Ryan GallagherHappy New Year everyone! As usual, Criterion just unveiled their annual Wacky New Years Drawing.
We’ll try to break down what the various pieces might mean, and I’ll turn the comments on for this post, if you’d like to chime in. I’ll be updating this post throughout the day, so check back in if it looks like something is missing.
If you’re curious about the drawings in the past, here are some links:
2010 – Criterion.com / CriterionCast.com
2011 – Criterion.com / CriterionCast.com
2012 – Criterion.com / CriterionCast.com
Our Guesses
A. Harold Lloyd – Safety Last
B. 3:10 To Yuma
C. Roman Polanski’s The Tenant
D. Robert Aldrich’s Autumn Leaves / Autumn Sonata
E. Chaplin’s The Circus / Fellini’s La Strada / Pierre Etaix
F. Repo Man?
G. Scanners
H. Gate Of Hell
I. The Devil’s Backbone / Lord Of The Flies
J. Babette’s Feast
K. Oshima’s Boy
L. David Lynch’s Eraserhead
M. The Professional / Le Samourai / Chaplin’s The Kid / Cage Aux Folles
Here are the past year’s drawings:
Joshua Brunsting
![Bergman Island (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]](https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bergman-island-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray-400x496.jpg)
![This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]](https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/this-is-not-a-burial-its-a-resurrection-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray-400x496.jpg)
![Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy (The Criterion Collection) [The Element of Crime/Epidemic/Europa] [Blu-ray]](https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lars-von-triers-europe-trilogy-the-criterion-collection-the-element-of-400x496.jpg)
![Imitation of Life (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]](https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/imitation-of-life-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray-400x496.jpg)
![The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD]](https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen-the-criterion-collection-4k-uhd-400x496.jpg)
![Cooley High [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [1975]](https://criterioncast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cooley-high-criterion-collection-blu-ray-1975-400x496.jpg)
H has got to be Gate of Hell, and I hear I is The Devil’s Backbone
The kid next to Alain Delon is The Kid from Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (sorry if I’m saying kid a lot, I love saying kid). The screaming man in the window is from the poster of David Cronenberg’s Scanners. The bag of candy the lady is eating is one of the generic bags from Repo Man. The gate overlooking fire is the Gate of Hell.
The leaves and musical notes have to Autumn Sonata.
The clown is Pierre Etaix!!!!!!!!!!!
D is Bergman’s Autumn Sonata.
C. Towering Inferno E. Man On Wire.
D (Musical notes and leaves) = Autumn Sonata
E. (Tight-rope clown) = La strada
Could the building itself hint at “The Bad Sleep Well”?
K (boy in snowy room): Oshima’s Boy
The building with all of the occupants, perhaps, Polanski’s The Tenant. Please, finish the apartment trilogy!
The building could be Cronenberg’s “Shivers”
Given how “Candy” is simply written out, and with the previous Repo Man newsletter hint, I wouldn’t be surprised if Clue F were “Repo Man”.
J – Naked Lunch?
F is Mike Leigh’s ‘Life is Sweet’. That’s Jane Horrocks’ character Nicola. Hairstyle, round glasses, gorging on candy. A dead giveaway.
Since I appears to be a double clue (Devil’s Backbone and Lord of the Flies), why can’t F? Repo Man for the candy and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (check out pics of Diane Keaton from the film) for the woman?
F could be “Looking For Mr. Goodbar.” That looks a lot like Diane Keaton.
I think that makes more sense than Babettes Feast. Since no one in that movie is ever naked.