2015 New Year's Day Drawing

[giovannii84]

Could the bridge & the suns be 'A Bridge to The Sun'

[artfilmfan]

Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse).

[swo17]

There's a Stonehenge on the guy's map. And the rose could be an American Beauty.

[ellipsis7]

The car, the unfinished/broken bridge & the disturbed ground below could be referencing Kiarostami's LIFE AND NOTHING MORE where they drive through the earthquake stricken Northern Iran of 1990 attempting to reach & revisit Koker, the scene of the first film in the trilogy, WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?....

[kazaam]

While highly unlikely the bridge makes me think of the golden gate bridge and therefore of Vertigo or ... Zodiac?

[SCOTTiE]

The frame of the New Years newsletter itself is not typically a clue. For example, the building in 2013 did not reference anything nor the scenario in 2014. If the pattern continues, this won't either.

By the way, I posted this over on the Blu-ray forums. Hopefully this can help us in terms of figuring out the remaining clues. :)

Alright, here is the latest update. I'm going to take a break because this is hurting my head.

THE SKY

• The two suns appear to be referencing The Dardenne Brothers' Two Days, One Night (2014)

THE LEFT GROUNDS

• The setback house with the moon above it is referencing Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012).

• The man under the bridge (Llewyn Davis) is referencing The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

THE MIDDLE GROUNDS

• The masked individuals with knives are referencing _______________.

• The cowboys and the soldier with knives are referencing _______________.

THE BRIDGE

• The group of hooded figures is referencing David Cronenberg's The Brood (1979).

• The man running for dear life (Harold Lloyd) is referencing Ted Wilde's Speedy (1928).

• The two individuals and their car appear to be referencing Stanley Donen's Two for the Road (1967).

• The man at the end of the bridge (Wallace Shawn) is referencing Jonathan Demme's A Master Builder (2013).

• The floating strands at the end of the bridge appear to be referencing Yasujirô Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959).

• The big clock set to "1:23" appears to be referencing both Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961) and John Farrow's The Big Clock (1948).

THE WATER

• The crowned man fishing in the boat is referencing Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991).

• The eyeball is referencing Marlon Brando's One-Eyed Jacks (1961).

• The colonial ship is referencing Terrence Malick's The New World (2005).

THE RIGHT GROUNDS

• The man pushing the cart is referencing _______________.

• The girl with her back turned appears to be referencing Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).

• The pyre is referencing _______________.

• The rose is referencing _______________.

[The Narrator Returns]

Just watch, Criterion will be releasing Gordon Willis's Windows this year. *shudder*

[domino harvey]

And the rose could be an American Beauty.

Oh God, you may be right. It's with Paramount, and there is some history with the label. I am going with this guess.

[The Narrator Returns]

And the rose could be an American Beauty.

Oh God, you may be right. It's with Paramount, and there is some history with the label. I am going with this guess.

It's with Warner Bros. now, thank Christ.

[FrauBlucher]

Or this for The Window. Maybe one of the Warner (RKO) titles.

[sir_luke]

That seems like too marketable a title to license... But who knows? They've had some surprising acquisitions recently.

EDIT: American Beauty, I mean.

[domino harvey]

And the rose could be an American Beauty.

Oh God, you may be right. It's with Paramount, and there is some history with the label. I am going with this guess.

It's with Warner Bros. now, thank Christ.

I guess it could be Bette Midler's the Rose, which is with Fox. But I still think it has to be American Beauty

[The Narrator Returns]

If so, I'm already preparing my bitching about how they didn't pick up Jarhead/Revolutionary Road instead (unless they did, in which case I default to my regular state of excitement mixed with passive-aggression).

[Joshuadel]

There's a Stonehenge on the guy's map. And the rose could be an American Beauty.

When I saw Stonehenge, my first thought was that they got the rights to Spinal Tap back.

[swo17]

Or this for The Window. Maybe one of the Warner (RKO) titles.

An excellent film. So it can't be that.

[FrauBlucher]

The two groups facing off with each other under the sun....Duel in the Sun

[domino harvey]

Or this for The Window. Maybe one of the Warner (RKO) titles.

An excellent film. So it can't be that.

It's probably for (***SPOILER ALERT***) the Hours and then Chris can just right click delete the forum as none of us will want any lingering association with that

[kazaam]

The two groups facing off with each other under the sun....Duel in the Sun

What about The Duellists?

[rockysds]

Could the suddenly ending bridge be The Lineup?

[criterion10]

Could the marching soldiers be Barry Lyndon? Maybe this was one of the titles Criterion got from Warner...

[The Narrator Returns]

CriterionCast says the gang on the bridge is The Brood.

[ordinaryperson]

These are obviously wrong, but they may lead us to something
The car on the bridge= Mulholland Drive
The group of people chasing a person= Pink Floyd The Wall
If those guys are actually monks= The Adventures Of Robin Hood
The bridge that was blown up= Blowup

[Red Screamer]

CriterionCast says the gang on the bridge is The Brood.

That looks right

[Professor Wagstaff]

The group with knives facing off against the soldiers distinctly have Xs for mouths. Could that indicate something?

[ordinaryperson]

The group with knives facing off against the soldiers distinctly have Xs for mouths. Could that indicate something?

Cure?