Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

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#76 Post by domino harvey » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:09 pm

Jeff wrote:
hollis wrote:In Cold Blood? It's an inn, there's a vampire eating a popsicle (cold blood)?
*Dingdingding* We have a winner, folks. And now you're just being silly, Polan (but I like it).
So obvious in hindsight too! Nicely done all around

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#77 Post by ptatler » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:09 pm

I think hollis is our winner here. Good work.
(However, it still doesn't explain that awkward second Popsicle.)

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#78 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:12 pm

ptatler wrote:I think hollis is our winner here. Good work.
(However, it still doesn't explain that awkward second Popsicle.)
Probably to prevent it from looking overtly sexual.

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#79 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:13 pm

In Cold Blood is rather clever. I'm 50/50 on that or OLLA.

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#80 Post by ptatler » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:13 pm

It's such a silly, fun-loving clue for such a deeply disquieting film!

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#81 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:14 pm

hollis wrote:Enormous, probably embarrassing stretch: In Cold Blood? It's an inn, there's a vampire eating a popsicle (cold blood)?

Eh, I have no idea
Anytime you feel like being "embarrassing," go right ahead.

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#82 Post by giovannii84 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:17 pm

captveg wrote:In Cold Blood is rather clever. I'm 50/50 on that or OLLA.
Could it be a double clue for both films?

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#83 Post by CSM126 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:20 pm

giovannii84 wrote:
captveg wrote:In Cold Blood is rather clever. I'm 50/50 on that or OLLA.
Could it be a double clue for both films?
no.

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#84 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:21 pm

The did break the double clue precedent officially with the Ride the Pink Horse / The Black Stallion clue (though we didn't realize it at the time).

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#85 Post by ptatler » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:22 pm

giovannii84 wrote: Could it be a double clue .... ?
Can we start a "Double Clue: What Does IT Mean?" thread for this continually useless speculation?

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#86 Post by hollis » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:22 pm

FrauBlucher wrote:
hollis wrote:Enormous, probably embarrassing stretch: In Cold Blood? It's an inn, there's a vampire eating a popsicle (cold blood)?

Eh, I have no idea
Anytime you feel like being "embarrassing," go right ahead.
Thank you! I honestly thought that was too ridiculous to be true. Glad to be wrong. Either way, I'm looking forward to this release, Conrad Hall's photography should look great on blu-ray.

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#87 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:33 pm


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#88 Post by HistoryProf » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:49 pm

hollis wrote:Enormous, probably embarrassing stretch: In Cold Blood? It's an inn, there's a vampire eating a popsicle (cold blood)?

Eh, I have no idea
This is what i get for looking at the clue on my phone. I thought it was Elvis \:D/

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#89 Post by jsteffe » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:45 pm

captveg wrote:
ptatler wrote:I think hollis is our winner here. Good work.
(However, it still doesn't explain that awkward second Popsicle.)
Probably to prevent it from looking overtly sexual.
What about the traditional Popsicles that have two sticks so you can break them in half? That's what this is referring to, I'm pretty sure.

In Cold Blood is an excellent solution! Actually, this is one of their more clever cartoons, I think.

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#90 Post by Minkin » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:04 pm

I first thought it was Ziggy Stardust, so a Velvet Goldmine clue.

Then people started seeing it as a vampire, which still seems like a stretch (well, pointy ears + somewhat of fangs). So then I thought it would be Horror Hotel, the great PD vampire film.

But the In Cold Blood reasoning makes sense + it was confirmed recently.

Polan sure has moved away from the days of "Aces in Holes" or the "High Definition, Low Wages."

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#91 Post by swo17 » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:14 pm

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I can't tell if it's Michael Caine getting his head squeezed for Dressed to Kill or Brian De Palma approving the transfer.

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#92 Post by cgray » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:20 pm

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#93 Post by Minkin » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:22 pm

Thanks cgray, as Swo's image didn't show up for me.

I assume this clue is further clarification of the soldiers / blinded ones in the New Years Clue, which nobody was able to solve in any meaningful way. The best we came up with was the following list (do any of these make sense with this clue?):

Tom Jones
Napoleon
Barry Lyndon
Les Miserables

Edit

He looks like Bach, and is "blind." Any film have Bach in it?
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#94 Post by Self » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:24 pm

Weren't the soldiers for Breaker Morant?

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#95 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:26 pm

It's Bach, some pun with Blind and Back?

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#96 Post by Minkin » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:27 pm

domino harvey wrote:It's Bach, some pun with Blind and Back?
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey? :P

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#97 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:28 pm

I wish

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#98 Post by antoniennui » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:28 pm

Don't Look Back

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#99 Post by rwiggum » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:28 pm

"Don't look, Bach!"

Looks like some Pennebaker headed our way?

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#100 Post by pzadvance » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:29 pm

Don't Look Back?

EDIT: Aaaaand we all got there at the same time.

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