Criterion Newsletter (Part 3)

[domino harvey]

No one gets that because no one saw it

[sir_luke]

See, I'm tempted to think that there's another clue here, because I find it hard to believe that they'd do such a lazy and obvious clue without hiding something else in there. Of course, I Married a Witch and IAMMMMW weren't the toughest clues to guess, either.

[Gregory]

Hhhmm, when was the last time the newsletter hint was of an upgrade?

Lord of the Flies

[Kauno]

Ace In The Hole and Splendor in the Grass.

[Cinephrenic]

They releasing some Asshole.

[Glowingwabbit]

Now I feel better about selling my dvd off a month ago.

[Andre Jurieu]

For the third month in a row, I've received a blank newsletter. Could someone please post theirs here?

I have the same problem on my work computer, but it works on my iPhone.

[chrisandy]

Nothing against Ace in the Hole (it's a great movie) but a Blu-Ray upgrade of it doesn't do much for me.. I'm not sure I really feel that strongly about any films in the collection getting Blu-Ray upgrades. Regardless, it would've been neat to get a hint of something yet unexpected or a "new" release.

[Matt]

Aw, cheer up, chum. They'll probably have a drawing full of hints of new titles for you in less than 2 weeks.

[captveg]

Another Paramount licensed title upgraded to Blu. They seem to be slowly getting to them all. Hopefully The Naked Prey is next.

[med]

See, I'm tempted to think that there's another clue here, because I find it hard to believe that they'd do such a lazy and obvious clue without hiding something else in there.

You must have not been following these for very long.

[movielocke]

Another Paramount licensed title upgraded to Blu. They seem to be slowly getting to them all. Hopefully The Naked Prey is next.

I'm hoping for the Furies, myself.

[MongooseCmr]

See, I'm tempted to think that there's another clue here, because I find it hard to believe that they'd do such a lazy and obvious clue without hiding something else in there. Of course, I Married a Witch and IAMMMMW weren't the toughest clues to guess, either.

All the tough hints come at New Years, this was purposefully simple to save the good stuff

[Yaanu]

Hhhmm, when was the last time the newsletter hint was of an upgrade?

Lord of the Flies

And that was in January. Maybe their MO is to hint at BD upgrades in December and January and proper title releases in the other months, "making up" for the December/January doodles by unveiling the New Year's Doodle.

[Sandman]

Harrumph! For the first time in an eon I didn't receive the email. Oh well. Unlike the gent who doesn't care to see any blu ray upgrades, I feel just the opposite; in fact, I would welcome them more than some of these out of left field titles. Just my opinion.

[lacritfan]

I emailed Criterion about the blank newsletters and got this on Monday the 23rd -
The Criterion office is currently closed for the holidays and will re-open on Thursday, January 2nd. We will get back to you after the new year regarding your inquiry. Thank you for supporting Criterion!
Happy Holidays!
- which means their last work day was Friday the 20th so looks like those lucky skunks got almost two weeks off.

[antnield]

[Moe Dickstein]

Totally stumped there. Wonder what the significance of the tie is, and what is the dark shaft sticking up over the scuba diver's head...

[domino harvey]

Wacky Underscore sure helped!

[dwk]

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!?

[Feego]

Swimming with Sharks?

[mfunk9786]

My immediate thought was the Life Aquatic Blu but now I'm not so sure.

[John Doe]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?

[warren oates]

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!?

The drawing really looks like the bathtub toy in this film, which is easy to Google. This would be a nice surprise. It's one of the better early Almodovars.

[Aspect]

Definitely Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!