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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."

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

Out of curiosity, what were the questions?

-BJ

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.

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

I remember it like it was yesterday!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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).

…"Seabiscuit" and "The Yards," both underrated.

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

Eric Skillman on Rebel Samurai Set

Eric Skillman on An Angel at My Table.

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

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

Somehow I doubt it was his creation...

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

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.

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...

"Chubby ginger kid." That's priceless.

Sawdust and Tinsel is now confirmed.

Tribe

I hope confirmation of La Notte comes next...

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

Criterion's Liz Helfgott offers her take on Antonioni.