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Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:50 pm
by flyonthewall2983
I saw The Killing Fields recently. He was okay in it, but I think his best performance was in The Paper.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:51 pm
by Fierias
And here I thought it was a painfully obvious clue for Hoop Dreams.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:06 pm
by Brian C
Well, we're still on the lookout for the always elusive ... wait for it ... DOUBLE CLUE!!!!

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:07 pm
by bamwc2
Swimming to Cambodia was rumored to have been picked up at the same time as Schizopolis, but never materialized. I wouldn't jump the gun and assume that this signifies multiple Soderbergh releases. It's probably just Swimming to Cambodia (and no, that's not a bad thing).

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:08 pm
by SamLowry
I thought Hoop Dreams too, but noticed it wasn't blue.

A Spalding Gray box would hopefully comprise all of his monologue performances on film:
Swimming To Cambodia
Monster In A Box
Gray's Anatomy

and then maybe some excerpts, interviews/appearances, Terrors of Pleasure, & live performances thrown in as extras.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:10 pm
by Brian C
SamLowry wrote:A Spalding Gray box would hopefully comprise all of his monologue performances on film:
Swimming To Cambodia
Monster In A Box
Gray's Anatomy

and then maybe some excerpts, interviews/appearances, Terrors of Pleasure, & live performances thrown in as extras.
And Everything Is Going Fine was an IFC release, so that would presumably be in there also.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:20 pm
by SamLowry
And Everything Is Going Fine was an IFC release, so that would presumably be in there also.
Actually it's already been confirmed:
Producers of And Everything is Going Fine say the the DVD will be released as part of Box Set released by Criterion sometime in 2012.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:31 pm
by dx23
Fierias wrote:And here I thought it was a painfully obvious clue for Hoop Dreams.
I thought the same thing, especially after Criterion mentioned years ago that they were working on a sequel project that as of now hasn't been released.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:44 pm
by domino harvey
Brian C wrote:
SamLowry wrote:A Spalding Gray box would hopefully comprise all of his monologue performances on film:
Swimming To Cambodia
Monster In A Box
Gray's Anatomy

and then maybe some excerpts, interviews/appearances, Terrors of Pleasure, & live performances thrown in as extras.
And Everything Is Going Fine was an IFC release, so that would presumably be in there also.
Based on Criterion's recent model, it will be an Eclipse!

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:01 am
by bamwc2
dx23 wrote:
Fierias wrote:And here I thought it was a painfully obvious clue for Hoop Dreams.
I thought the same thing, especially after Criterion mentioned years ago that they were working on a sequel project that as of now hasn't been released.
Strangely enough this alleged sequel was the first thing to come to my mind as well. Once I saw the Spalding Grey guess, it seemed so obvious that I wondered how I missed it.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:28 am
by HistoryProf
This might be the first time I got a clue straight away! Please be Swimming to Cambodia!!!!!!!!!

and I assume this:
Marcel Carné’s lyrical, romantic paean to the world of theater, Children of Paradise, is back in a landmark new restoration, the first to be made from the original negative. The film, which will be distributed as Janus Films’ inaugural DCP (digital cinema package), will show as the centerpiece of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York on March 7, before opening at the same city’s Film Forum on March 9 for a three-week run. A nationwide tour will follow, so stay tuned to janusfilms.com for venues and dates.
Means we should see a blu of CoP in a year or so?

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:31 am
by duck duck
I only mentioned King of the Hill because The Killing Fields is WB, and I thought King was listed many years ago when Criterion origionally licensed which ever Spalding Grey film it was. I would rule out the 'double clue" because all the blu upgrade clues seem to have the color blue in them.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:50 pm
by Roger Ryan
knives wrote:Given that they're already emphasizing the Spalding aspect of things if it's going to be more than the two Soderbergh films it will focus on the other Gray films rather than more Soderbergh.
Just to point out, SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA is a Jonathan Demme film; Soderbergh directed GRAY'S ANATOMY and the documentary AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE. Gray's other major monologue film MONSTER IN A BOX was directed by Nick Broomfield.

A Gray box would be most welcome, preferably on Blu-ray, but...

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:40 pm
by CSM126
Roger Ryan wrote:A Gray box would be most welcome, preferably on Blu-ray, but...
But what? You really think Criterion are going to go back to DVD only releases all of a sudden as some kind of fuck you?

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:15 pm
by swo17
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Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:39 pm
by Brian C
They've never teased an Eclipse set with a newsletter clue, though, have they? Although "wacky piece of sporting equipment" instead of a "wacky animal" is admittedly an ominous sign.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:42 pm
by swo17
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Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:35 pm
by Jeff
Besides the Oshima clue above, they teased the Rossellini and Lubitsch sets in newsletters clues.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:13 pm
by swo17
From spaldinggray.com:
Producers of And Everything is Going Fine say the the DVD will be released as part of Box Set released by Criterion sometime in 2012.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:07 pm
by Brian C
Jeff wrote:Besides the Oshima clue above, they teased the Rossellini and Lubitsch sets in newsletters clues.
So I see I was wrong ... guess it had to happen sometime.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:34 pm
by ianungstad
Both everything is going fine and grays anatomy are IFC titles, so I imagine that is what the box will consist of.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:02 pm
by swo17
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Umberto D.? Seems an odd choice.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:05 pm
by ellipsis7
Yes, UMBERTO D, it's Flike on Blu Ray....

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:08 pm
by TMDaines
swo17 wrote:Umberto D.? Seems an odd choice.
Why an odd choice? The consensus would suggest it's one of the great films by one of the great directors.

Re: Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:09 pm
by swo17
TMDaines wrote:
swo17 wrote:Umberto D.? Seems an odd choice.
Why an odd choice? The consensus would suggest it's one of the great films by one of the great directors.
It's a great film. I just would have expected Bicycle Thieves first.