The Criterion Collection

[shadedpain4]

The serious posts about Head are my favorite posts.

[agoofykindasuperman]

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[KyleW]

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[shadedpain4]

I believe the current guess is Desert Hearts

[okcmaxk]

Wild at Heart? Desert Hearts sounds more convincing, though.

[MifuneFan]

Could it be a clue for Twin Peaks?

[Darth Marcus]

Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus (2013)

[senseabove]

Desert Hearts is playing at Frameline, the San Francisco LGBTQ film festival next month, and the "official website" of the film is listed as http://www.janusfilms.com, so I'd say that's pretty firm: https://www.frameline.org/festival/f.../desert-hearts

EDIT: also the film description includes this line: "Digital restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Criterion Collection/Janus Films in conjunction with the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project and the Sundance Institute."

[Hoke Moseley]

People have been speculating about Desert Hearts for a while now too... or maybe I'm confusing it with something else.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by senseabove

Desert Hearts is playing at Frameline, the San Francisco LGBTQ film festival next month, and the "official website" of the film is listed as http://www.janusfilms.com, so I'd say that's pretty firm: https://www.frameline.org/festival/f.../desert-hearts

EDIT: also the film description includes this line: "Digital restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Criterion Collection/Janus Films in conjunction with the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project and the Sundance Institute."

That seals it then.

[scottpcusa]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

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I was going to guess "Cactus Butt". However...that film has yet to be made.

(I'm admittedly not very good at the Criterion newsletter clues.)

EDIT: The cactus does seem to be flowering from the ground. Maybe it is the 1969 film, "Cactus Flower", with Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn.

[Ray Jackson]

Le Samourai tells the story of a man trapped in the existential desert of human isolation.

Much like a cactus, he is a quiet man who says little and moves only when necessary. He is a man with sharp edges who can draw blood if his adversaries get too close.

He lives by a code...the code of the wasteland.

This clue could not be any clearer.

...it's almost too obvious.

[kowski]

Originally Posted by javy

They master a lot of films in 4k and then compressed them to 1080p. That means their downscaled, but still very beautiful.

So the answer is no.

Just wondering: Would it actually make sense for Criterion to adopt 4k releases in the future? Due to the relatively low adaption rate so far it wouldn't make sense for them at this time but would their films actually benefit from 4k on a "normal" sized home TV (40-55").

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by scottpcusa

I was going to guess "Cactus Butt". However...that film has yet to be made.

(I'm admittedly not very good at the Criterion newsletter clues.)

EDIT: The cactus does seem to be flowering from the ground. Maybe it is the 1969 film, "Cactus Flower", with Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn.

I was thinking Buster Gonad: The Movie.

[blujazz]

Jane Campion signed my copy of Sweetie at a preview screening of Top of the Lake <3

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Le Samourai tells the story of a man trapped in the existential desert of human isolation.

Much like a cactus, he is a quiet man who says little and moves only when necessary. He is a man with sharp edges who can draw blood if his adversaries get too close.

He lives by a code...the code of the wasteland.

This clue could not be any clearer.

...it's almost too obvious.

Been wanting to see this for a long time

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Le Samourai tells the story of a man trapped in the existential desert of human isolation.

Much like a cactus, he is a quiet man who says little and moves only when necessary. He is a man with sharp edges who can draw blood if his adversaries get too close.

He lives by a code...the code of the wasteland.

This clue could not be any clearer.

...it's almost too obvious.

[Show spoiler]

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

I believe the current guess is Desert Hearts

This is correct. IndieWire already confirmed the Criterion release months ago.

[Polaroid]

Does a Cactus count as a tree?

Tree of Life?

[javy]

Originally Posted by kowski

Just wondering: Would it actually make sense for Criterion to adopt 4k releases in the future? Due to the relatively low adaption rate so far it wouldn't make sense for them at this time but would their films actually benefit from 4k on a "normal" sized home TV (40-55").

Man that's a loaded question. Just depends on many things. How they grade the HDR, which format of it they use, etc. I would say they are definately in the waiting game. And honestly I'm no 4k tech expert.