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Comments on: Cinema snobs rejoice: Criterion Collection goes Web 2.0

Rent a Criterion film for $5, and then the company will deduct the $5 from a DVD purchase of the same movie. Also: social networking!

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by pomade7 November 26, 2008 1:05 PM PST
Isn't this site like Jaman?? but with lot less films??? Good luck :)
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by FKipple November 27, 2008 3:49 AM PST
Great post Caroline! A classic example of inverted snobbery.
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by November 27, 2008 5:13 AM PST
Thanks for the tip! Criterion actually have a lot of fantastic films, and they have great restorations of old films.
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by MSSlayer November 27, 2008 2:07 PM PST
No such thing as Web 2.0
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by GasAlley November 30, 2008 8:53 AM PST
Criterion is pretentious? Do you think anything could be more pretentious than the current slob-culture of know-it all, do-it-all pimps and hos? Or, for that matter, could it be more pretentious than CNN, The Daily Show, or Al Franken? Please.
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