
Happy New Year, everyone! Criterion pushes the annual Macty New Years Drawing on its mailing list on New Year's Day every year, using a mystical little broken map to hint at this year's release plans. Let's start by being a landlord and collecting last year's rent. Last year's Wakey Drawing went like this:
A. Two Days One Night Status: Issued
B. Moonrise Kingdom Status: Issued
C. Two Days One Night Status: Issued
D. Terrence Malik New World Status: Unreleased
E. David Cronenberg's Freak status: Released
F. Scud Status: Issued
G. Ozu's Crime Silent Film Series Status: Released (Eclipse #42)
H. Barry Linden? Napoleon? Status: Not issued
I. Drunken Folk Song Status: Not Released
J. Wenders' Highway Movie Status: Unreleased
K. Master Builder Status: Issued
L. Fish King / Jellyfish Watch World Status: Issued
M. Jade Girl Affair? Status: Not issued
N. Razor Edge / Shura Yukihime Status: Released
O. Bridge (Germany) Status: Issued
P. Singing Tears Status: Released
Q. Four Seasons Merchant Status: Issued
R. Shura Yukihime Status: Released
S. Room Status with View: Released
In summary, Wacky Drawing is still very reliable, including the two suns of A and C, is not "The Juvenile Murder Incident on Mulling Street"? (A Brighter Summer Day)
Let's take a look at this year's, first of all, the original painting is like this:
If you don't look at the reference answer at the bottom, can you guess it? The buddies of criterioncast gave them the answer, and the countdown was revealed.
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Part I
A. Three Cards King: The Three Kings of Gold / Wenders' King of the Highway
B. Chaplin's Quest for a Son (Published) / Robert Altman's Flower Village
C. Ane Laru, "Primordial Planet"
D. Male wolf with a belt
E. Doll Valley / Steven Soderbergh's Bubbles
Part II
F. Dr. Strange / Howard Hawkes,"Angel Wings" / Buñuel", "The Angels Who Destroyed"
G. Manchurian Candidate (1962, announced) / The Assassination of Kennedy / Sweeneyer," "Alice" / John Waters, "Eat Your Makeup"
H. Terrence Malik, "The New World"
Part III
I. The Undead Bird (Phoenix Phoenix, Germany)
J. Runaway Knight
K. Bicycle thieves (announced)
L. Tony Richardson, "The Taste of Honey"
M. Midnight bells
N. The Tale of the Remnant
O. Alexander Hull, "Borrowing a Corpse to Return a Soul"
Part IV
P. Squid and whales
Q. Naked Island
Well, let's wait for the end of the year to collect the rent.