Anyone see the hint Criterion posted on Facebook?

Looks like they just posted a hint pic on FB. Sayd they'll release the Mar. line up in two weeks. Everyone seems to think Hook? but wasn't that film just released by Sony?

Thanks! Now I won't feel bad by skewing the results with a vote for 12 Angry Men, which I've seen and have not purchased. :)

The shot is reminiscent of the scene when Peter's talking to his partner over the phone and Jack's fooling around in the background with his shadow looming behind him. Perhaps it's a film Spielberg was paying homage to?

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to guess.

Dial M seems to be the current answer du jour. A quick internet search though and the set's molding doesn't seem to match this photo, though I know the moment people think it is and certainly looks it.


Actually someone nailed it:

Looks like Hidden Fortress to me.

*insert sarcasm tag here*

Seriously? That would be sweet, since I'll be watching my PVR of it tonight. :D

Derp, I have poor reading comprehension

I guess that Cow clue was for Lean/Coward.

It would still be standard def, but you could get all three movies on one disc, and save money on packaging as well. Eclipse would be perfect for this, since anyone buying an Eclipse package would likely be savvy enough to know that it was standard def content on a blu disc. I wish TV sets shot on video would do this now; you could cut the number of discs on a set by a factor of what, six? But as you say it would probably confuse people.

At least now I know what film Spielberg was referencing in Hook. Man loves him some David Lean.

I'm glad someone does.

Ooh I love me some snark!

Hey, now! I love me some David Lean!!! Yeah, that's three exclamation marks! Give me every British movie on blu-ray that Lean made before Hollywood and I'll be content.

Actually, my DVD set from the UK works just as well, too.

I thought the production was very good, actually. Visually it had a hot, gritty, claustrophic feel that was pretty effective. Some of the flashing back and forth through time was a little hard to follow at first but other than that I thought it was very well made overall.

As for the inexplicable behavior, the fact that she was so willfully oblivious was kind of the whole point. How many times have you picked up a newspaper (or a history book) and thought (of an individual or a nation) 'wtf were you thinking? How did you not see this coming???'

This film doesn't really answer those kind of questions but it does depict them in a viscerally effective way. In fact, there was almost a (very) slow-burn Hitchcockian 'suspense is when the audience knows there's a bomb on a bus' feel to it at times.

I completely agree about the son character though. I have absolutely no idea what was going on there.

a narrative tour de force. this will be awesome.

And I think that was the single most impressive hint I have seen from them :eek:! I honestly would have never guessed it was such a twisty play of words. Still, great to see Lean is getting some love the next month. Although, I am a little bit disappointed it is not Tarr's Satantango after all :(.

I was exceedingly pleased to be able to purchase Criterion's Eclipse version of Basil Dearden's London Underground! It allowed me to own a VERY good copy of the film Sapphire". I NEVER thought I'd ever see a DVD release of this obscure but worthwhile film. This Criterion DVD release is miles better than the DVR recording I had.

Not to mention, Dial M is owned by Warner, and reportedly already in the pipes (including the 3D version).

Last seen at MGM, so....yeah. If it's Lean, it's Criterion.

Exactly why Eclipse is what it is. It's not there to piss off Blu-ray fans. It's there to get these films out without Criterion having to take a gamble on losing money restoring them. They are 100 times better than no release at all.