Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#1026 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:34 am

It’s a shame we were deprived of a Wacky Menstrual Cup if it is indeed for Diva

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#1027 Post by Roscoe » Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:37 am

Clearly a SEX AND THE CITY box set.

But yeah, DIVA.

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#1028 Post by DeprongMori » Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:31 pm

I may have to withdraw my guess. Someone elsewhere made an excellent guess that isn’t so on the nose.

Paul Mazursky’s An Unmarried Woman (1978).

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#1029 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:44 pm

Which is Fox, so plausible and a better fit for reading the image literally

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#1030 Post by tenia » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:00 pm

Which reminds me : Peter Becker mentioned they were thinking of compiling all these clues into a small booklet, though they also don't know yet if what they'd do with it (sell it ? include it in a release ? give it to guests ?).

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#1031 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:04 pm

They’d be fun as vinyl stickers

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#1032 Post by Brian C » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:06 pm

So we’d finally get to settle the ill-sore-possum debate definitively? That’s no fun.

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#1033 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:09 pm

It’ll turn out it was for a canceled release of I Go Pogo

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#1034 Post by ShellOilJunior » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:19 pm

The Spirit of the Beehive

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#1035 Post by Brian C » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:29 pm

ShellOilJunior wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:19 pm
The Spirit of the Beehive
I don't think this is it, but it's a clever guess.

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#1036 Post by Morgan Creek » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:54 pm

Unmarried Woman had a recent 4K restoration and is unavailable on any streaming service, so that'd be a welcome addition, if only for Clayburgh's terrific performance.

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#1037 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:55 pm

It's a good movie and the DVD has been OOP for many years, so it'd be a welcome release

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#1038 Post by Rayon Vert » Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:06 pm

My first thought was that this was Diana Ross singing Stop In The Name Of Love so that it was a movie called In The Name Of (something)

Her hand is backwards though

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#1039 Post by Morgan Creek » Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:13 pm

It's a good movie
I first saw this at an unlikely preview screening at a University of Chicago extension course on New German Cinema (Fassbinder, Wenders, Herzog) taught by Roger Ebert in the late 70s. Ebert appeared one evening and announced he'd gotten permission to screen Unmarried Woman, which he'd just seen and was crazy about, for the class. That film was a formative experience in my impression of NYC, where I moved a year later. Having watched it recently after living here for forty years, it's a remarkably vivid time capsule of the city during that period, with a nearly unrecognizable Soho.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#1040 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:02 pm

DeprongMori wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:32 am
I’m in for Diva. That’s definitely Beyoncé (though from her “Single Ladies” video), and she does have a hit song called “Diva”.

Besides, Criterion recently released Beineix’s Betty Blue and his hit debut film (which also introduced the “Cinema du look”) doesn’t have a decent home video release anywhere.
Plus, Diva was a Criterion laserdisc.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#1041 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:11 pm

If he was doing Diva, he should have drawn Beyonce's weirdo glasses from that video. It makes more sense to look at clues related to "Single Ladies"

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#1042 Post by johnnysnatchclub7 » Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:41 pm

This is an EXACT drawing of Beyoncé’s wardrobe and weird metal arm thing from “Single Ladies”.

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#1043 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:21 pm

Beyonce is a modern example of a diva, why are we collectively overthinking this - even if she didn't have a song called "Diva," this would be a pretty obvious clue (in my opinion - I'm not gonna lock the thread until everyone's ready)

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#1044 Post by agnamaracs » Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:34 pm

I'm convinced and not convinced. After Betty Blue it seems natural that Diva would follow; but then, would we really need a hint to figure that out?

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#1045 Post by dwk » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:29 pm

So Criterion is going to announce Diva in a month or two and then seven or eight months after that they'll announce An Unmarried Woman.

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#1046 Post by movielocke » Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:21 pm

Also diva premieres on the channel tomorrow

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#1047 Post by BigMack3000 » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:33 am

Any way The Man with the Golden Arm fits?

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#1048 Post by Gregory » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:39 am

That probably depends on whether you've ever seen The Man with the Golden Arm... or a man.

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#1049 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:23 am

Aaaand we're ready. Thank you Gregory for a hilarious note to end the month on

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Re: Criterion Newsletter: Clues and More, Volume Four

#1050 Post by ianthemovie » Tue Nov 26, 2019 1:51 pm

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The Grate S-cape just hinted in this month's newsletter.

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