Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

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domino harvey
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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#101 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:29 pm

Yep, gotta be Don't Look Back. Very clever clue!

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#102 Post by mizo » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:40 pm

Newsletter wrote:Troy Miller is a director and producer whose credits include the hit television comedies Mr. Show, Arrested Development...
:-s

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#103 Post by swo17 » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:33 pm

Maybe they could pair Dont Look Back with Inside Llewyn Davis for December.
Llewyn would hate that though

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#104 Post by mfunk9786 » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:35 pm

If that's what music is to you, a way to get to a Criterion release, then yeah, it's a little careerist, and it's a little square... and it's a little sad.

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#105 Post by movielocke » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:57 pm

Inside llewyn Davis as a bonus film extra on a spine numbered release of the new York concert. ;)

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Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 3)

#106 Post by justeleblanc » Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:09 pm

justeleblanc wrote:Been a while since I posted on this forum, but I think I've got it.

CODE (coat) UNKNOWN
Yay!!! I was correct!!!

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Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 3)

#107 Post by Minkin » Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:18 pm

justeleblanc wrote:
justeleblanc wrote:Been a while since I posted on this forum, but I think I've got it.

CODE (coat) UNKNOWN
Yay!!! I was correct!!!
You are indeed! Sorry for leading everyone astray with Young and Innocent! Criterion do have the rights to the Hitchcock film, and the clue does make sense (the coat was very similar + the clue basically describes the plot of the film). As I've said before, Criterion/Polan are becoming more vague/cryptic with their newsletter clues, thus we are more & more finding several possible interpretations - which won't actually be solved until announced.

All said, I have been wondering whether the apartment block on the one New Years clue might have been for the Dekalog - as Criterion have confirmed that they had planned to release it a year+ ago but still had more work to do or something.

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#108 Post by criterion10 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:40 pm

Seems like we're all caught up on the newsletter clues (unless you still think that the clue for Il Sorpasso was for Midnight Cowboy :roll: )

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#109 Post by FakeBonanza » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:44 pm

Image
Go!

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#110 Post by The Narrator Returns » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:47 pm

They're now going to exclusively sell their releases at participating Red Robin restaurants?

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#111 Post by criterion10 » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:51 pm

That's obviously a clue for Midnight Cowboy.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#112 Post by Feiereisel » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:51 pm

"Red bird"/Red Beard?

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#113 Post by danieltiger » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:53 pm

Feiereisel wrote:"Red bird"/Red Beard?
Certainly possible, but why not make the bird red then? Why the red hair?

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#114 Post by Yaanu » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:54 pm

Okay, it's a bird. A bird with waving locks of red hair.
Red hair. Bird's head. Red head. Bird's hair.
Red hair! Red head!

HEAD confirmed for HD-DVD re-release.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#115 Post by Self » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:54 pm

Ladybird, Ladybird?

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#116 Post by The Narrator Returns » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:55 pm

That possum is so ill that it's turned into an entirely different species. And its head must be sore being under those locks.

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Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#117 Post by FrauBlucher » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:55 pm

Another play on words. Red Beard.. This has just been restored, so makes some sense.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#118 Post by Minkin » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:57 pm

Blu-ray.com is suggesting Gilda - given the bird's Rita Hayworth hair.

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#119 Post by criterion10 » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:57 pm

Red Beard seems plausible, but as danieltiger said, why not make the whole bird red instead of merely its hair? Seems like something else at play here.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#120 Post by Ashirg » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:58 pm

What kind of bird is that? Maybe that's a clue!!

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#121 Post by Feiereisel » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:59 pm

danieltiger wrote:
Feiereisel wrote:"Red bird"/Red Beard?
Certainly possible, but why not make the bird red then? Why the red hair?
Yeah, I considered that, but after "coat unknown" I just went with the first thing that popped to mind. Not my strongest guess by any means.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#122 Post by mistakaninja » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:01 pm

It's a Golden Chinese Sparrow. We're getting a fourth edition of The Lady From Shanghai.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#123 Post by adavis53 » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:02 pm

criterion10 wrote:That's obviously a clue for Midnight Cowboy.
Midnight Crowboy

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#124 Post by domino harvey » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:06 pm

They are almost always puns, why do so many people on the internet insist on arriving at solutions that don't take this into consideration?

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#125 Post by jindianajonz » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:07 pm

Unless somebody can offer a satisfactory reason as to why this bird was drawn with flowing locks, I sincerely doubt that this is a clue for Red Beard.

And no, a double clue is not a satisfactory reason....

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