The Criterion Collection

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by CPinheiro

What about that clock from the 2015 new years drawing? I kept thinking it was for After Hours .Did it turn out to be something else?

Not to my knowledge.

I still think After Hours is the most likely. Unless I just missed something along the way?

[MifuneFan]

I'm hoping it's partially for The Big Clock. I remember hearing someone say it could be somehow a reference to 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (which is pretty much confirmed). Big clock = a lot of time?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I'm hoping it's partially for The Big Clock. I remember hearing someone say it could be somehow a reference to 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (which is pretty much confirmed). Big clock = a lot of time?

4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days is SO going to be mine.

Whether I'll ever watch it again -- that's a different question. Anyone who's seen it knows what I'm talking about. But regardless, I will own it. What a film.

[ShellOilJunior]

Speaking of re-watchability, I purged 16 titles from my collection this past weekend. I needed the dough so I went through my collection and asked myself - "Am I going to watch these again any time soon?". I like having a trimmer collection of only stuff I watch multiple times.

It's hard enough choosing a title from the shelf. Now I don't feel obligated to re-watch something I'm not particularly interested in.

[theater dreamer]

What about the Up series? The documentary has been updated every seven years by Michael Apted since Seven Up! was done by Paul Almond in 1956. If a big clock represents a lot of time, a series that has now covered 56 years (with 56 Up in 2012) would be my guess. That would make for a hell of a boxed set.

[theater dreamer]

What did you get rid of?

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Speaking of re-watchability, I purged 16 titles from my collection this past weekend. I needed the dough so I went through my collection and asked myself - "Am I going to watch these again any time soon?". I like having a trimmer collection of only stuff I watch multiple times.

It's hard enough choosing a title from the shelf. Now I don't feel obligated to re-watch something I'm not particularly interested in.

[SkyAntoine]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I would prefer that doesn't happen.

Midnight Cowboy is a film that hits a little too close to home for me.

Back in my sophomore year in college I lost one of my student loans and fell behind on my tuition payments. I was in real danger of getting kicked out of school and I need something more than a minimum wage job, which is all I could find at the time.

One night I met a man in a bar and I happened to mention that I was having money troubles. He said he could give me a way to make some quick cash and I didn't even need any references.

Three days later he called and said I should be at the 10pm Tuesday screening of Waterworld at the local movie theater and someone would meet me there with more information.

What happened next was...not something I've ever talked about before.

I was able to stay in school and graduate on time.

...but I've never really been the same since.

I read somewhere on the internet that opening up about your deepest, darkest secrets on a message board was the best way to deal with your demons.
Thanks for sharing, Ray. We've all got your back...just not like that guy.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by SkyAntoine

I read somewhere on the internet that opening up about your deepest, darkest secrets on a message board was the best way to deal with your demons.
Thanks for sharing, Ray. We've all got your back...just not like that guy.

LOL!

Well-played.

[Knaldskalle]

Waterworld should have set all sorts of warning bells off in your head, Ray...

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I would prefer that doesn't happen.

Midnight Cowboy is a film that hits a little too close to home for me.

Back in my sophomore year in college I lost one of my student loans and fell behind on my tuition payments. I was in real danger of getting kicked out of school and I need something more than a minimum wage job, which is all I could find at the time.

One night I met a man in a bar and I happened to mention that I was having money troubles. He said he could give me a way to make some quick cash and I didn't even need any references.

Three days later he called and said I should be at the 10pm Tuesday screening of Waterworld at the local movie theater and someone would meet me there with more information.

What happened next was...not something I've ever talked about before.

I was able to stay in school and graduate on time.

...but I've never really been the same since.

[Show spoiler]

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I would prefer that doesn't happen.

Midnight Cowboy is a film that hits a little too close to home for me.

Back in my sophomore year in college I lost one of my student loans and fell behind on my tuition payments. I was in real danger of getting kicked out of school and I need something more than a minimum wage job, which is all I could find at the time.

One night I met a man in a bar and I happened to mention that I was having money troubles. He said he could give me a way to make some quick cash and I didn't even need any references.

Three days later he called and said I should be at the 10pm Tuesday screening of Waterworld at the local movie theater and someone would meet me there with more information.

What happened next was...not something I've ever talked about before.

I was able to stay in school and graduate on time.

...but I've never really been the same since.

Same thing happened to me. Did the guy have you do his paper route while he was on vacation? I hated getting up that early, but it was all worth it in the end.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by SkyAntoine

I read somewhere on the internet that opening up about your deepest, darkest secrets on a message board was the best way to deal with your demons.
Thanks for sharing, Ray. We've all got your back...just not like that guy.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

This is what I think are left from the New Years Drawing

Exterminating Angel
Flight of the Phoenix
In the Valley of the Dolls
Naked Prey
The Squid and the Whale
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
Thieves Highway
Lone Wolf and Cub

I'm pretty sure that the phoenix in the clue was for Phoenix and not for The Flight of the Phoenix, which is most likely with Twilight Time. Also, not sure where you're seeing The Naked Prey.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by belcherman

I'm pretty sure that the phoenix in the clue was for Phoenix and not for The Flight of the Phoenix, which is most likely with Twilight Time. Also, not sure where you're seeing The Naked Prey.

One clue was simply Phoenix (the city), the other one (new Year) the phoenix was flying

Then again, Dr. Strangelove definitely had 2 different clues, such a waste of drawing space

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by theater dreamer

What did you get rid of?

Vigo, Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, Walkabout, Ballad of Narayama, Beauty and the Beast, Orpheus, Blind Chance, IF..., Letter Never Sent, The Moment of Truth, Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor and Macbeth.

I might be forgetting some. That's off the top of my head.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

isn't he from Sheffield? I think he might actually be from Liverpool and I may have read that in an article about the Liverpool football tragedy that happened in Sheffield.

He's from Liverpool, but will have been talking about the Hillsborough disaster, which happened in Sheffield but involved Liverpool FC.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by belcherman

I'm pretty sure that the phoenix in the clue was for Phoenix and not for The Flight of the Phoenix, which is most likely with Twilight Time. Also, not sure where you're seeing The Naked Prey.

I think that he meant the image referring to The Naked Island, which as you know, has already been released. Additionally, the correct title of the other film mentioned is BEYOND the Valley of the Dolls, a release that will shoot Criterion's 2016 output into the stratosphere of "Best Ever."

Speaking of Russ Meyer films, see if any of you can spare the $33.99 to purchase the Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill (RM Films International) blu-ray disc. It is a "bare bones" release, but it is one of the most different films that I have ever seen. I'll just leave it at that!

[Illy Scorsese]

Awesome that "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" is finally coming... Definitely a Day 1 Purchase.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Vigo, Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, Walkabout, Ballad of Narayama, Beauty and the Beast, Orpheus, Blind Chance, IF..., Letter Never Sent, The Moment of Truth, Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor and Macbeth.

I might be forgetting some. That's off the top of my head.

DANG!

That's a ..."boatload of beauty" that you just unloaded. I absolutely love ALL of those titles!

[Polaroid]

http://www.indiewire.com/article/err...mpaign=IW_post

Not Criterion related but he has stuff in collection so thought i'd share

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

I think that he meant the image referring to The Naked Island, which as you know, has already been released.

I meant Prey

Am I the only one that thinks the way he's hunched forward with his hands seemingly together looks like praying? Hence The Naked Prey? I mean, they could have drawn him any old way if the clue was just for The Naked Island. Criterion has the rights to the title and it was released on BD in the UK a couple of months ago so it's not a huge stretch or anything