner.

[@FilmsByColor]

There’s two more stores. He’s still got a chance!

[@DemonSorcererMiyagi]

@@FilmsByColor Interested to see what else you two pick up! I was very sparse this year.

[@themasterofallmoviesprestwood.]

Check out my criterion collection

[@dmartsfilm]

Great haul! I uploaded my haul if you like to see what others get as well!

[@OldmovieMike]

Great video!!! I just subscribed! I did a couple of Criterion videos this past month so far! check em out!

[@FilmsByColor]

Cool thanks! And welcome to the channel!