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denti alligator wrote:

Ishmael wrote:Fishermen awake
Covered with scars and boners
It's Fishing with John

And you would know about fishing, wouldn't you, Ishmael.

In the immortal words of the sea captain in The Simpsons:

[on the phone] "Arr. Call me back, Ishmael."

I prefer "Yar. I hate the sea and all that's in it."

richast2 wrote:

denti alligator wrote:

Ishmael wrote:Fishermen awake
Covered with scars and boners
It's Fishing with John

And you would know about fishing, wouldn't you, Ishmael.

In the immortal words of the sea captain in The Simpsons:

[on the phone] "Arr. Call me back, Ishmael."

I prefer "Yar. I hate the sea and all that's in it."

I prefer the episode in which Homer is suing the Captain for the all-you-can-eat buffet and:

Lionel Hutz
"Isn't it true you're not a real captain?"
Captain [sadly]
"Yar."

Forgotten classics
Undeniable masters
Also Equinox

-Toilet Dcuk

Annie Mall wrote:- Bad Timing...
- The Children are Watching Us!
- Good Morning...!

Nice It took a second to sink in.

Torn prints, muffed deadlines,
A new Cold War springs to life -
Oh Oh Eisenstein.

Doinel-And-Smores night.
Disc three, the wood stops burning.
Light the Fox Lorbers!

=P~

what happened to the 5-7-5 theory?

justeleblanc wrote:what happened to the 5-7-5 theory?

Criterion wrote:The 5-7-5 syllable structure is standard, but we'll allow some flexibility here!

windowbox ozu?
why not poop in my mouth
and call it a sunday

Steven H wrote:windowbox ozu?
why not poop in my mouth
and call it a sunday

If it closes out the weekend on a high note, I guess...

matt wrote:

justeleblanc wrote:what happened to the 5-7-5 theory?

Criterion wrote:The 5-7-5 syllable structure is standard, but we'll allow some flexibility here!

But I bet a decent 5,7,5 will win over a witty anything else.

SncDthMnky wrote:

matt wrote:

justeleblanc wrote:what happened to the 5-7-5 theory?

Criterion wrote:The 5-7-5 syllable structure is standard, but we'll allow some flexibility here!

But I bet a decent 5,7,5 will win over a witty anything else.

Perhaps, but the newsletter seems to hint that there will be more than one winner.

The winners will receive a DVD of Late Spring or any other title of equal or lesser value released prior to our May lineup. The winning haikus will be published in next month's newsletter and by submitting an entry you have granted us permission to reprint your name and submission.

"I remember"

My first thought and continued hope is that this is a reference to LOLA MONTES and the multiple reiteration "Do you remember?" that prompts the first flashback of Lola's remembrance and the structuring principle of the film. Stefan Drößler & the Munich Filmmuseum's restoration of the German version (which I was fortunate enough to see at NY's Film Forum) is brilliant, sorry Marcel. Word is that this restoration will also make another rare showing at this year's Cinema Rittrovato in Bologna. Since this was originally out on Fox Lorber in the US I am hoping that the association via Wellspring (Truffaut, Rohmer, Fassbinder, etc.) is continuing. That said, AMARCORD sounds more likely. Personally, enough with the Fellini already.

"Bees"

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, almost certainly.

"Swarming devils"

Certainly a Milton reference. In Paradise Lost 1.768 Satan's "swarming devils" are likened to "bees in spring time." The question then is whether this forms a single or multiple upcoming release reference. If, multiple the EQUINOX guesses sound reasonable, but why when already announced? If it is THE DEVILS...words almost fail me...isn't Michael Bay's inclusion puerile enough for the entire collection? How about Jerzy Kawalerowicz's MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS instead? I vote for one release reference.

"Slam your doors in golden silence"

PLAYTIME, certainly.

The two silhouetted terriers:

What about Geoffrey & Stanley? Hitchcock's two Sealyhams who appear with him in THE BIRDS and form the basis for the name of his MARNIE production company. It is all but impossible but I can dream of a deluxe, Criterion release of MARNIE with deleted scenes and a full commentary by Tippi Hedren. More realistically, it could mean a reference to SABOTAGE, YOUNG AND INNOCENT, MURDER, THE LODGER or BLACKMAIL in both silent & sound versions.

I Like Morrissey
Not the Director Paul M.
The Guy From the Smiths

Hark! Jon Mulvaney
Where hath he gone to these days?
Free from same queries.

How about:

Waiting, waiting, still
Waiting, waiting, waiting, still
No Eisenstein box

Loving You Is Hard
But Not As Hard As Dokken
That Shit Rocks!
-Poet Unknown

OH, RIGHT, HAIKU NOW.
WE ALREADY LIKE OLD FILMS.
BALLET, ANYONE?

That line down the spine:
Sexiest geometry
Since the sinusoid.

O Criterion!
Like cherry blossoms in drought:
Only three per month.

Look! A thousand apes
With a thousand paintbrushes.
Michael Powell cries.

Andrei Tarkovsky
Is underrepresented:
Why no Zerkalo?

Eisenstein silents
Trapped in restoration hell
Never to be boxed

And a tribute to the "Criterion 2006" thread:

Stop releasing shit
Like Equinox and put out
More Bergman instead.

A real poet is among us.

Those first three are stunning.

Elpenor wrote:That line down the spine:
Sexiest geometry
Since the sinusoid.

O Criterion!
Like cherry blossoms in drought:
Only three per month.

Look! A thousand apes
With a thousand paintbrushes.
Michael Powell cries.

Andrei Tarkovsky
Is underrepresented:
Why no Zerkalo?

Eisenstein silents
Trapped in restoration hell
Never to be boxed

And a tribute to the "Criterion 2006" thread:

Stop releasing shit
Like Equinox and put out
More Bergman instead.

YES YES YES! Very eloquently stated. I hope you submit this in their little contest.

ola t wrote:"I remember" made me think of Last Year at Marienbad.

Same here.

And if it is Marienbad, I just might shit myself.

Elpenor wrote:That line down the spine:
Sexiest geometry
Since the sinusoid.

O Criterion!
Like cherry blossoms in drought:
Only three per month.

Look! A thousand apes
With a thousand paintbrushes.
Michael Powell cries.

Andrei Tarkovsky
Is underrepresented:
Why no Zerkalo?

Eisenstein silents
Trapped in restoration hell
Never to be boxed

And a tribute to the "Criterion 2006" thread:

Stop releasing shit
Like Equinox and put out
More Bergman instead.

this wins the "best first post on this forum" award. (so far, at least!)

denti alligator wrote:A real poet is among us.

Come now, don't feed the ego. It might bite your hand off.