Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

The scuttlebutt on Criterion, Eclipse, and Janus Films. Lists and polls are STRONGLY discouraged.
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Blutarsky
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3726 Post by Blutarsky » Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:47 pm

She's Gotta Have It
Los Olvidados
The Fire Within blu-ray upgrade
Pandora's Box blu-ray upgrade

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3727 Post by Finch » Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:36 pm

Le Samourai 4k
Trouble in Paradise BD
Saint Omer BD
The Straight Story 4k & BD
High and Low 4k
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3728 Post by RSTooley » Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:53 pm

Blast of Silence [upgrade]
Eyes Wide Shut
Los Olvidados
Trouble in Paradise [upgrade]
Twin Peaks: The Whole Bloody Affair

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3729 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:03 pm

Blast of Silence is coming. The page has gotten updated with a video. I hope they keep the cove art

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3730 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:42 am

Buttery Jeb wrote:
Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:41 am
Jeanne Dielmann, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (4K UHD)
There's no 4K master of this, though I have to think one is in the offing. But if it is, I imagine it would get a splashy festival premiere and a Janus tour before Criterion released it.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3731 Post by Buttery Jeb » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:51 am

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote:
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:42 am
Buttery Jeb wrote:
Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:41 am
Jeanne Dielmann, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (4K UHD)
There's no 4K master of this, though I have to think one is in the offing. But if it is, I imagine it would get a splashy festival premiere and a Janus tour before Criterion released it.
Good to know. I saw the new re-release poster on the Jeanne Dielmann thread and though a restoration had been done recently.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3732 Post by criterionsnob » Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:06 pm

Announcements on Monday, with a shot posted from The Red Balloon.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3733 Post by goblinfootballs » Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:26 pm

Is it foolish to hope for a Red Balloon / Flight of the Red Balloon combo?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3734 Post by Randall Maysin Again » Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:44 pm

As in, the Albert Lamorisse film? You'd think that would be paired with Crin blanc (White Mane).

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3735 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:46 pm

So we know 2 from the most likely 4. Any of the insiders (you and we know who you are :wink: ) want to drop the full load before Monday?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3736 Post by Matt » Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:43 pm

goblinfootballs wrote:Is it foolish to hope for a Red Balloon / Flight of the Red Balloon combo?
They typically don’t like to pair films with different licensing situations. Janus owns the Lamorisse, but I think IFC still has the rights for the Hou.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3737 Post by Bressonaire » Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:47 am

Well, the other day I had nothing except Blast of Silence, obviously, but the posting of a Red Balloon photo changes things. Criterion released a box of Pasolini the year after the centenary of his birth (cleverly deflected by the umbrella title Pasolini 101), but has nobody noticed that Lamorisse was also born in 1922? Given the lag time on the Pasolini, isn't it possible that something more than an upgrade could be in the works? And the films would be an ideal Christmas gift for kids.

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Blast of Silence
Mudbound
The Roaring Twenties

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3738 Post by justeleblanc » Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:10 am

Red Balloon / White Mane
Flight of the Red Balloon
Up
Danny Deckchair

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3739 Post by Roscoe » Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:37 am

I'd been hoping for a 4K upgrade of BRAZIL in December, what with it being a Christmas movie and all, but I'm doubting it's gonna happen.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3740 Post by mteller » Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:01 am

justeleblanc wrote:
Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:10 am
Red Balloon / White Mane
Flight of the Red Balloon
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Danny Deckchair
Marco Ferreri's The Man With the Balloons would be a real hoot

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3741 Post by pianocrash » Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:37 am

mteller wrote:
Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:01 am
justeleblanc wrote:
Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:10 am
Red Balloon / White Mane
Flight of the Red Balloon
Up
Danny Deckchair
Marco Ferreri's The Man With the Balloons would be a real hoot
While I'd prefer Storefront Hitchcock, I'd settle for an easter egg.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3742 Post by JSC » Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:59 am

Sleuth... not because I expect Bristol Myers to become altruistic, but because
if a drop of rain keeps falling on a stone for a thousand years (in this case around the
middle of each month) it just might happen. :)

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3743 Post by Roscoe » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:08 pm

Ugh. More Del Toro.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3744 Post by Matt » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:11 pm

He keeps the lights on at Criterion HQ

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3745 Post by Roscoe » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:27 pm

Only three?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3746 Post by fiendishthingy » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:32 pm

It appears so. They’ve already sent out the email announcing December’s releases, so they don’t seem to be adding anything else.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3747 Post by Bressonaire » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:38 pm

But isn't there a possibility of more Criterion Contemporaries? I think the previous two announcements were made independently of the spine numbers.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#3748 Post by fiendishthingy » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:50 pm

I might be wrong, but I think the six Janus Contemporaries titles coming out in October and November are all of the films on their 2023 slate according to the original announcement. Plus, I would think anything else would stream on the Channel for at least a few months before getting a disc release.

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