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ByMarkClark.com · Wed May 02, 2007 2:35 pm

Some time ago, I suggested that this forum begin selling T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase: "Nothing is certain at this time."

In light of recent events, however, I now suggest that the slogan on the Criterion Forum T-shirts should be: "I am Jon Mulvaney."

Buttery Jeb · #277 Post by **Buttery Jeb** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:39 pm

Matt wrote:What happened was the last time questions were sent, "Mulvaney" never responded.

Out of curiosity, what were the questions?

-BJ

#278 Post by **Matt** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:53 pm

Buttery Jeb wrote:
Matt wrote:What happened was the last time questions were sent, "Mulvaney" never responded.
Out of curiosity, what were the questions?

I'm sure I don't still have them. This was at least 3.5 years ago.

Buttery Jeb · #279 Post by **Buttery Jeb** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:54 pm

Matt wrote:I'm sure I don't still have them. This was at least 3.5 years ago.

Was it? Damn, I really need to pay more attention to the passage of time.

-BJ

davebert · #280 Post by **davebert** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:13 pm

I remember it like it was yesterday!

skuhn8 · #281 Post by **skuhn8** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:35 pm

Yup, that's before we became a bunch of whinging cover-art critiquing little shits.

sevenarts · #282 Post by **sevenarts** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:01 am

New Eric Skillman blog post about Mike Allred's cover design for Seduced & Abandoned. Great stuff. Allred's one of the most amazing comics artists around, and as with Jaime Hernandez, it was great to see him show up in the CC.

souvenir · #283 Post by **souvenir** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:38 pm

There's a new post up, about the Soderbergh commentary for The Third Man. It also mentions that Soderbergh and Mike Nichols recorded a commentary for the non-Criterion release of the 40th anniversary of The Graduate.

#284 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:54 pm

was surprised the DVDBeaver review mentioned that the reviewer doesn't like Soderbergh's commentaries-- maybe it's because I share his sense of humor but I've always found Soderbergh's commentaries to be insightful and entertaining.

Ashirg · #285 Post by **Ashirg** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:03 am

Eric Skillman on Three War Films by Andrej Wajda and Vengeance is Mine.

richast2 · #286 Post by **richast2** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:30 pm

domino harvey wrote:was surprised the DVDBeaver review mentioned that the reviewer doesn't like Soderbergh's commentaries-- maybe it's because I share his sense of humor but I've always found Soderbergh's commentaries to be insightful and entertaining.

agreed. I also love that he's willing to do commentaries for movies he's a fan of (Third Man, Point Blank, Catch-22).

a.khan · #287 Post by **a.khan** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:31 am

richast2 wrote:I also love that he's willing to do commentaries for movies he's a fan of (Third Man, Point Blank, Catch-22).

â€¦"Seabiscuit" and "The Yards," both underrated.

Cinephrenic · #288 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:03 pm

New blog is up with some great news.

jbeall · #289 Post by **jbeall** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:10 pm

Well, I suppose now we know what spine #405 will be, although we're still in the dark about #s 400 and 401.

eez28 · #290 Post by **eez28** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:52 am

Eric Skillman on Rebel Samurai Set

thethirdman · #291 Post by **thethirdman** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:32 pm

Eric Skillman on An Angel at My Table.

I wonder if he could give any insight on the Breathless cover.

Ashirg · #292 Post by **Ashirg** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:20 pm

thethirdman wrote:I wonder if he could give any insight on the Breathless cover.

Somehow I doubt it was his creation...

#293 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:29 pm

I think whoever is responsible for the Breathless monstrosity is going to take it to their grave(s).

#294 Post by **cdnchris** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:03 pm

thethirdman wrote:Eric Skillman on An Angel at My Table.

I wonder if he could give any insight on the Breathless cover.

I'm actually amused by that since I remember seeing the booklet cover and thinking "that would have been a better cover." Uh, not that I get hung up on stuff like that.

colinr0380 · #295 Post by **colinr0380** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:48 pm

cdnchris wrote:
thethirdman wrote:Eric Skillman on An Angel at My Table.

I wonder if he could give any insight on the Breathless cover.
I'm actually amused by that since I remember seeing the booklet cover and thinking "that would have been a better cover." Uh, not that I get hung up on stuff like that.

And didn't Narshty get incensed by it at the time?:

Narshty wrote:Just when you think they can't get any more wrong-headed... Even I know that Kerry Fox, borderline boiler that she is, would sell more copies than some chubby ginger kid with weird legs. Get it together, Criterion.

I quite liked it...

#296 Post by **cdnchris** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:11 pm

"Chubby ginger kid." That's priceless.

Tribe · #297 Post by **Tribe** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:57 pm

Sawdust and Tinsel is now confirmed.

Tribe

Ashirg · #298 Post by **Ashirg** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:14 pm

I hope confirmation of La Notte comes next...

portnoy · #299 Post by **portnoy** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:25 pm

Yeah, it'd be awesome if Antonioni's death led to a confirmation of a DVD release.

#300 Post by **Jeff** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:14 pm

Criterion's Liz Helfgott offers her take on Antonioni.

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