Quarantined Speculation on the 1000th Spine

[Blutarsky]

I feel like the film that stands out to me for this moment is Riefenstahl’s Olympia. I can see Criterion rereleasing Tokyo Olympiad and pushing for Spine 1000 to be Riefenstahl. Would definitely introduce her to more people outside Triumph Des Willens and has an abundance of supplements they could include that weren’t in the 100 Years Box Set

[Mr. Deltoid]

Your all wrong!
Spine #1000 will be a lovingly curated box-set of Brownlow and Gill's Hollywood: The Pioneers, with all clearance rights sorted!

And then I wake up . . .

[dustybooks]

Your all wrong!
Spine #1000 will be a lovingly curated box-set of Brownlow and Gill's Hollywood: The Pioneers, with all clearance rights sorted!

And then I wake up . . .

Correction: we're all wrong except me!

[movielocke]

Im surprised with all the baseless auteurist numerology canon fetishism no one has guessed Spine 1000= Vertigo :-p

[kcota17]

Im surprised with all the baseless auteurist numerology canon fetishism no one has guessed Spine 1000= Vertigo :-p

Spine 1000: The Godfather collection

[swo17]

How about something actually exciting like a Czech New Wave set

[Yaanu]

An honest guess: With the news of a tour in the "Janus Films" thread, I can earnestly see Paris Is Burning being #1000.

[movielocke]

Im surprised with all the baseless auteurist numerology canon fetishism no one has guessed Spine 1000= Vertigo :-p

Spine 1000: The Godfather collection

Hah!

[artfilmfan]

999: King Kong
1000: Floating Clouds
1001: Citizen Kane

[spectre]

How about a "Chantal Akerman in the '80s" Eclipse set? I'd die of shock if it happened, but, you know, also of happiness.

[Boosmahn]

Im surprised with all the baseless auteurist numerology canon fetishism no one has guessed Spine 1000= Vertigo :-p

Criterion has shown to be mindful of spine numbers before (#666 and #900) so I would be shocked if they didn't schedule something special to be #1000, even if it is just Grand Budapest.

[Morbii]

How about a "Chantal Akerman in the '80s" Eclipse set? I'd die of shock if it happened, but, you know, also of happiness.

We have a lot of eclipse sets to go before 1,000!

[flyonthewall2983]

Maybe we'll never get a 1000th spine

[FrauBlucher]

.... because Criterion announces they will no longer have spine numbers after 999.

[FrauBlucher]

If this pace of 4 new spines per month continues we will get 1000 by November

[movielocke]

I find it extremely satisfying that Criterion DID NOT make 1984 spine number 984. see, they're clearly not spine numerology fetishists. :-p

[yoloswegmaster]

*cough* 666 *cough*
*cough* 888 *cough*

[swo17]

What's the significance of 888 for Stalker?

[movielocke]

I can’t believe some of you still think UHD is ever happening for Criterion

What if Studio Canal said to criterion: "Lionsgate has bluray and dvd rights to Grand Illusion, Ran, Third Man and Contempt, so they're not available, but Lionsgate passed on the option we offered them for 4K disc rights, would criterion be interested in acquiring 4k disc rights--and only 4k disc rights--to those titles?"

I think that sort of scenario might push Criterion to do 4k releases, and only for such titles as high profile as those, but I wouldn't expect it to indicate any broader company wide trend in upgrading catalog titles.

but would they price them at $49.95 or $59.95 or even higher?

[domino harvey]

I think that’s even less likely

[Ribs]

If Roma is happening I can envisage it as a 4k release. Don’t really imagine anything else on the immediate agenda that would warrant it.

[HitchcockLang]

I find it extremely satisfying that Criterion DID NOT make 1984 spine number 984. see, they're clearly not spine numerology fetishists. :-p

Well I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted. It looks like they reassigned the month's spine numbers and now 1984 is spine 984.

[FrauBlucher]

I find it extremely satisfying that Criterion DID NOT make 1984 spine number 984. see, they're clearly not spine numerology fetishists. :-p

Well I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted. It looks like they reassigned the month's spine numbers and now 1984 is spine 984.

[yoloswegmaster]

SeE, ThEy'Re cLeARly nOt sPiNe NuMeRolOgY FeTisHiSTs

[movielocke]

I find it extremely satisfying that Criterion DID NOT make 1984 spine number 984. see, they're clearly not spine numerology fetishists. :-p

Well I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted. It looks like they reassigned the month's spine numbers and now 1984 is spine 984.

Hah! Fitting right in with their 666 light hearted sense of humor about spine numbers!