Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2476 Post by wattsup32 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:36 am

mteller wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:51 am
The Third Man (reissue)

Third Man because I've got my copy on eBay right now and it would be just my luck for a new announcement to knock down the final selling price.
Other than your bad luck, is there anything we know that would lead us to believe the Third Man is forthcoming anytime at all (much less this month)?

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#2477 Post by lacritfan » Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:28 pm

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#2478 Post by jazzo » Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:18 pm

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#2479 Post by Ribs » Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:25 pm

lacritfan wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:28 pm
The Other Side of the Wind
The Wind Will Carry Us
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No Chess Games of?

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#2480 Post by Godzamera » Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:29 pm

fingers crossed for Memories of Murder. I hope Criterion can get some more Bong Joon Ho films in the future.

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#2481 Post by Wigs by Leonard » Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:07 pm

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#2482 Post by olmo » Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:39 pm

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2483 Post by A Tempted Christ » Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:49 pm

Rupert Pupkin wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:29 am
I have seen some screenshots/vidcaps of the "Mirror" Tarkovsky. Apparently it has just been released on blu-ray already in Russia ? it looks like a new 2020 restoration, not at all the Artificial Eye which looks like a DVD remastered to HD. So, is the "Mirror" new restoration already released on blu-ray ?
It's not a 2020 restoration. It's been up on Mosfilm's Youtube channel since late 2018.
And I don't know of a Russian Blu-ray but it's out on Blu-ray in Netherlands by Lumière Publishing, both as part of a Tarkovsky box set and a standalone release.
It's finally in the correct aspect ratio and it looks great. My only complain is about the opening with the famous shot of the mother sitting on the fence. In previous Blu-rays the sky in that scene has a pink-ish color. In the new restoration, the sky just looks normal. It's probably correct and how Tarkovsky intended it but I just loved the magical look of those older Blu-rays. Maybe since Criterion took the liberty to alter the tinting of Stalker, they'll do something about it with their release of Mirror too.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2484 Post by jazzo » Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:25 pm

olmo wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:39 pm
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Yes, please.

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#2485 Post by movielocke » Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:26 pm

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2486 Post by OldBobbyPeru » Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:14 pm

A Tempted Christ wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:49 pm
Rupert Pupkin wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:29 am
I have seen some screenshots/vidcaps of the "Mirror" Tarkovsky. Apparently it has just been released on blu-ray already in Russia ? it looks like a new 2020 restoration, not at all the Artificial Eye which looks like a DVD remastered to HD. So, is the "Mirror" new restoration already released on blu-ray ?
It's not a 2020 restoration. It's been up on Mosfilm's Youtube channel since late 2018.
And I don't know of a Russian Blu-ray but it's out on Blu-ray in Netherlands by Lumière Publishing, both as part of a Tarkovsky box set and a standalone release.
It's finally in the correct aspect ratio and it looks great. My only complain is about the opening with the famous shot of the mother sitting on the fence. In previous Blu-rays the sky in that scene has a pink-ish color. In the new restoration, the sky just looks normal. It's probably correct and how Tarkovsky intended it but I just loved the magical look of those older Blu-rays. Maybe since Criterion took the liberty to alter the tinting of Stalker, they'll do something about it with their release of Mirror too.
It's gone from that link. Any other places to find it?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2487 Post by DeprongMori » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:49 pm

Bressonaire wrote:
Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:04 pm
Can we also use this thread to guess which title of Bressonaire's is the red herring? I'll go with Le Cercle Rouge
Ha! I'm floundering like everyone who'd have liked a New Year's drawing. I think my course will be to extrapolate and free-associate more from Channel stuff. The Channel's two favorite commenters, Imogen Sara Smith and Farran Smith Nehme, may have some input on choices, so I'm trying to catch up with their postings, along with the roundup of 2020 essays from the Channel newsletter that had all those links back in December. And there have been retrospectives of Joan Crawford (who still only has one title in the collection!), Mae West, and others worth mulling. Also, the last couple months have expanded possibilities to upgrades from Eclipse and titles from The World Cinema Project, so there's that. But it still comes down to what appeals on any given day....
FWIW, Indicator just hinted She Done Him Wrong as forthcoming, so I wouldn't be surprised if both Indicator and Criterion are working on Mae West box sets.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2488 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:51 pm

I would be surprised by a Mae West box from Criterion. I’d expect one from KL Studio Classics maybe

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2489 Post by Big Ben » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:41 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:51 pm
I would be surprised by a Mae West box from Criterion. I’d expect one from KL Studio Classics maybe
Criterion did have an article about her last month and the Criterion Channel currently has eight films with her in them on it. I'd certainly like to see a Mae West set.

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#2490 Post by Close The Door, Raymond » Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:04 pm

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#2491 Post by smccolgan » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:21 pm

Armageddon
The Rock
Beastie Boys: Anthology
Chasing Amy
Memories of Murder
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#2492 Post by Therewolf » Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:44 pm

Ikarie XB-1
Children of Men
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Memories of Murder

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#2493 Post by Blutarsky » Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:57 pm

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The Other Side of the Wind
A Clockwork Orange
Mae West’s Blonde Bombshell Collection

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2494 Post by JPJ » Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:53 am

Blutarsky wrote:
Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:57 pm

A Clockwork Orange
Hmm,I think Warners have their own plan for this?

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#2495 Post by barbarella satyricon » Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:44 am

IRMA VEP
MEAN STREETS
WILD REEDS (Téchiné)
MEMORIES OF MURDER
DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST

This is my first rodeo, actually, and the above is part wish list (the first two), part random inkling (the Téchiné), and part whatever inside baseball I may have picked up here and there. The Bresson upgrade, if at all a possibility, does feel, if not overdue, then just about the right time?

I get the feeling (just a feeling) that Criterion won’t be touching Hou for a while, if ever, though I’d be very happy to be wrong about that. Egoyan, I thought about adding, but I’m thinking something will be coming later in the year? First rodeo, and being real chatty about it.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#2496 Post by Pavel » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:08 am

barbarella satyricon wrote:
Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:44 am
IRMA VEP
MEAN STREETS
WILD REEDS (Téchiné)
MEMORIES OF MURDER
DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST

This is my first rodeo, actually, and the above is part wish list (the first two), part random inkling (the Téchiné), and part whatever inside baseball I may have picked up here and there. The Bresson upgrade, if at all a possibility, does feel, if not overdue, then just about the right time?

I get the feeling (just a feeling) that Criterion won’t be touching Hou for a while, if ever, though I’d be very happy to be wrong about that. Egoyan, I thought about adding, but I’m thinking something will be coming later in the year? First rodeo, and being real chatty about it.
They released a Bresson upgrade last month, so maybe if they had plans for Priest in the near future, they would've released it alongside Mouchette? Egoyan did say Criterion will release some of his films, though I also feel it won't be this soon.

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#2497 Post by barbarella satyricon » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:39 am

Didn’t even think about that Mouchette upgrade, ha.

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#2498 Post by FlickeringWindow » Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:45 am

Walkabout (4K + Blu reissue)
The Chaplin Revue/First National comedies [A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms, The Pilgrim, Pay Day, A Day's Pleasure, The Idle Class, and Sunnyside]
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Spellbound reissue
The Trial

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#2499 Post by JSC » Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:28 am

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#2500 Post by Peter McM » Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:50 pm

It would be a good time to announce Irma Vep--as it has been reported that Assayas is working on his own remake--as an HBO limited series, starring Alicia Vikander.

While I'm at it, I'll go ahead and put in for Non Fiction, as well. After all--we can dream, can't we?😏

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