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[postmodel]

As soon as I saw it I guessed Fail Safe. If that is it, I am very proud of myself haha.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Scottie

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! If it is Fail Safe, I'll be so happy!!!!!!! I can't think of any other possibilities.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

Fail Safe coming per the newsletter clue.

Let's hope so. Brilliant and terrifying film.

The Clooney "live" television version from 2000 would make a great companion feature if Criterion can get the rights.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

Fail Safe coming per the newsletter clue.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by Scottie

[Show spoiler]

Great companion piece to Doctor Strangelove.

[critterdvd]

I just put in a blind purchase for "Until the End of the World" with the target sale. It was weird how they only offered the DVD for "Polyester"

[postmodel]

Originally Posted by critterdvd

I just put in a blind purchase for "Until the End of the World" with the target sale. It was weird how they only offered the DVD for "Polyester"

The Blu for Polyester is out of stock on their site, which is beyond frustrating cause that's all I want! haha.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

Fail Safe coming per the newsletter clue.

Oh, please be so. We got the clue about Temple Drake and it came out low and behold the next month. Fail-Safe for January?

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Oh, please be so. We got the clue about Temple Drake and it came out low and behold the next month. Fail-Safe for January?

Wow, was it really that quick?! Totally forgot!

[Akubrick1]

"The Matador.... the Matador".... love this movie.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Banned User

Rather then splitting hairs let me completely hijack the discussion and suggest Criterion release some Hideo Gosha films like:

Goyokin
Hitokiri
Sword of the Beast

and another Kobayashi film I really want in HD:
Samurai Rebellion

Really feel like Criterion hasn't been releasing a lot of Japanese films lately and I need my Samurai fix in HD. Not to mention I find it strange that Dreams was the last Kurosawa film to be released 3 years ago.

Am I wrong here? I mean I appreciate the Mizoguchi films and would definitely like to see more of those plus the Ozu films, but where's Stray Dog, Drunken Angel, Red Beard, The Bad Sleep Well etc. I know Red beard had a restoration, as it ran the film circuit afterwards and Mosfilm restored Dersu Uzala. Is this another case of Studio canal owning the rights and wanting too high a price for rights?

and completely out of left field here, but who in the world has the rights to Arsenic and Old Lace WB? I'm asking the HD gods to please hear my cries!

So many good suggestions there. I've been waiting for more Hideo Gosha for years, but Goykin and Hunter in the Dark would be my most wanted.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Let's hope so. Brilliant and terrifying film.

I'm kind of glad I didn't see it when it was first released since it came out just a couple of years after the Cuban Missile Crisis. I caught it several years later on tv and it really did a number on me.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I'm kind of glad I didn't see it when it was first released since it came out just a couple of years after the Cuban Missile Crisis. I caught it several years later on tv and it really did a number on me.

I can understand that. I had a similar reaction. I saw it first on British television in the early 80's, probably when I was 13 or 14. Although glasnost and perestroika were just around the corner, there was still plenty of cold war paranoia and fear; I remember we got government pamphlets on how to try and survive nuclear war through the letter box.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Reddington

I can understand that. I had a similar reaction. I saw it first on British television in the early 80's, probably when I was 13 or 14. Although glasnost and perestroika were just around the corner, there was still plenty of cold war paranoia and fear; I remember we got government pamphlets on how to try and survive nuclear war through the letter box.

I did a few Duck and Covers back in the early '60s when things really got dicey. I still remember how grim my mom and dad looked when it seemed like there was a real possibility of a nuclear war.
Fail Safe is a real nail biter from the get go and never lets up. Great performances from everyone. I think my favorite is from Larry Hagman who literally plays opposite Henry Fonda and surprised the heck out of me since all I knew him for was I Dream of Jeannie.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I did a few Duck and Covers back in the early '60s when things really got dicey. I still remember how grim my mom and dad looked when it seemed like there was a real possibility of a nuclear war.
Fail Safe is a real nail biter from the get go and never lets up. Great performances from everyone. I think my favorite is from Larry Hagman who literally plays opposite Henry Fonda and surprised the heck out of me since all I knew him for was I Dream of Jeannie.

Hagman is great. I only knew him from Dallas!

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! If it is Fail Safe, I'll be so happy!!!!!!! I can't think of any other possibilities.

What if "Save Ferris" for Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by dullboy

What if "Save Ferris" for Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

I would be disappointed if that’s the case.

[MifuneFan]

You simpletons looked at the clue, and immediately thought Fail Safe. But that's of course way too obvious. The clue is a safe, which should signal to you buffoons that the clue itself is cryptic.

Therefore using my magnificent brain, I've deduced it for all of you.


F...Lock
Flock
F.L.O.C.K.

Full Library of Criterion Kurosawa


It's as plain as day fools.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

You simpletons looked at the clue, and immediately thought Fail Safe. But that's of course way too obvious. The clue is a safe, which should signal to you buffoons that the clue itself is cryptic.

Therefore using my magnificent brain, I've deduced it for all of you.


F...Lock
Flock
F.L.O.C.K

Full Library of Criterion Kurosawa


It's as plain as day fools.

Maybe the F is for Fellini. Hmmmmm.........

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

Maybe the F is for Fellini. Hmmmmm.........

Haha, I actually thought about making every letter a different director instead. I was thinking of names, and had Fellini, Ozu, and Kuroswa so far, but decided to just make it about A.K..