MGM announced a couple of days ago that they would be bringing 3 Coen brothers classics to Blu-ray on August 30. Miller’s Crossing, Blood Simple and Raising Arizona can each be purchased individually, but we now see that they’ll be offered together with Fargo in a 4-disc box-set.
Going for the box set represents a pretty big savings. Current pre-order prices for the individual discs:
- Miller’s Crossing – $22.49
- Blood Simple – $13.99
- Raising Arizona – $23.49
- Fargo – $14.47
That adds up to over 74 bucks. The box-set can be pre-ordered from Amazon for roughly half that. (hang on, the rational part of my brain is now saying $48.99 is 65% of $74 — still a sizable discount.)
I’m no investment adviser, but if you already own Fargo on Blu-ray now would be a fine time to divest yourself of that holding and apply the proceeds to reduce the net cost of the box-set. (I suppose I could’ve posted this last night, but I first needed to sell my copy of Fargo for $9.99 before the bottom dropped out of the market. They’re selling for a dollar less today.)
That will shave your box set cost down to 40 dollars, so you’ll only be spending $10 per film. Anybody who can pass up a deal like that oughta have his head examined. Details of the traditionally meager Coen extra features (the same as the SD editions), after the cut.
from Blu-ray.com
Blood Simple: Director’s Cut —
- Commentary with Kenneth Loring of Forever Young Films
- Cast and crew biographies
- Production notes
- Theatrical trailer
Raising Arizona —
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spots
Miller’s Crossing —
- Shooting Miller’s Crossing: A Conversation with Barry Sonnenfeld featurette
- Interview Soundbites with cast members Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, and John Turturro
- Still gallery
- Theatrical trailers
Fargo —
- Commentary with cinematographer Roger Deakins
- Minnesota Nice featurette
- Trivia track
- Trailer
- Still gallery
- American Cinematographer article on the film
