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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#226 Post by theflirtydozen » Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:15 pm

Feego wrote: There's also a Best Buy-exclusive steelbook edition.
I stand corrected :oops:. Yeah, I'll log this under "uninformed wishful thinking" and call it case closed.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#227 Post by George Kaplan » Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:07 pm

I'm hoping that "the window" just might indicate a RATCATCHER Blu-ray upgrade!

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#228 Post by Noiradelic » Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:05 pm

Drucker wrote:I repeat, a 0% chance of it being the case. In those rare circumstances where Sony puts out the beautiful editions themselves, why would they go ahead and license it out to someone else after the fact?
Because the Blu is OOP (except for a store exclusive steelbook).
And it's Kubrick. And it's Strangelove.
Am I missing something? How is this an argument for them not releasing it?

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#229 Post by swo17 » Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:14 pm

Because it's too big for someone else to let it go. I'm not sure how much that argument holds up anymore though.

That being said, atomic bombs tend to do a lot more than just leave confusing-looking holes in the ground.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#230 Post by chatterjees » Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:20 pm

The bomb was probably unarmed before it was dropped :lol:

Jokes apart, this should not happen. I am really getting tired of these Criterion releases of the decent BDs already available in the market. Also, I am extremely satisfied with the Sony digibook of the Dr. Strangelove. If someone don't like that release, for them there is a new BestBuy exclusive steelbook of the film just released couple of months ago.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#231 Post by Noiradelic » Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:15 pm

swo17 wrote:Because it's too big for someone else to let it go. I'm not sure how much that argument holds up anymore though.

That being said, atomic bombs tend to do a lot more than just leave confusing-looking holes in the ground.
But Sony's already let it go by letting it go (mostly) OOP (this is in response to Drucker not you, Swo). My post should in no way be construed as a validation of the Strangelove guess.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#232 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:32 pm

I was going to make a joke at some point last year that the whole Sony/North Korean thing was part of a ploy to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#233 Post by Lowry_Sam » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:10 am

Well if we're voting for our Kubrick pick, mine will be A Clockwork Orange, which Warner inexplicably re-released in a 2-disc anniversary book which included the exact same (older) transfer as in the original blu-ray instead of the new restoration which included additional footage (and better pq), or perhaps they're doing their own Kubrick box to make everyone happy.

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#234 Post by zedz » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:10 pm

Lowry_Sam wrote:Well if we're voting for our Kubrick pick, mine will be A Clockwork Orange, which Warner inexplicably re-released in a 2-disc anniversary book which included the exact same (older) transfer as in the original blu-ray instead of the new restoration which included additional footage (and better pq), or perhaps they're doing their own Kubrick box to make everyone happy.
Few things in life are certain, but Warners releasing yet another 'ultimate' Stanley Kubrick box set is up near the top of the list.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#235 Post by Mike_S » Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:52 pm

Could the soldiers refer to the Director's Cut of Revolution? The BFI did a very nice Region B disc of it.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#236 Post by ArchCarrier » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:10 am

Eleven pages and no one has mentioned Man Push Cart yet?

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#237 Post by CSM126 » Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:02 am

ArchCarrier wrote:Eleven pages and no one has mentioned Man Push Cart yet?
No. Because it's not Man Push Cart.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#238 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Feb 17, 2015 6:04 pm

Scratch off the Rose and the pushcart.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#239 Post by CSM126 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:34 pm

This might be far-fetched, but I was thinking... Could the window frame be a reference to Interiors? The film begins and ends with characters looking through windows. Came to mind when I saw that Twilight Time said they didn't have the rights.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#240 Post by Professor Wagstaff » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:47 pm

CSM126 wrote:This might be far-fetched, but I was thinking... Could the window frame be a reference to Interiors? The film begins and ends with characters looking through windows. Came to mind when I saw that Twilight Time said they didn't have the rights.
It would help explain the Woody Allen phantom page.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#241 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:12 am

If true (and it sounds like a solid assumption), it'll be interesting to see if it gets supplements. We know how Allen feels about that stuff.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#242 Post by Harmonov » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:35 pm

I've still been thinking about the broken bridge part of the drawing and I'm too lazy to go back and look through every response, but did anyone mention Monte Hellman's Road to Nowhere for that part of the clue?

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#243 Post by Ashirg » Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:03 pm

Did anyone guess Bernhard Wicki's The Bridge?

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#244 Post by Gregory » Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:54 pm

Ashirg wrote:Did anyone guess Bernhard Wicki's The Bridge?
One member did:
sinemadelisikiz wrote:Not to be super obvious but the bridge is probably for, um, The Bridge right? I think I remember seeing that on the blurry list of possible titles posted forever ago.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#245 Post by Donald Brown » Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:45 pm

The bridge is The Bridge, the rose is The Rose. Could the hole be another literal clue for Tsai Ming-liang's The Hole? The Fox Lorber edition has been OOP for awhile.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#246 Post by Close The Door, Raymond » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:10 pm

So ... to recap:

Two suns = A Brighter Summer Day; Two Days, One Night; Before Sunset; Before Sunrise

Moon/House = Moonrise Kingdom

Clouds = Floating Clouds; Clouds of Sils Maria; Drifting Clouds

Ship = The New World; And the Ship Sails On

Crowd with hoods on bridge = The Brood

Man running on bridge = Speedy

Gang with knives/mouths with "x" = Cure; The Tribe

Marching soldier(s)/cowboys = Barry Lyndon; Napoleon; Duel in the Sun; Tom Jones; Les Miserables

Man with guitar case = Inside Llewyn Davis

Car on bridge = Wim Wenders road movies; Two for the Road

Man with blueprint - A Master Builder

Blueprint of stonehenge? = This is Spinal Tap

Man in boat = The Fisher King

Eyeball/Moon = Jellyfish Eyes; One-Eyed Jacks; Paper Moon

Clock = One, Two, Three; After Hours; The Big Clock

Bridge = The Bridge

River = The River

Rose = The Rose

Hole/Pyre/Puddle/Lava/Tree ??? = Passion of Joan of Arc; Lady Snowblood

Woman with long hair = Dressed to Kill; Nausicaa; Passion of Joan of Arc; Lady Snowblood; Barbarella; Gun Crazy

Cart = The Merchant of Four Seasons

Picture/Window frame = Room with a View

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#247 Post by movielocke » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:45 am

Close The Door, Raymond wrote:So ... to recap:
Gang with knives/mouths with "x" = Cure; The Tribe
I think this turned out to be silent ozu three crime dramas

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#248 Post by britcom68 » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:59 am

Gregory wrote:
Ashirg wrote:Did anyone guess Bernhard Wicki's The Bridge?
One member did:
sinemadelisikiz wrote:Not to be super obvious but the bridge is probably for, um, The Bridge right? I think I remember seeing that on the blurry list of possible titles posted forever ago.
I remember this blurry New Years' list photo back in 2012 (or was it 2011?) and much speculation about if the note for The Bridge was for this film or for (bridge @) San Luis Rey, Toko-Ri or River Kwai. Glad we can scratch that off the list. Does anyone else remember what else was on that list that has not since been released?

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#249 Post by swo17 » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:03 am

movielocke wrote:
Close The Door, Raymond wrote:So ... to recap:
Gang with knives/mouths with "x" = Cure; The Tribe
I think this turned out to be silent ozu three crime dramas
First guess I've heard for this that hasn't sounded like a stretch.

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Re: 2015 New Year's Day Drawing

#250 Post by DeprongMori » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:07 pm

Re: Gang with knives as "Silent Ozu: Three Crime Dramas"

I would happily go with this guess if there were only three figures rather than four in the drawing.

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