Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

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John Shade
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#776 Post by John Shade » Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:54 pm

solaris72 wrote:What the hell, I'll just guess the most expensive possible month for me personally

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The Tree of Life
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dragon Inn
L'Argent
Au Hasard upgrade
Stranger Than Paradise upgrade
Dang I only put the absurd/stupid Problem Child as some sort of superstition thinking it somehow might increase the chance of Au Hasard appearing out of nowhere. You just went with all of them. If your month comes true then my bank account gets drained.

By the way, I know this gets posted elsewhere, but the upgrades are a little...random? La Strada, Passion of Joan of Arc, Rublev....kind of a "it's going to happen at some point" deal?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#777 Post by domino harvey » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:03 pm

It's been said they wait til stock runs low of a DVD before upgrading

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#778 Post by comicfan1969 » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:47 pm

Has there been any hint, or do we have any idea, if there will be upgrades to the David Lean Dickens adaptations? I really want those two, but I want them on blu ray.

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Graphist
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#779 Post by Graphist » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:58 pm

domino harvey wrote:It's been said they wait til stock runs low of a DVD before upgrading
Is that so? Interesting. How come it is taking them so long to upgrade Spartacus, for example? You would think it is a popular criterion and the stock would be depleted by now.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#780 Post by Omensetter » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:36 pm

Meantime
Roman Holiday
Klute
The Flight of the Red Balloon
Two English Girls

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#781 Post by movielocke » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:45 pm

Graphist wrote:
domino harvey wrote:It's been said they wait til stock runs low of a DVD before upgrading
Is that so? Interesting. How come it is taking them so long to upgrade Spartacus, for example? You would think it is a popular criterion and the stock would be depleted by now.
$50 Msrp for a 15 year old DVD is pretty hard to swallow and probably means extremely few units move. I almost bought it the first few BN sales but didn't because it was so much more expensive (and I didn't know how to exploit the discounts then) and then it got to the point the DVD is so old it seems pointless to pick it up particularly as it is so pricey.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#782 Post by DeprongMori » Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:10 pm

Meantime
Dragon Inn
Stalker
El Sur
Straw Dogs upgrade
My Man Godfrey upgrade

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#783 Post by lacritfan » Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:37 am

Lost in America
Meantime
Stalker
Straw Dogs
Written on the Wind Blu
Passion of Joan of Arc Blu

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#784 Post by jedgeco » Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:44 am

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
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Sixteen Candles
Last Picture Show single disc
Pyaasa

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Luke M
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#785 Post by Luke M » Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:49 pm

domino harvey wrote:It's been said they wait til stock runs low of a DVD before upgrading
So, anytime an upgrade is announced and someone goes "I just bought the dvd. You're welcome," we should really be thanking them.

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Minkin
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#786 Post by Minkin » Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:29 pm

I tried to see who the winner for the month was, but oddly, nobody won. The best anyone got was naming one title.

So congratulations to everyone who posted either Straw Dogs upgrade or the two people who posted They Live by Night!

Thanks for playing, try again next month.

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Actually, DeprongMori wins with 2 -with their February guesses:
Ghost World
They Live By Night
The Marseille Trilogy

Dheepan
Jeanne Dielman upgrade
Written on the Wind upgrade

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domino harvey
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#787 Post by domino harvey » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:44 pm

domino harvey wrote:
domino harvey wrote:A Face in the Crowd
Dragon Inn
Election
L'argent
the Lady Eve upgrade
Stranger Than Paradise upgrade
Written on the Wind upgrade
+ Meantime

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#788 Post by criterionsnob » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:55 pm

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Lost in America
King Lear
California Split
Grand Budapest Hotel
The Lure

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#789 Post by domino harvey » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:56 pm

We should really be guessing what day they announce, with Easter it could be as late as the 18th!

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Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#790 Post by movielocke » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:57 pm

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Mirror
Far from Vietnam
16 candles
Derzu uzala

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Summertime
Red beard

Berlanga eclipse

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#791 Post by Self » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:47 pm

Lost in America
The Tree of Life
Stalker
California Split
Dragon Inn
The Lady Eve Reissue

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Morbii
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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#792 Post by Morbii » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:52 pm

Stalker
Berlanga Eclipse
Werckmeister Harmonies
Tree of Life
Straw Dogs Upgrade

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#793 Post by knives » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:54 pm

movielocke wrote:Far from Vietnam
Already out and in print in a decent Icarus edition.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#794 Post by movielocke » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:05 am

knives wrote:
movielocke wrote:Far from Vietnam
Already out and in print in a decent Icarus edition.
ahh saw it on FilmStruck and thought " that seems like a decent left field guess"

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#795 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:41 am

Monday?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#796 Post by miless » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:56 am

Morbii wrote: Werckmeister Harmonies
I wish Criterion would release some Tarr... any recent evidence?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#797 Post by domino harvey » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:13 am

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Monday?
Holiday

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#798 Post by Costa » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:06 am

domino harvey wrote:
flyonthewall2983 wrote:Monday?
Holiday
oh, they do celebrate Easter now in USA too?

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#799 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:15 am

Costa wrote:
domino harvey wrote:
flyonthewall2983 wrote:Monday?
Holiday
oh, they do celebrate Easter now in USA too?
Yes Trump was urged by Steve Bannon to reinstate it. The singing of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' is also mandatory at church services.

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Re: Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread

#800 Post by Morbii » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:32 am

miless wrote:
Morbii wrote: Werckmeister Harmonies
I wish Criterion would release some Tarr... any recent evidence?
Not that I know of, just more of a hopeful set of films (the rest of which just happened to be more realistic/on the way).

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