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[JoHud]

-Picnic at Hanging Rock
-Red River
-Scanners
-A Brighter Summer Day
-A Raisin in the Sun
-Riot in Cell Block 11
-Jacques Demy Films (Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Bay of Angels, Lola, Donkey Skin)

Those seem to be the most likely answers included.

The ones I'm less sure about:

-Angel with a bell: Could be It's a Wonderful LIfe (though a bit.....unnecessary) or Only Angels Have Wings. Possibly another movie that refers to angels and/or bells.
-Man in a box: Could be a Hulot box set, but could be referring to someone else
-Band/dancing: Pretty broad array of movies this could cover. The band and dancers appear to be Jazz or Big Band age.
-Deer's head poking out of a bush: No idea
-Four bugs: No idea. This seems to be its own clue, and not just an added reference to the "picnic" clue
-Middle and far right picnicker: No clue about these. The right side picnicker appears to be a caveman or disheveled man, but the details are hard to make out. What does the middle person have around his neck? What is the bleeding object in the center?
-Garlic: Could be the Les Blank documentary, could be something else.

 

[Bob Cashill]

The "four bugs" are the Beatles, no?
Deer=DEER HUNTER? Already on Blu, redone with new extras?
"Caveman": QUEST FOR FIRE?

 

[JohnMor]

Could the band and dancers mean The Party?

 

[EdG]

The red sun might be Red Sun (1971).

 

[Bob Cashill]

I'd be a little shocked to see Criterion take on RED SUN.

 

[seangood79]

Could any of those angels be a reference to Matter of Life and Death?
I've recently discovered The Archers, and I'm really anxious to see this movie.

 

[ahollis]

Could the band and dancers mean The Party?

Good suggestion and one I would go for, but I immediately thought of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Not sure why except the jazz dancers.

 

[JoHud]

Ah yes, four "beetles". A Hard Day's Night is almost assured then.

 

[Cine_Capsulas]

At first I thought the angel carrying a bell meant an upgrade of The Exterminating Angel but nobody else has mentioned the possibility.

 

[AnthonyClarke]

A Criterion Hard Day's Night would be great.
As for Hulot, I have all the BFI issues so the only one I'm really after now is the original B & W version of Jour de Fete, which the BFI didn't have recourse to, giving us the differently-edited strange colour version instead, and a much later revised B & W version which I've never cared for.
I did hear the French were prepping this original version, but their results in transfers of historic material have been problematic and I hope that if Criterion gives us this,they won't have to rely on French restoration/transfer efforts.

 

[Dale MA]

I'd love Criterion to do Only Angels Have Wings.

 

[Adam4Rizzel]

A Hard Day's Night is almost assured then.

Considering that the film turns 50 this year, it seems we have a winner!

 

[Moe Dickstein]

The tootsie rolls at the picnic are for Tootsie.It's A Wonderful Life is not superfluous. It was one of the original Criterion Lasers (As was Hard Day's Night) and they have an exclusive commentary track.

 

[MLamarre]

Some other guesses:

-Kwaidan
-The Wild Child
-Breaking the Waves
-All That Heaven Allows
-The Big Chill
-Ride the Whirlwind
-Tootsie
-An Anthony Mann/James Stewart western

 

[Kevin EK]

I've heard speculation that the angel over the ocean is Breaking the Waves.

Interesting thought re Tootsie.

There is bonus material that was not included in the Blu-ray I reviewed of The Deer Hunter last year. It is possible that Criterion either acquired this material or has something else relating to it.

The only ones I saw right off were Red River and Scanners for obvious reasons.

 

[Kevin EK]

Also is that a Raisin or a Peanut?

 

[TonyD]

Also is that a Raisin or a Peanut?

Raisin, he's one of the dancing raisins from the ads around the 1980s or so.

 

[TonyD]

And to add that the raisins sang Heard it through the grape vine which was used in The Big Chill.

 

[beatlescw]

i think A Hard Days Night is a pretty good guess, Giles Martin (son of Beatles producer George Martin) said last month via his twitter account that he was "working in 1964", then a few days later posted a timecoded image from the "And I Love Her" sequence from the film with the description "I've brought an old friend back to Twickenham Studios for some TLC".

this may all be a coincidence but seeing those 4 beetles in the new Criterion drawing made me think of A Hard Day's Night immediately.

 

[Moe Dickstein]

I'd 100% guarantee Tootsle. Been saying it for months....