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#1301 Post by schellenberg » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:38 pm

Gary Gnu wrote:I think it's The Cure.
Chaplin's 31-minute The Cure as a standalone title doesn't seem plausible.

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#1302 Post by Tom Hagen » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:41 pm

I vote Island of Lost Souls.

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#1303 Post by zedz » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:41 pm

That's actually a detail of 1/2500 of the cover. It's The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T.

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#1304 Post by Gary Gnu » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:02 pm

I meant the one by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Sorry, it's just Cure.

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#1305 Post by Matt » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:05 pm

Just curious, what about that image makes you think it's Cure?

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#1306 Post by oldsheperd » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:06 pm

I think it has something to do with the Ron Paul banner below my post. BTW, f*ck Ron paul.

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#1307 Post by the mad circle » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:42 pm

Matt wrote:Just curious, what about that image makes you think it's Cure?
I'm guessing because of this poster:
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#1308 Post by Jeff » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:45 pm

Island of Lost Souls certainly seems most likely.
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The reveal of Lota's fingers sets the third act in motion:
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#1309 Post by Doctor Sunshine » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:03 pm

Jeff wrote:Island of Lost Souls certainly seems most likely.
I'd agree. It looks like pinky, ring finger, claw and the orange bit looks like a bottom profile of some type of skull with scientific notations.

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#1310 Post by matrixschmatrix » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:11 pm

The grainy medical textbook look is something I've seen in a fair number of movies- I'm actually reminded of Se7en, though that doesn't make a lot of sense as a Criterion- but yeah, it's fingers with claws at the end, and medical-textbook imagery makes sense for Island of Lost Souls, even if not actually used in that way within the film.

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#1311 Post by Gary Gnu » Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:41 am

I'm not sure why, but the style reminded me of the poster for Cure. Now that I look at it again, not so much. I'm with Island Of Lost Souls now. I still think Cure could be announced tomorrow.

I'm also reminded of Se7en. No doubt if they were to ever reclaim the rights to it, they'd use a similar style... I'd hope.

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#1312 Post by Tom Hagen » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:02 am

In light of the existing, exhaustive special edition Blu currently in print, Se7en would be the most unnecessary Criterion release of all time.

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#1313 Post by Gary Gnu » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:22 am

Tom Hagen wrote:In light of the existing, exhaustive special edition Blu currently in print, Se7en would be the most unnecessary Criterion release of all time.
Oh, I'm well aware of that. I'm just hypothesizing. The Blu-Ray for Se7en is actually very good. Still, the style of this upcoming cover is reminiscent of (the opening sequence of??) it. Preliminary thoughts: the cover looks interesting and has potential. I admittedly haven't seen Island Of Lost Souls, so I can't testify as to whether or not it communicates the style/themes well; but that's talk for the Cover Art board, I guess.
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#1314 Post by eerik » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:06 pm

Tom Hagen wrote:In light of the existing, exhaustive special edition Blu currently in print, Se7en would be the most unnecessary Criterion release of all time.
B-b-b-but Criterion must release everything, even if it has a recent (fantastic) Blu-ray release. They must do it, they must!

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#1315 Post by aox » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:33 pm

If Criterion doesn't release it, the film must suck.

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#1316 Post by Gary Gnu » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:26 pm

aox wrote:If Criterion doesn't release it, the film must suck.
Yeah, I'm glad Criterion saw what a stinker Last Tango In Paris was, and decided not to release it as a DVD. [Those crazy laserdisc years. Thank God Criterion has matured.] (Okay, that's my one joke for the day.

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#1317 Post by the mad circle » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:47 pm

I don't get it.

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#1318 Post by captveg » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:44 pm

Se7en = New Line = Warner Bros. = No sub-licensing.

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#1319 Post by swo17 » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:35 am

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#1320 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:11 am

Facebook user wrote:I asked Criterion in an email when City Lights is to be released and i got a response saying it would be announced before too long.

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#1321 Post by HistoryProf » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:24 pm

Now they are just messing with everyone by posting this - which of course has the blu fanboys having blugasms in anticipation.

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#1322 Post by Brian C » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:42 pm

Sweet! Blu on the way!

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#1323 Post by aox » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:23 pm

Why would they post that?

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#1324 Post by knives » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:41 pm

To boost sales. I have no doubt in my mind that when they post something about one of their films the sales increase slightly. That picture probably took as many as five boxes off the shelf.

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#1325 Post by aox » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:45 am

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