Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

[FrauBlucher]

My guess from Bressonaire's guesses (cough, cough) are The Small Back Room and Body Heat

[Never Cursed]

I like that the five-hour Finnish TV miniseries is not the long shot. (Complimentary.)

Eight Deadly Shots is with Janus, as announced at the NYFF screening of the restoration.

[Calvin]

Someone on the previous page predicted Rozier on ECLIPSE. That'd be fucking hilarious after the Radiance set.

I'd be fairly stunned if Criterion matched the Radiance Rozier set, considering how they've managed their Eustache catalog. I expect that if there is a physical collection that it will be Eclipse, albeit possibly with more titles included than the Radiance set as e.g. the Josephine en tournee series is on the Criterion Channel and not in the set

[FrauBlucher]

I like that the five-hour Finnish TV miniseries is not the long shot. (Complimentary.)

Eight Deadly Shots is with Janus, as announced at the NYFF screening of the restoration.

Didn't realize that. That could very well be it

[Omensetter]

The White Balloon/The Mirror
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Hud
Il Grido

[brundlefly]

I like that the five-hour Finnish TV miniseries is not the long shot. (Complimentary.)

Eight Deadly Shots is with Janus, as announced at the NYFF screening of the restoration.

Sure, and they've had it streaming on the Channel, but there's a wide gap between something being with Janus and getting a physical release. Especially when it would demand a multi-disc set.

OTOH, everything else repped by Janus at that festival 3+ years ago has gotten to disc so maybe its time has finally come.

[omegadirective]

I wonder if Criterion can track how many times their "Coming Soon" page gets refreshed on the 15th of each month?

[ryannichols7]

The Small Back Room 4K
Trouble in Paradise 4K
Eight Deadly Shots
Nine Queens
Tanaka on Eclipse
Body Heat

Trouble in Paradise, Eight Deadly Shots, and Tanaka Eclipse, got it

[rwiggum]

Announcement tomorrow then?

[FrauBlucher]

I wonder if Criterion can track how many times their "Coming Soon" page gets refreshed on the 15th of each month?

Perhaps. They are sneaky. They planted a sale for the channel on the front page knowing the high traffic and knowing they likely weren't announcing today

[rwiggum]

I wonder if Criterion can track how many times their "Coming Soon" page gets refreshed on the 15th of each month?

Perhaps. They are sneaky. They planted a sale for the channel on the front page knowing the high traffic and knowing they likely weren't announcing today

Hahaha I was thinking the exact same thing

[Peacock]

Announcement tomorrow then?

From what I’ve heard Criterion have gone bust after Lav Diaz’s recent visit to the Criterion Closet

[Lowry_Sam]

From what I’ve heard Criterion have gone bust after Lav Diaz’s recent visit to the Criterion Closet

They earned it all back after Jafar Panahi's visit.

[WrathOfAguirre]

From what I’ve heard Criterion have gone bust after Lav Diaz’s recent visit to the Criterion Closet

They earned it all back after Jafar Panahi's visit.

Side complaint, but what’s with directors casually spoiling the end of Bicycle Thieves lately? In that Scorsese series, he does the same in the very first episode, and they even show a clip of the ending as he’s spoiling it. “Hey, you. I’d like to recommend you this important film that I think everyone should see, and by the way, this is how it ends!” If ever there’s been a film a first-time viewer goes into blindly, it’s freakin’ Bicycle Thieves!

[hearthesilence]

From what I’ve heard Criterion have gone bust after Lav Diaz’s recent visit to the Criterion Closet

The combo of the Fellini and Bergman box sets likely stood out for most, but the volume wasn't as ridiculous as I thought. It was really how quickly he was taking stuff, so much that the video was pretty short!

Re: ruining endings, I thought it was great how Albert Brooks understood that, ending one filmed conversation with "what other movies can we ruin?"

[FrauBlucher]

Anyone who guessed Point Blank has an excellent chance of being right on this one

[rrenault]

What are the chances of Criterion doing mainline blu-ray-only boxsets for Jacques Rozier and Kinuyo Tanaka, as opposed to relegating them to Eclipse?

I feel like Criterion are just sitting on certain(not commercially viable enough for UHD) titles, because they don't want to give them a blu-ray-only main line release and can't find a place for them in a hypothetical Eclipse set. I'm thinking of films like L'Amour Fou, Il Grido, Four Nights of a Dreamer, etc.

But if Un Homme et Une Femme can get a blu-ray-only spine numbered release, why can't a Rivette or Antonioni film?

[ryannichols7]

What are the chances of Criterion doing mainline blu-ray-only boxsets for Jacques Rozier and Kinuyo Tanaka, as opposed to relegating them to Eclipse?

I feel like Criterion are just sitting on certain(not commercially viable enough for UHD) titles, because they don't want to give them a blu-ray-only main line release and can't find a place for them in a hypothetical Eclipse set. I'm thinking of films like L'Amour Fou, Il Grido, Four Nights of a Dreamer, etc.

But if Un Homme et Une Femme can get a blu-ray-only spine numbered release, why can't a Rivette or Antonioni film?

they are still putting out plenty of Blu-ray only titles, so I don't see why this would be an issue at all. they're literally dumping out an old Cassavetes bluray with no upgrades at all, so there's really no reason why they cant other films

Tanaka has already been confirmed to be Eclipse, which is unfortunate as it's understood that Criterion have the UK rights too (yet haven't released Eclipse in that market to date). Rozier... legitimately what are they gonna do there? Radiance is releasing a pretty untoppable edition. Criterion still hasn't put out their own L'Amour Fou and Radiance already sold through their LE. you have Boy in the Oshima set, Une Femme Douce (surely Criterion has this?), etc. I tend to think they're sitting on a lot of non-english language titles at the moment but haven't touched many, and having another label releasing them...hmm. anyway Il Grido needs to come out already

[rrenault]

Well Une Femme Douce is only a 2K master, so a UHD won't be in the cards either way.

I'm surprised they'd do a UHD of Classe Tous Risques(but maybe being a genre film with both Belmondo and Ventura gives it a built-in audience despite its relative obscurity) but not Testament.

[Calvin]

I don't think there's any reason to believe that Criterion don't want to put out Four Nights of a Dreamer. It's a Bresson. Janus gave it a theatrical run. They actively outbid the likes of Radiance for the rights. The current wait time is not unusual.

[rrenault]

I don't think there's any reason to believe that Criterion don't want to put out Four Nights of a Dreamer. It's a Bresson. Janus gave it a theatrical run. They actively outbid the likes of Radiance for the rights. The current wait time is not unusual.

It's too bad neither Carlotta nor Radiance got video rights to Four Nights of a Dreamer. Carlotta have the French theatrical rights.

[olmo]

O Lucky Man! UHD
The Bishop's Bedroom Blu Ray
The Candidate Blu Ray
Two films by John Boorman; Point Blank & Deliverance UHD

[guyetgenevieve]

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
West Side Story
4 Little Girls
It Was Just An Accident
The Gold Rush 4K upgrade
Peter Hujar’s Day Janus Contemporaries

[criterionsnob]

The Deep Blue Sea 4K
The Secret Agent 4K
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 4K
The Sweet Hereafter 4K
Flamenco Trilogy Eclipse
Peter Hujar’s Day

[vertigo]

The Bishop's Bedroom, is that Dino Risi's movie? Is it restored?