The Criterion Collection is responsible for restoring and preserving a bunch of classic and contemporary movies over the past four decades. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Criterion is releasing a 40-film box set dubbed CC40 on November 19. This mammoth collection contains 49 discs, 40 films, hundreds of hours of special features, and a 216-page retrospective book, all stored in a premium clouthbound slipcase.CC40 has a list price of $800 (ouch indeed), but you can preorder the set for $560 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. That’s a whopping 30% discount–Criterion itself has an early-bird deal of $640–but yes, it still sounds expensive. But if you’re interested in watching and owning a good portion of the included films, you’re paying $14 per movie–and tha…