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Danny
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Rarefilms

Post by Danny » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:11 am

Has anyone done business with Rarefilms?

http://www.rarefilmsandmore.com/" target="_blank

It contains hundreds of interesting, vintage, and historical German films. The company is based in Arizona. Before I order from a site that's new to me, I'd like to have some feedback about their efficiency.

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Re: Rarefilms

Post by silentmovies742 » Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:00 am

From what I can gather, many of the films they are passing off as out of copyright are not. While I personally have no moral problems purchasing material from such places if its not available elsewhere and never likely to be, selling copies of films that have appeared in the filmmuseum series, for example, is for me a no-no.

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Re: Rarefilms

Post by drednm » Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:26 am

I think I bought Ohm Kruger from them years ago. Fine. They also have an amazing number of Emil Jannings' German films....
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Re: Rarefilms

Post by ajabrams » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:40 pm

I have purchased several films from them. They are very forthright in their descriptions of the various print conditions and they offer many films with English subtitles that you can't get anywhere else. They also provide pretty quick service and will rectify any problems with defective discs.

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Re: Rarefilms

Post by Spiny Norman » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:51 am

ajabrams wrote:I have purchased several films from them. They are very forthright in their descriptions of the various print conditions and they offer many films with English subtitles that you can't get anywhere else. They also provide pretty quick service and will rectify any problems with defective discs.
Although I'm not absolutely certain, I get the impression most of them come from one specific download site that also does a lot of (fan/amateur) subtitling.
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