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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

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 . . .

Mr. Deltoid wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:56 am 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!

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

movielocke wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:21 pm Im surprised with all the baseless auteurist numerology canon fetishism no one has guessed Spine 1000= Vertigo :-p

Spine 1000: The Godfather collection

How about something actually exciting like a Czech New Wave set

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

kcota17 wrote:

movielocke wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:21 pm Im surprised with all the baseless auteurist numerology canon fetishism no one has guessed Spine 1000= Vertigo :-p

Spine 1000: The Godfather collection

Hah!

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

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

movielocke wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:21 pm 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.

furbicide wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:47 am 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!

Maybe we'll never get a 1000th spine

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

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

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

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

What's the significance of 888 for Stalker?

domino harvey wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:30 pm 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?

I think that’s even less likely

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.

movielocke wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:46 pm 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.

HitchcockLang wrote:

movielocke wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:46 pm 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.

SeE, ThEy'Re cLeARly nOt sPiNe NuMeRolOgY FeTisHiSTs

HitchcockLang wrote:

movielocke wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:46 pm 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!