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denti alligator · #26 Post by **denti alligator** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:53 am

This can't be Criterion headquarters, can it?

Did you notice that the person who did the "grooming" is credited.

Tribe · #27 Post by **Tribe** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:42 am

Did you notice that the person who did the "grooming" is credited.

Vanit Fair always credits stuff like that. They probably got the grooming for free in exchange for a credit.

Tribe

Lino · #28 Post by **Lino** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:58 am

Hey, who are you and how come your avatar is moving? Are you Mulvaney, by any chance? Or Mr. Becker himself, just having a flight of vanity flair?

Gregory · #29 Post by **Gregory** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:53 pm

Since people have already made all sorts of observations about the people in the photo, I'll go ahead and say this: I was a little taken aback at how overwhelmingly white the staff is, especially for a company based in New York City.

godardslave · #30 Post by **godardslave** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:27 pm

Gregory wrote:Since people have already made all sorts of observations about the people in the photo, I'll so ahead and say this: I was a little taken aback at how overwhelmingly white the staff is, especially for a company based in New York City.

Congratulations for this ridicously pointless comment, criterion will now be sued by politically correct evangelicals, and put out of business.

I want you to know you are fully responsible, and thus we will all sue YOU for the distress you will cause us from no more criterion DVDs being available.

Isnt it wonderful, the freedom of speech allowed in America.
thankyou and have a nice day.

Jun-Dai · #31 Post by **Jun-Dai** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:32 pm

Manhattan is pretty white (not counting the tourists, who add some Asian into the mix). No surprises there. Besides, couldn't you tell from the films they put out?

Narshty · #32 Post by **Narshty** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:39 pm

Gregory wrote:Since people have already made all sorts of observations about the people in the photo, I'll so ahead and say this: I was a little taken aback at how overwhelmingly white the staff is, especially for a company based in New York City.

At least their one black employee is a woman.

porquenegar · #33 Post by **porquenegar** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:42 pm

I love that Black Orpheus poster

Gregory · #34 Post by **Gregory** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:45 pm

Manhattan is pretty white

Are their employees from the same borough?

The city as a whole is only about 50% white.

Tribe · #35 Post by **Tribe** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:18 pm

The city as a whole is only about 50% white.

And your source for this is...?

Tribe

Gregory · #36 Post by **Gregory** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:25 pm

Census data. It's actually about 45%, but I was giving a conservative figure.

cbernard · #37 Post by **cbernard** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:41 pm

godardslave wrote:
Gregory wrote:Since people have already made all sorts of observations about the people in the photo, I'll so ahead and say this: I was a little taken aback at how overwhelmingly white the staff is, especially for a company based in New York City.
Congratulations for this ridicously pointless comment, criterion will now be sued by politically correct evangelicals, and put out of business.

I want you to know you are fully responsible, and thus we will all sue YOU for the distress you will cause us from no more criterion DVDs being available.

Isnt it wonderful, the freedom of speech allowed in America.
thankyou and have a nice day.

Yeah, I agree with you godardslave, he totally overreacted. Superbowl weekend baby!

oldsheperd · #38 Post by **oldsheperd** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:52 pm

You know you can be a minority and still look white. I'm white and I look Latino.

justeleblanc · #39 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:01 pm

If it makes you feel any better dude, most people are wearing black.

except for that foxy young lady on the left in the red. ha-cha-cha-cha!!!!!! rarr!!!!!

Subbuteo · #40 Post by **Subbuteo** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:08 pm

JusteLeblanc wrote: except for that foxy young lady on the left in the red. ha-cha-cha-cha!!!!!! rarr!!!!!

Look again, haven't you noticed the redhead, can't believe I'm indulging in this debate

But them again... always have had a soft spot for the ladies!

Nihonophile · #41 Post by **Nihonophile** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:08 pm

Mulvaney is the guy that looks like he wants to jump off the scaffold.

Jun-Dai · #42 Post by **Jun-Dai** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:33 pm

Are their employees from the same borough? Razz The city as a whole is only about 50% white.

Okay, but I bet the white-collar population of the city isn't. :) (what are we arguing here?) In any case, the lack of racial diversity hardly seems surprising given (1) the titles they choose to put out, (2) their location, and (3) the industry they are in. I would be a little surprised if they were in Los Angeles or San Francisco, or if the collection itself were significantly more multicultural, but as it is. . .

#43 Post by **zedz** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:59 am

Adding to Jun-Dai's list

*Schlock Corridor
*Eyes without a Face
*Tout va bien
*George Washington
*Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
*?
*Closely Watched Trains
*Black Orpheus
*Gimme Shelter
*Les Enfants du Paradis?
*8 1/2
*That Obscure Object of Desire (top)
*Band of Outsiders
*Jules and Jim
*La Strada
*?
*Battle of Algiers
*Ivan the Terrible (why in German?)
*Grand Illusion
*Playtime
*Pandora's Box
*Traffic
*Citizen Kane
*The Third Man
*?
*Contempt
*The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
*?
*Think we might have Tenenbaums in here?
*?
*Man Bites Dog
*?
*Grey Gardens
*Beastie Boys Anthology
*Diary of a Chamberpot
*Billy Liar
*?
This last one should be identifiable (and maybe the big one underneath Gimme Shelter?): the rest we might need to call upon a psychic

tristan · #44 Post by **tristan** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:42 pm

If Mulvaney claims he's a real person, has anyone tried e-mailing him and asking if he would identify where he is in the picture? It doesn't seem too unreasonable.

godardslave · #45 Post by **godardslave** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:54 pm

tristan wrote:If Mulvaney claims he's a real person, has anyone tried e-mailing him and asking if he would identify where he is in the picture? It doesn't seem too unreasonable.

seriously, why the hell would anyone care what he physcially looks like. I must be missing something.

mingus · #46 Post by **mingus** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:48 pm

godardslave wrote:
tristan wrote:If Mulvaney claims he's a real person, has anyone tried e-mailing him and asking if he would identify where he is in the picture? It doesn't seem too unreasonable.
seriously, why the hell would anyone care what he physcially looks like. I must be missing something.

... are you sure you are on the right board ?

Jean-Luc Garbo · #47 Post by **Jean-Luc Garbo** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:54 pm

Is the article in Vanity Fair any good?

hammock · #48 Post by **hammock** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:57 am

I just spotted Peter Jackson under the "Gimme Shelter" poster!?

BWilson · #49 Post by **BWilson** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:33 pm

nycbrent wrote:For what it's worth, I saw "Mulvaney" at New York's Walter Reade theater a couple years ago (overheard him talking in line waiting to get into The Leopard). Anyway, I can't be 100% sure, but he looked a lot like the second guy down under the Gimme Shelter poster (not the scruffy looking one, but the clean-cut blonde one). Of course, that was a long time ago, but maybe...

I thought we concluded he was a fictitious person who they used to respond to emails.

Napier · #50 Post by **Napier** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:02 pm

I'm Jon Mulvaney,oops I mean,I'm Spartacus!!