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Well, it's selling now about as well as it ever will. So I think the one thing we can conclude from this exercise is that Border Radio is no higher than the 426th highest selling Criterion of all time.mfunk9786 wrote:Since some of these are newer titles though, I'd say it's as accurate a representation as we're going to get.
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Good point. The samurai films, in particular, probably did fairly well upon initial release. By the same token, however, it's interesting to note that they don't have the staying power of Kurasawa's.HelenLawson wrote:Hmm...from that list one can conclude that very few people are fond of 80s Altman; Criterion should've stopped their samurai output with spine #2; and films with talking gorillas and Glenda Jackson are more popular than we think.
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At least I know I'm pimping the right ones. Whenever I manage to convince non-film people to watch one of my DVDs it's usually Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill, Schizopolis or Fishing with John. The worst one to see as a worst seller is Pepe le Moko, though; I'd rank it amongst the best in the collection. A little surprised to see so much Suzuki on there but that might explain why I've never met another fan in the flesh (however, I have had at least one conversion for Tokyo Drifter).
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Color me crazy here as I'm no statistician, but these figures aren't historical figures, are they? These figures must come from a certain snapshot in time, a year or something like that. Since there have been so many more films and TV series being released on DVD, this has likely pushed Criterion releases further down the channel, yes? Titanic is listed as #3,605 on the bestseller list and as we know, people fiended for that movie when it came out (granted, it sold very well on VHS and there are no numbers represented for video sales on Amazon).
The Fellowship of the Ring is ranked #7,504 and we all know that blew out of the stores when it was released. The extended edition of that particular title is only ranked #2,140.
Even Spider-Man has a ranking of #3,380 and that set records for DVD sales at the time of its release.
I'm not sure so much stock can be put into the rankings on Amazon.
Also, Mala Noche sold far less (rank #48,079) than Clean, Shaven (rank #19,572) as did Walker (rank #36,932) as well as others (Cria Cuervos, WR: The Mysteries of the Organism, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, etc).[/i]
The Fellowship of the Ring is ranked #7,504 and we all know that blew out of the stores when it was released. The extended edition of that particular title is only ranked #2,140.
Even Spider-Man has a ranking of #3,380 and that set records for DVD sales at the time of its release.
I'm not sure so much stock can be put into the rankings on Amazon.
Also, Mala Noche sold far less (rank #48,079) than Clean, Shaven (rank #19,572) as did Walker (rank #36,932) as well as others (Cria Cuervos, WR: The Mysteries of the Organism, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, etc).[/i]
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Not necessary, De Sica is more known for his neorealist films in which Criterion has Miracle in Milan and Gold of Naples comedy coming.Tommaso wrote:I'm almost shocked to see "Indiscretion of an American Wife/Terminal Station" being second on the worst-selling list. Well, so much for our hopes for more De Sica....
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also, Sanjuro is the lesser known half of a most likely very popular set.Tom Hagen wrote:Artistic considerations aside, in the case of Samurai II and Samurai III, the existence of the box set probably doesn't help the bottom-line sales figures for the individual titles . . .
i have to say i'm a bit surprised to see the Rebel Samurai boxset on that list, i always thought samurai action films sold pretty well in general in terms of Criterion releases.
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swo17 wrote:Dammit, which one of you bought Border Radio? It's moved up the best selling Criterion list from 420-something to 298.
you guys know that for every one person who watches a film, metaphysically two more people are compelled to watch the same film. I vow to watch Border Radio five times a day, every day, and soon enough all of you will be watching it every day!domino harvey wrote:Maybe someone needed a gag gift for an office party