Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

[domino harvey]

Presumably the latter. People who think that box will in any way impact November or December announcements are worrying about nothing, it will be business as usual

[HitchcockLang]

I was mostly making a joke and preying on the fears of others.

[Never Cursed]

Well evidently something is affecting the November announcements

[domino harvey]

Criterion's interns spent the whole afternoon trying to refresh MoviePass' website

[John Shade]

No, they are, but they skipped ahead either because of some weird Olympics-mandated time frame or just to explain why they'll be skipping over #900 in November.

A month of all upgrades.

[domino harvey]

I was mostly making a joke and preying on the fears of others.

[Bressonaire]

People who think that box will in any way impact November or December announcements are worrying about nothing

I am skeptical that you're right about that. First of all, there's the lack of an announcement of any postponement. Then, the amount of film in this box set far outstrips two months' worth. We're talking about 104 hours of films (6,253 minutes) and a 253-page book. Just check any release for how many full-time staffers are in the editorial department there. I doubt they've hired additional bodies to work on it. Meanwhile, they're restoring both parts of Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia, some other documentaries that are full-length, e.g., Tokyo Olympiad and White Vertigo, and commissioning new scores for the seven silent films. It seems logical, too, that they're rounding out the year with No. 900. It's a massive, expensive project, and I think their resources are probably fully committed to it for the rest of the year.

[domino harvey]

November is the single biggest retail release month of the year. They aren't skipping it. Allay your fears

[Cremildo]

People who think that box will in any way impact November or December announcements are worrying about nothing

I am skeptical that you're right about that. First of all, there's the lack of an announcement of any postponement.

Rarely do they "announce" postponements.

Furthermore, they've been announcing on the 16th more often than on the 15th for quite some time now.

[artfilmfan]

Maybe we'll get a clarification announcement tomorrow saying that the Olympics box set was the announcement for November and December. Sorry, folks. That's it for the rest of the year.

[Werewolf by Night]

Furthermore, they've been announcing on the 16th more often than on the 15th for quite some time now.

Thank you for bringing some sanity to this thread. Recent announcement dates:

Monday, July 17, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016

[Ribs]

2 of 7 of the first weekday that is or after the 15th this year isn't more often than not!

[Cremildo]

2 of 7 of the first weekday that is or after the 15th this year isn't more often than not!

Moving the goalposts much?

They announced it on the 15th only twice this year. That's not often.

[noirbuff]

Noticed on Criterion twitter several photos of Jeanne Moreau posted today, and a photo of Robert Ryan as a boxer also posted today. Could it be Elevator to the Gallows upgrade and The Set-Up to be announced?

[Ribs]

No, they're both promoting Filmstruck.

[flyonthewall2983]

...but they're both dead

[domino harvey]

King Lear
Sixteen Candles / the Breakfast Club
Toni Erdmann
Written on the Wind upgrade

[DeprongMori]

The Breakfast Club
Night of the Living Dead
More
Come and See
A Matter of Life and Death
Election

[Costa]

I don't guess but hope for West Side Story.
And Tree of Life..
And Written on the Wind and Magnificent Obsession upgrades..

[Graphist]

Have there been rumors about A Matter of Life And Death?

[Morbii]

Night of the Living Dead
Tree of Life
The Breakfast Club
16 Candles
Election

Edit: + Berlanga eclipse

[Ribs]

100 Years of Olympic Films
Toni Erdmann
Big Deal on Madonna Street

[Self]

Sixteen Candles/ The Breakfast Club
The Tree of Life
California Split
Stray Dog Uprade
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman Reissue

[movielocke]

Sixteen candles / breakfast club
West side story
Swing time
Dersu uzala
Magnificent ambersons

Notorious
Withnail and I

Berlanga eclipse

[Clarence]

Written on the Wind (upgrade)
Memories of Underdeveloment
Dragon Inn
Minbo
King of Jazz