Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7

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#1626 Post by swo17 » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:16 pm

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#1627 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:18 pm

Ready to just outright declare it: Criterion makes good covers now.

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#1628 Post by FrauBlucher » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:19 pm

Holiday is beautiful

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#1629 Post by Boosmahn » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:20 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:
Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:18 pm
Ready to just outright declare it: Criterion makes good covers now.
A bold claim to make only four months after the Brownout.

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#1630 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:22 pm

The last bad cover, incidentally, so nothing bold about it

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#1631 Post by Glowingwabbit » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:26 pm

I hope this means they've finally buried the concept of making cartoon covers for Classic Hollywood films (based on the last few announcements)

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#1632 Post by Luke M » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:49 pm

Artwork is beautiful. Also, I think this is one of my favorite months in years?

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#1633 Post by movielocke » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:53 pm

stunning covers, very nice slate. I'm still kicking myself for missing this particular Godard from the filmstruck godard-aganza they had about two years ago. the channel is probably due for a reprise of that soon, I would guess.

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#1634 Post by Glowingwabbit » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:03 pm

movielocke wrote:
Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:53 pm
stunning covers, very nice slate. I'm still kicking myself for missing this particular Godard from the filmstruck godard-aganza they had about two years ago. the channel is probably due for a reprise of that soon, I would guess.
It's currently on the CC channel

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#1635 Post by HitchcockLang » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:07 pm

I love the crease on the edge of The Fugitive Kind to make it look like a ratty old paperback. That’s exactly what my classroom set of Streetcar Named Desire looks like after years of use and abuse from students.

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#1636 Post by tenia » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:09 pm

I've seen the Godzilla set.
It looks like a European comic book (think Tintin or Asterix) in terms of dimensions and format. It IS higher and deeper than the Bergman set but very thin. It might be as thin as a regular Scanavo, actually, maybe even thinner.

The book part comes first. The 8 discs are on the last 2 pages. The slots are nicely put, not in a "traditional" way à la Bergman but rather in diagonal. It makes the layout quite dynamic in terms of presentation.
I haven't been able to take pics of it though. The place was too crowded and not one I wanted to look like a fool if I made a mess with it trying to take pics of it !

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#1637 Post by tenia » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:35 pm

Wait, I do have a few pics actually !ImageImage

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#1638 Post by fdm » Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:49 pm

Happy to see Holiday get released, but I don't care for that cover myself. Like the others.

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#1639 Post by Randall Maysin » Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:43 pm

Holiday is mostly pretty nice...except the foreground Hepburn is closer to Joan Allen or even Glenn Close, and she looks kind of like she's about to slit Cary's throat.

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#1640 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:45 pm

That’s because that’s Doris Nolan, not Hepburn

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#1642 Post by Boosmahn » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:18 pm

I ripped this image from Criterion's website if anyone wanted it for wallpaper purposes:

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#1645 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:30 pm

That's too bad.

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#1646 Post by mfunk9786 » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:20 am

Oh my god - that sucks - what were they thinking?!

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#1647 Post by black&huge » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:36 am

That tweeter is taking it way too personal. I dig the new attempt at the disc knobs.

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#1648 Post by mfunk9786 » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:38 am

Why?

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#1649 Post by black&huge » Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:18 am

mfunk9786 wrote:
Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:38 am
Why?
1) he seems overly upset in his follow up comments about the rubber nipples being too secure for holding the discs. Whether the trayless digipak is flimsy will only be known when anyone has it in their hands. His only valid complaint is his claim the stickiness could damage the booklet.

2) I simply like they tried something new here and to me it doesn't seem so far like it's anything to lose sleep over. At least they're not shoved in sleeves a la Godzilla, IAMMMMW's first run, Bergman....

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#1650 Post by fdm » Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:13 am

I recall it being a bit of a pain to put discs back onto those rubber type things. But I suppose it's better than slots, which I don't care for one bit. Can't wait to see the next stupid thing they come up with...

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