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[Pre-Order] The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years The Criterion Collection [4K Blu-ray] $349.99 + Free Shipping

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Barnes & Noble [barnesandnoble.com] has for Pre-Order: The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years The Criterion Collection [4K UHD Blu-ray Discs] for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Amazon [amazon.com] has for Pre-Order: The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years The Criterion Collection [4K UHD Blu-ray Discs] for $368.06. Shipping is free.

Note: This item is scheduled to be released on September 30, 2025.

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  • New 4K digital masters of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
  • Ten 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and ten Blu-rays with the films and special features
  • Over twenty-five hours of special features, including audio commentaries, interviews, documentaries, deleted scenes, auditions, short films, home movies, commercials, storyboards, animation tests, archival recordings, still photography, discussions, analysis, and visual essays
  • Essays by Richard Brody, James L. Brooks, Bilge Ebiri, Moeko Fujii, Kent Jones, Dave Kehr, Geoffrey O'Brien, Martin Scorsese, and Erica Wagner
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Barnes & Noble [barnesandnoble.com] has for Pre-Order: The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years The Criterion Collection [4K UHD Blu-ray Discs] for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Amazon [amazon.com] has for Pre-Order: The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years The Criterion Collection [4K UHD Blu-ray Discs] for $368.06. Shipping is free.

Note: This item is scheduled to be released on September 30, 2025.

Details from Amazon:
  • New 4K digital masters of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
  • Ten 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and ten Blu-rays with the films and special features
  • Over twenty-five hours of special features, including audio commentaries, interviews, documentaries, deleted scenes, auditions, short films, home movies, commercials, storyboards, animation tests, archival recordings, still photography, discussions, analysis, and visual essays
  • Essays by Richard Brody, James L. Brooks, Bilge Ebiri, Moeko Fujii, Kent Jones, Dave Kehr, Geoffrey O'Brien, Martin Scorsese, and Erica Wagner

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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Eragorn

This comes out to $35 per film which is definitely a premium. I have no clue how Criterion does their collections and if this is a limited run or what, but this is 30% off the MSRP and it hasn't released yet so I thought I'd share for those interested.

Here's the press release though for it: https://www.criterion.com/boxsets...five-years
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I believe I saw it for 299 at DiabolikDVD
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It will be 50% off MSRP at B&N, usually in July and November
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tangibility
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Outrageous price. People need to quit supporting such insane prices on physical media. Plus, I personally just don't understand why Wes Anderson films are as highly regarded as they are. The only reason I have any appreciation for his stuff is due to his commitment to shooting on actual film, not digitally. Kudos to him for that. Otherwise, meh...
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Quote from Snakeyes77 :
It will be 50% off MSRP at B&N, usually in July and November
Makes sense - only shared cause I didn't know if this was a limited edition.
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Quote from tangibility :
Outrageous price. People need to quit supporting such insane prices on physical media. Plus, I personally just don't understand why Wes Anderson films are as highly regarded as they are. The only reason I have any appreciation for his stuff is due to his commitment to shooting on actual film, not digitally. Kudos to him for that. Otherwise, meh...

Yeah, this is beyond wild, for a filmmaker who could be described as hit or miss
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Yeah, I like movies, and have bought a few Wes Anderson films in the past, but I've gotta think the potential pool of people ready to shell out $350 for this collection has got to be pretty small.
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For those who may not know... 4k Digital Masters were mastered from a true 4k digital intermediate or native 4k scan of film. They usually have much more detail than your typical average 4k blue-ray which usually are upscaled from 2k to 4k. That said, I am not justifying the price of this, just making a point about why it's unique.
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Quote from RowdyReptile :
Yeah, I like movies, and have bought a few Wes Anderson films in the past, but I've gotta think the potential pool of people ready to shell out $350 for this collection has got to be pretty small.

So? If it is not going to sell to many people, the price will reflect that. That's just capitalism. Supply and demand, Baby!
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Quote from plumnbagel :
So? If it is not going to sell to many people, the price will reflect that. That's just capitalism. Supply and demand, Baby!
It's "not going to sell to many people" BECAUSE the price is absurd. You've got it backwards, which is not surprising as the version of "supply and demand" they teach in colleges/universities these days is absolute upside-down bogus BS. If the price point was actually fair, it would undoubtedly sell well. I may not be one of them, but there are a lot of Wes Anderson fans out there. But out of those fans, there's probably only a very, very small percentage willing or even able to shell out this kind of ridiculous cash.

And then everyone cries out, "See, see! Physical media isn't selling. It's dying!"

Well, no crap it's not selling when the studios are trying to charge such asinine prices for nearly every release these days. And I'm not just talking about boutique stuff -- Disney, Warner, Sony, Paramount, etcetera, etcetera. They're all guilty. They need to get real and stop gouging the heck out of everyone.
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Quote from tangibility :
It's "not going to sell to many people" BECAUSE the price is absurd. You've got it backwards, which is not surprising as the version of "supply and demand" they teach in colleges/universities these days is absolute upside-down bogus BS. If the price point was actually fair, it would undoubtedly sell well. I may not be one of them, but there are a lot of Wes Anderson fans out there. But out of those fans, there's probably only a very, very small percentage willing or even able to shell out this kind of ridiculous cash.

And then everyone cries out, "See, see! Physical media isn't selling. It's dying!"

Well, no crap it's not selling when the studios are trying to charge such asinine prices for nearly every release these days. And I'm not just talking about boutique stuff -- Disney, Warner, Sony, Paramount, etcetera, etcetera. They're all guilty. They need to get real and stop gouging the heck out of everyone.

Right you are. I had it backwards. Sorry about that.
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Most of Criterion's catalog is insanely overpriced, but holy cow! I wouldn't pay $35 for a single one of these films. I haven't seen all of them, but of those that I have seen, Rushmore was the only one that I enjoyed. Easy pass.
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Quote from tangibility :
It's "not going to sell to many people" BECAUSE the price is absurd. You've got it backwards, which is not surprising as the version of "supply and demand" they teach in colleges/universities these days is absolute upside-down bogus BS. If the price point was actually fair, it would undoubtedly sell well. I may not be one of them, but there are a lot of Wes Anderson fans out there. But out of those fans, there's probably only a very, very small percentage willing or even able to shell out this kind of ridiculous cash.

And then everyone cries out, "See, see! Physical media isn't selling. It's dying!"

Well, no crap it's not selling when the studios are trying to charge such asinine prices for nearly every release these days. And I'm not just talking about boutique stuff -- Disney, Warner, Sony, Paramount, etcetera, etcetera. They're all guilty. They need to get real and stop gouging the heck out of everyone.
I've always been amazed by the stupidity of Hollywood. These are the same idiots that fought tooth and nail against the adoption of video tape and DVDs -- only for them to eventually become major income streams.

Probably more than 80% of my movie collection, I've only watched once. Imagine how much less money I would have spent if I only rented movies or watched them on Netflix, Amazon, HBO, etc. instead?

I appreciate the (currently) superior quality of movies on blu-ray over streaming, but go ahead Hollywood, take away that option (or price me out of it). In the long run, you'll be doing me a favor.
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Quote from plumnbagel :
Right you are. I had it backwards. Sorry about that.
Don't sweat it. Wink
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