I'm aware of Finn's response to your tweet, and, assuming Finn was telling you the truth, I'd still like to hear Criterion comment on the issue because posting fake info like that is a pretty dick move.ianungstad wrote:Not happening. I asked James Finn on twitter and he stated flat out that Fox would be releasing a new edition of TGTBTU and not Criterion. It was certainly some bored office drone trying to toy with fans.
The Mystery of the Phantom Web Pages
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Ask them if they think it's the work of a mole, or a spy, or a mole who wants them to think it's the work of a spy.
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Anyone care to speculate on which Bill Condon title could possibly be heading to a CC release.
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Any answer to that question is a grim one.FrauBlucher wrote:Anyone care to speculate on which Bill Condon title could possibly be heading to a CC release.
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There's no way it's anything besides Gods and Monsters. Unless Peter Becker is a big Twilight fan.
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Gods and Monsters would be great.. But maybe Sister, Sister could be in the running. It was an Image dvd release.
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Sister Sister has already been rereleased, plus while I like it a lot I can't imagine it making Criterion's radar
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You're all dumbfaces. It's obviously Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh.
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That would be better than dull Oscar-bation like GODS & MONSTERS.willoneill wrote:It's obviously Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh.
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I haven't see Gods & Monsters yet; I thought it was supposed to be strong. However, what about Kinsey?
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On the contrary, I think people who analyze Criterion's tea leaves that obsessively are just begging to be toyed with like this.dwk wrote:I'm aware of Finn's response to your tweet, and, assuming Finn was telling you the truth, I'd still like to hear Criterion comment on the issue because posting fake info like that is a pretty dick move.ianungstad wrote:Not happening. I asked James Finn on twitter and he stated flat out that Fox would be releasing a new edition of TGTBTU and not Criterion. It was certainly some bored office drone trying to toy with fans.
I mean, if I were Bob Dylan, I'd be spiking my trash with all sorts of bewildering stuff for A.J. Weberman's benefit.
And anyway, what "fake info" was ever posted?
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I was referencing the "People" pages for the cast and crew of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and I don't think that noticing that they have pages up for the cast and crew of a specific film is analyzing tea leaves.zedz wrote:On the contrary, I think people who analyze Criterion's tea leaves that obsessively are just begging to be toyed with like this.dwk wrote:I'm aware of Finn's response to your tweet, and, assuming Finn was telling you the truth, I'd still like to hear Criterion comment on the issue because posting fake info like that is a pretty dick move.ianungstad wrote:Not happening. I asked James Finn on twitter and he stated flat out that Fox would be releasing a new edition of TGTBTU and not Criterion. It was certainly some bored office drone trying to toy with fans.
I mean, if I were Bob Dylan, I'd be spiking my trash with all sorts of bewildering stuff for A.J. Weberman's benefit.
And anyway, what "fake info" was ever posted?
I do think putting up People pages for cast and crew of films they don't have the rights to and are never going to release is incredibly dumb as it has the potential of pissing off a licensor and damaging current or future deals.
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Secret empty people pages only noticed by insatiable clue scavengers.dwk wrote:People pages
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I don't know if it can be considered a secret if it is accessible by typing a name in the site's own search bar
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So true. The joke is on them.swo17 wrote:Secret empty people pages only noticed by insatiable clue scavengers.dwk wrote:People pages
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And I'm sure that's one of the first things licensors check before ever putting ink to a contract.dwk wrote:I don't know if it can be considered a secret if it is accessible by typing a name in the site's own search bar
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So how is it "fake info" for Criterion's website to have "Sergio Leone," say, as a searchable name on their website? Why can't they populate their website with the names of filmmakers they hope to one day include in their collection? If you embarrass yourself by making the massive and unwarranted leap of logic that the mere presence of a given name in their database equals Criterion officially announcing a film they don't currently hold the rights to, that's your problem, not theirs. Frankly, I find it hilarious that so many people get their noses way out of joint because Criterion doesn't lock step with their own wild speculation. If you can't handle that kind of hard landing, don't leap to conclusions in the first place!
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It's like landing on "Accept It"zedz wrote:If you can't handle that kind of hard landing, don't leap to conclusions in the first place!
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You are right, it is not like Criterion has ever had a deal die on the vine because word got out that they were negotiating for a film.swo17 wrote:And I'm sure that's one of the first things licensors check before ever putting ink to a contract.
They can include whatever they want on their site.zedz wrote:So how is it "fake info" for Criterion's website to have "Sergio Leone," say, as a searchable name on their website? Why can't they populate their website with the names of filmmakers they hope to one day include in their collection? If you embarrass yourself by making the massive and unwarranted leap of logic that the mere presence of a given name in their database equals Criterion officially announcing a film they don't currently hold the rights to, that's your problem, not theirs. Frankly, I find it hilarious that so many people get their noses way out of joint because Criterion doesn't lock step with their own wild speculation. If you can't handle that kind of hard landing, don't leap to conclusions in the first place!
Given that the people pages on their site correspond to the titles they've released or to titles they are known to have licensed, I fail to see how it is a massive leap to conclude that when they add the cast and crew of something that means they've got the title.
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Given that all fruit are pineapples, I conclude that when I am given a fruit it will be a pineapple.
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Hey, I didn't say it wasn't a leap, just that it wasn't a massive leap.swo17 wrote:Given that all fruit are pineapples, I conclude that when I am given a fruit it will be a pineapple.
From an interview with Peter Becker:zedz wrote: Why can't they populate their website with the names of filmmakers they hope to one day include in their collection?
Becker: We don't really comment on them. Because as soon we say, "Oh, yeah that sounds great" or "I'm really interested, we're actually pursuing that" or "We're looking at that or we're working on that", then that information would make its way through all of the usenet groups, bulletin boards and all that stuff. Two bad things can end up happening. One, is that we have four new competitors in the marketplace, who weren't looking for it until they were reading the boards and saw this excitement over the fact that Criterion was trying the land the rights. The other problem -- which is even worse -- is that very quickly it would go from "Oh, thanks for that great suggestion, we're actually looking into those rights" or "We're in negotiations for those rights now" to "Criterion has it scheduled" or "Criterion has it coming out next month" or even still, "I went to pre-order it my store, and my store doesn't know anything about it." After that, 48 letters go to Jon Mulvaney, me and to our sales staff saying, "Where is this title? Why do you keep announcing this vaporwear?" That's the fundamental reason that we no longer comment on title suggestions. As much as we love to receive them, and tell people to keep sending them (as helpful as they are), it very quickly feeds a rumor mill that is already willing to believe that we're working on things that we may not be working on. And that just causes disappointment in the customer base.
The biggest disappointment for all of us right now is Eraserhead, which is a title that we never announced. We were in year-long conversations with David Lynch. And it's one of these things where David Lynch is a very particular person. He has very peculiar ideas about how he wants to do things. And he doesn't want to be rushed to make up his mind. And he wants to do what he wants to do, in the way that he wants to do it. He doesn't want his privacy infringed, and he doesn't want to be reading about himself. We were in very protective conversations with him about Eraserhead that were all positive, over a long period of time. Suddenly, there's a rumor on the web that we were actually doing it, and had announced it. At some point, I even saw street dates posted for it. You know, this is something that never even made it on to our actual production load. It had been, at one point, penciled into a schedule -- if we could finish up negotiations in time. But that's as close as it ever come. We had certainly never announced anything about it. That's upsetting.
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I thought Gods and Monsters was a sequel to Twilight?
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So Criterion is responsible for any crazy rumour that over-anxious fanboys promulgate? Right. Got it.
Well, in that case I hope the Wexner Q&A is preoccupied with getting to the bottom of this gross abuse of privilege, and I hope there's also a witch hunt to find out who was behind the unconscionable delay between the picture clue for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Meh World and its actual announcement! Those guys at HTF were SURE it was coming out a month earlier, so where does Criterion get off deliberately withholding it from them, huh? Why, the smelling salts bill alone!
Well, in that case I hope the Wexner Q&A is preoccupied with getting to the bottom of this gross abuse of privilege, and I hope there's also a witch hunt to find out who was behind the unconscionable delay between the picture clue for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Meh World and its actual announcement! Those guys at HTF were SURE it was coming out a month earlier, so where does Criterion get off deliberately withholding it from them, huh? Why, the smelling salts bill alone!
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How did this go from "whats up with the misleading cast pages" to this^
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Also take into account that interview is 14 years old.