I have to preface this thread by saying that although I enjoyed
the film, I never liked it enough to want to own it. This
attitude has saved me a few hundred dollars...

When Pulp Fiction ended its run in the theater, there was a
strong rumor that it would not be released on laserdisc- VHS
tape only! This resulted in lots of fans looking to see if a
foreign-released version could be had.

Turns out, a Japanese import LD of Pulp Fiction was made
available about the same time the film was released on VHS.
Unfortunately, the going price for the movie was about $75.
Additionally, the transfer left some things to be desired- the
image was muddy, and of course you had Japanese subtitles
permanently burned into the bottom of the screen.

As it turned out, a few months later the studio DID release a
domestic version for the "low" price of $45. I'm sure a lot of
fans that bought the import disc winced at the thought of having
to spend more dough on a superior version of their favorite
movie.

But the worst insult came roughly a year later...

...when the studio released a "Special Edition" with tons of
extras- available wherever laserdiscs were sold for the tune of
$125!!!

Not counting tax, that's $245 all for one movie! It probably
doesn't help that DVDs are superior in picture quality and all
those previous versions are pretty much worthless...

...which brings me back to my original statement- I never liked
it enough to want to own a copy. (Lucky me...)

With what you've noted in here on the cost of some LDs that would explain why at the one place I've ever seen them for rent they only had a couple small boxes of them to pick from.




Erin