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#576 Post by kinjitsu »

jesus the mexican boi wrote:what's the significance of the wild boar or pig or whatever it is?
Well, it is the Year of the Pig/Boar...
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#577 Post by jesus the mexican boi »

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Then there was this late last year...

Maybe you're right about the year of the pig... or we're getting Pasolini's PORCILE.
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#578 Post by Via_Chicago »

Or...you all read way too much into the damn animals.
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#579 Post by kinjitsu »

Via_Chicago wrote:Or...you all read way too much into the damn animals.
Precisely!
zedz wrote:I think we've got plenty of evidence now that the "wacky animals" in the newsletter are semi-randomly selected to represent existing releases and are not clues of any kind. Any similarity to imminent releases is purely coincidental.
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#580 Post by Cinesimilitude »

except for the twelve monkeys and seven seals, right?
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#581 Post by Derek Estes »

I wish the newsletter would have explained why Christa Lang-Fuller was around. Is this for the rereleases of Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss, or possibly the early films (which I assume will be Eclipse meaning no extras), or possibly White Dog? Or maybe all, or some unknown surprise. I want to know!
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#582 Post by mrannouncer »

Concerning the contest, I came up with 17 Best Actor Oscar winners who are in the collection. Possibly 17 1/2, in a "kinda-sorta" situtation. Anybody find more?
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#583 Post by rlendog »

Ashirg wrote:Berlin Alexanderplatz.
I agree. That's the first one I was able to figure out on my own (assuming its correct) since Late Spring about a year ago.
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#584 Post by kinjitsu »

mrannouncer wrote:Concerning the contest, I came up with 17 Best Actor Oscar winners who are in the collection. Possibly 17 1/2, in a "kinda-sorta" situtation. Anybody find more?
Twenty one, according to my count, assuming this does not include laserdisc titles.
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#585 Post by Doctor Sunshine »

It's clearly the boar from Ran.
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#586 Post by Matt »

zedz wrote:I think we've got plenty of evidence now that the "wacky animals" in the newsletter are semi-randomly selected to represent existing releases and are not clues of any kind.
SncDthMnky wrote:except for the... seven seals, right?
Uh, don't look now, but...

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#587 Post by Cinesimilitude »

I totally read zed's comment as "no meaning at all" or "completely random". I swear that's what It said originally. Maybe the fact that I haven't slept in three days impaired my view of it.
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#588 Post by Nihonophile »

Its a boar, I read this a comparison to Fassbinder due to his on/off set behavior.
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#589 Post by Lino »

Maybe Fassbinder liked to get piggy.
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#590 Post by Steven H »

Isn't the Boar from Kurosawa's RAN?
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#591 Post by kinjitsu »

jesus the mexican boi wrote:what's the significance of the wild boar or pig or whatever it is?
kinjitsu wrote:Well, it is the Year of the Pig/Boar.
Steven H wrote:Isn't the Boar from Kurosawa's RAN?
Doctor Sunshine wrote:It's clearly the boar from Ran.
zedz wrote:I think we've got plenty of evidence now that the "wacky animals" in the newsletter are semi-randomly selected to represent existing releases and are not clues of any kind. Any similarity to imminent releases is purely coincidental.
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#592 Post by Steven H »

kinjitsu wrote:
Doctor Sunshine wrote:It's clearly the boar from Ran.
ah! I zoned out and missed Dr. Sunshine's post.
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#593 Post by kinjitsu »

Steven H wrote:ah! I zoned out and missed Dr. Sunshine's post.
I was beginning to worry about you...
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#594 Post by Greathinker »

This discussion is becoming rather BOARING
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#595 Post by Brianruns10 »

I came up with eighteen Best Actors. I can list them if you like..
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#596 Post by kinjitsu »

Brianruns10 wrote:I came up with eighteen Best Actors. I can list them if you like..
kinjitsu wrote:
mrannouncer wrote:Concerning the contest, I came up with 17 Best Actor Oscar winners who are in the collection. Possibly 17 1/2, in a "kinda-sorta" situtation. Anybody find more?
Twenty one, according to my count, assuming this does not include laserdisc titles.
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#597 Post by Brianruns10 »

I just saw someone came up with 21? Did that include best actress winners? I was wondering about that, since some use the term Actor in an androgynous sense, and then modify it by saying "Best Performance by a Female Actor," and "Best Performnace by a Male Actor" etc. I played it safe, and stuck with male actors, hence, eighteen. And, that does not include the laserdiscs. Shoot, I always forget about those!
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#598 Post by Brianruns10 »

Well, I just realized I forgot De Niro (Brazil) so that makes nineteen. Hmmmm. Even the seemingly simple contest winds up being so complicated! :)
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#599 Post by Via_Chicago »

Derek Estes wrote:I wish the newsletter would have explained why Christa Lang-Fuller was around. Is this for the rereleases of Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss, or possibly the early films (which I assume will be Eclipse meaning no extras), or possibly White Dog? Or maybe all, or some unknown surprise. I want to know!
It's been a poorly kept secret that Criterion has the rights to Fuller's The Baron of Arizona, I Shot Jesse James, and The Steel Helmet, and are waiting to release them (according to an e-mail from Jonathan Turell). Of course, whether these will be released as Criterions or as part of the Eclipse Line (or at all) remains to be seen.
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#600 Post by Jeff »

Via_Chicago wrote:
Derek Estes wrote:I wish the newsletter would have explained why Christa Lang-Fuller was around. Is this for the rereleases of Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss, or possibly the early films (which I assume will be Eclipse meaning no extras), or possibly White Dog? Or maybe all, or some unknown surprise. I want to know!
It's been a poorly kept secret that Criterion has the rights to Fuller's The Baron of Arizona, I Shot Jesse James, and The Steel Helmet
Those are the "early films" to which Derek was referring.
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