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The fact that it's called the "wacky thin red lion" tips it off slightly.

http://i4.createsend5.com/ei/r/4C/F8B/C ... edlion.jpg

Man, is there some kind of "quote function" malfunction going around lately? I hope I don't get it.

Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..

domino harvey wrote:I'm sure Criterion will still be releasing some Asian shit

With nudity

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..

Go to their Facebook page. That's probably the easiest. You probably don't even need an account.
Apparently I'm also immune to the "quote function" bug going around the forum lately. Whew!

Have any of you guys seen Okamoto's "Red Lion"? It's not his best, but it's still a pretty fine film itself. I would still love for Criterion to one day release Okamoto's "The Human Bullet", but being an ATG title, it'll never happen.

John Huston's "The Red Badge Of Courage" perhaps? I believe it's owned by Warner now, so maybe no...

I don't know why there's any other speculation going on. It's about the most obvious clue they've ever given, sans the ones where they've told us flat out.

Let's start complaining about the cover right now.

I hope they do that thing where the cover is divided in two hemispheres but the dividing line is, get this, red. SKILLMAN'S GOT MAD SKILLS BRAH

Wait a minute -- maybe they're releasing the 1964 version? HAHA, the joke's on us!

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..

You can see that list and every other list at the Criterion website.

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..

Sorry, Peacock, but can you not access Criterion's website? All of their Director Top Ten Lists are posted on their website under the Explore section. The directors are listed at the bottom of the page in alphabetical order. The newsletters don't provide the lists... just an image that links to the lists.

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Saturnome wrote:It's obvious that the lion is in a desert, look at the background! More than that he's hungry. Only problem, the desert is white. So I think it's White Desert !

We're making too many assumptions. There is only ONE lion and it is OUTside. Case closed.

Peacock wrote:Napier - is there any chance of you posting Costa's Top Ten here? I don't receive the newsletter and I fear i'll have missed this one if i sign up now..

they are always on the website too...

manicsounds wrote:John Huston's "The Red Badge Of Courage" perhaps? I believe it's owned by Warner now, so maybe no...

On the right track.

That appears to be 'Scar' from The Lion King. So...
The Red Scar of Courage (1915)
on blu to boot. Nice...I think.

Wacky theory: The Thin Red Line and The Thin Blue Line. (Oops! Didn't notice Tom Hagen's post)

Tom Hagen wrote:Any chance it's a double clue involving Errol Morris? It was an IFC title.

With a seven-thousandth of Hawks tacked on as an extra?

Most likely a double clue involving both "Thin Red Line" and "Red Desert." Since Antonioni's film has won the 1964 Golden Lion, the conflation of red and lion seems appropriate.

I think the red lion is a comment on MGM being close to filling for bankruptcy

Again?

Antichrist seems confirmed!

Antichrist?

Edit: arsonfilms says yes...

No doubt.