Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

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Fiery Angel
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#1201 Post by Fiery Angel »

The fact that it's called the "wacky thin red lion" tips it off slightly.
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#1202 Post by Napier »

Man, is there some kind of "quote function" malfunction going around lately? I hope I don't get it.
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#1203 Post by Peacock »

Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..
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#1204 Post by Napier »

domino harvey wrote:I'm sure Criterion will still be releasing some Asian shit
With nudity
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#1205 Post by Napier »

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..
Go to their Facebook page. That's probably the easiest. You probably don't even need an account. :D
Apparently I'm also immune to the "quote function" bug going around the forum lately. Whew!
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#1206 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop »

Have any of you guys seen Okamoto's "Red Lion"? It's not his best, but it's still a pretty fine film itself. I would still love for Criterion to one day release Okamoto's "The Human Bullet", but being an ATG title, it'll never happen.
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#1207 Post by manicsounds »

John Huston's "The Red Badge Of Courage" perhaps? I believe it's owned by Warner now, so maybe no...
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#1208 Post by kaujot »

I don't know why there's any other speculation going on. It's about the most obvious clue they've ever given, sans the ones where they've told us flat out.
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#1209 Post by MyNameCriterionForum »

Let's start complaining about the cover right now.
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#1210 Post by domino harvey »

I hope they do that thing where the cover is divided in two hemispheres but the dividing line is, get this, red. SKILLMAN'S GOT MAD SKILLS BRAH
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#1211 Post by MyNameCriterionForum »

Wait a minute -- maybe they're releasing the 1964 version? HAHA, the joke's on us!
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#1212 Post by Dadapass »

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..
You can see that list and every other list at the Criterion website.
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#1213 Post by ccfixx »

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..
Sorry, Peacock, but can you not access Criterion's website? All of their Director Top Ten Lists are posted on their website under the Explore section. The directors are listed at the bottom of the page in alphabetical order. The newsletters don't provide the lists... just an image that links to the lists.

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#1214 Post by justeleblanc »

Saturnome wrote:It's obvious that the lion is in a desert, look at the background! More than that he's hungry. Only problem, the desert is white. So I think it's White Desert !
We're making too many assumptions. There is only ONE lion and it is OUTside. Case closed.
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#1215 Post by HistoryProf »

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..
they are always on the website too...
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#1216 Post by skuhn8 »

manicsounds wrote:John Huston's "The Red Badge Of Courage" perhaps? I believe it's owned by Warner now, so maybe no...
On the right track.

That appears to be 'Scar' from The Lion King. So...
The Red Scar of Courage (1915)
on blu to boot. Nice...I think.
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#1217 Post by JAP »

Wacky theory: The Thin Red Line and The Thin Blue Line. (Oops! Didn't notice Tom Hagen's post)
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#1218 Post by Tom Amolad »

Tom Hagen wrote:Any chance it's a double clue involving Errol Morris? It was an IFC title.
With a seven-thousandth of Hawks tacked on as an extra?
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#1219 Post by jlvanvelze »

Most likely a double clue involving both "Thin Red Line" and "Red Desert." Since Antonioni's film has won the 1964 Golden Lion, the conflation of red and lion seems appropriate.
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#1220 Post by atcolomb »

I think the red lion is a comment on MGM being close to filling for bankruptcy :wink:
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#1221 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

Again?
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#1222 Post by arsonfilms »

Antichrist seems confirmed!
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#1223 Post by dx23 »

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#1224 Post by der_Artur »

Antichrist?

Edit: arsonfilms says yes...
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#1225 Post by rwaits »

No doubt.
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