2015 New Year's Day Drawing
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Could the bridge & the suns be 'A Bridge to The Sun'
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Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse).
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There's a Stonehenge on the guy's map. And the rose could be an American Beauty.
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The car, the unfinished/broken bridge & the disturbed ground below could be referencing Kiarostami's LIFE AND NOTHING MORE where they drive through the earthquake stricken Northern Iran of 1990 attempting to reach & revisit Koker, the scene of the first film in the trilogy, WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?....
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While highly unlikely the bridge makes me think of the golden gate bridge and therefore of Vertigo or ... Zodiac?
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The frame of the New Years newsletter itself is not typically a clue. For example, the building in 2013 did not reference anything nor the scenario in 2014. If the pattern continues, this won't either.
By the way, I posted this over on the Blu-ray forums. Hopefully this can help us in terms of figuring out the remaining clues. :)
Alright, here is the latest update. I'm going to take a break because this is hurting my head.
By the way, I posted this over on the Blu-ray forums. Hopefully this can help us in terms of figuring out the remaining clues. :)
Alright, here is the latest update. I'm going to take a break because this is hurting my head.
THE SKY
THE LEFT GROUNDS
- The two suns appear to be referencing The Dardenne Brothers' Two Days, One Night (2014)
- The setback house with the moon above it is referencing Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012).
THE MIDDLE GROUNDS
- The man under the bridge (Llewyn Davis) is referencing The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
- The masked individuals with knives are referencing _______________.
THE BRIDGE
- The cowboys and the soldier with knives are referencing _______________.
- The group of hooded figures is referencing David Cronenberg's The Brood (1979).
- The man running for dear life (Harold Lloyd) is referencing Ted Wilde's Speedy (1928).
- The two individuals and their car appear to be referencing Stanley Donen's Two for the Road (1967).
- The man at the end of the bridge (Wallace Shawn) is referencing Jonathan Demme's A Master Builder (2013).
- The floating strands at the end of the bridge appear to be referencing Yasujirô Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959).
THE WATER
- The big clock set to "1:23" appears to be referencing both Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961) and John Farrow's The Big Clock (1948).
- The crowned man fishing in the boat is referencing Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991).
- The eyeball is referencing Marlon Brando's One-Eyed Jacks (1961).
THE RIGHT GROUNDS
- The colonial ship is referencing Terrence Malick's The New World (2005).
- The man pushing the cart is referencing _______________.
- The girl with her back turned appears to be referencing Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).
- The pyre is referencing _______________.
- The rose is referencing _______________.
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Just watch, Criterion will be releasing Gordon Willis's Windows this year. *shudder*
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Oh God, you may be right. It's with Paramount, and there is some history with the label. I am going with this guess.swo17 wrote:And the rose could be an American Beauty.
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It's with Warner Bros. now, thank Christ.domino harvey wrote:Oh God, you may be right. It's with Paramount, and there is some history with the label. I am going with this guess.swo17 wrote:And the rose could be an American Beauty.
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Or this for The Window. Maybe one of the Warner (RKO) titles.
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2015 New Year's Day Drawing
That seems like too marketable a title to license... But who knows? They've had some surprising acquisitions recently.
EDIT: American Beauty, I mean.
EDIT: American Beauty, I mean.
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I guess it could be Bette Midler's the Rose, which is with Fox. But I still think it has to be American BeautyThe Narrator Returns wrote:It's with Warner Bros. now, thank Christ.domino harvey wrote:Oh God, you may be right. It's with Paramount, and there is some history with the label. I am going with this guess.swo17 wrote:And the rose could be an American Beauty.
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If so, I'm already preparing my bitching about how they didn't pick up Jarhead/Revolutionary Road instead (unless they did, in which case I default to my regular state of excitement mixed with passive-aggression).
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When I saw Stonehenge, my first thought was that they got the rights to Spinal Tap back.swo17 wrote:There's a Stonehenge on the guy's map. And the rose could be an American Beauty.
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An excellent film. So it can't be that.FrauBlucher wrote:Or this for The Window. Maybe one of the Warner (RKO) titles.
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The two groups facing off with each other under the sun....Duel in the Sun
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It's probably for (***SPOILER ALERT***) the Hours and then Chris can just right click delete the forum as none of us will want any lingering association with thatswo17 wrote:An excellent film. So it can't be that.FrauBlucher wrote:Or this for The Window. Maybe one of the Warner (RKO) titles.
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What about The Duellists?FrauBlucher wrote:The two groups facing off with each other under the sun....Duel in the Sun
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Could the suddenly ending bridge be The Lineup?
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Could the marching soldiers be Barry Lyndon? Maybe this was one of the titles Criterion got from Warner...
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CriterionCast says the gang on the bridge is The Brood.
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These are obviously wrong, but they may lead us to something
The car on the bridge= Mulholland Drive
The group of people chasing a person= Pink Floyd The Wall
If those guys are actually monks= The Adventures Of Robin Hood
The bridge that was blown up= Blowup
The car on the bridge= Mulholland Drive
The group of people chasing a person= Pink Floyd The Wall
If those guys are actually monks= The Adventures Of Robin Hood
The bridge that was blown up= Blowup
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That looks rightThe Narrator Returns wrote:CriterionCast says the gang on the bridge is The Brood.
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The group with knives facing off against the soldiers distinctly have Xs for mouths. Could that indicate something?
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Cure?Professor Wagstaff wrote:The group with knives facing off against the soldiers distinctly have Xs for mouths. Could that indicate something?