Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.3

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Mr Pixies · #151 Post by **Mr Pixies** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:38 am

jbeall wrote:When I ordered Hands Over the City, I assumed it would be in the 2-disc case, and figured there had to be some mistake when I saw the slimmer case.

But I'd like it if they could standardize all the 2-disc sets into the figure-8 case, as I'm running out of shelf space!

I wish they could be like the Down By Law and Life Aquatic cases, but maybe they don't make those clear.

#152 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:54 am

Mr Pixies wrote:I wish they could be like the Down By Law and Life Aquatic cases, but maybe they don't make those clear.

sure they do, the BFI Celine and Julie Go Boating for example

Cinesimilitude · #153 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:29 am

sure they do, the BFI Celine and Julie Go Boating for example[/quote]
and every 2 disc set from optimum in R2, but those leave very little space for booklets, although I don't think it would be a problem with most of the CC's recent releases.

criterionsnob · #154 Post by **criterionsnob** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:24 pm

Gigi M. · #155 Post by **Gigi M.** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:28 pm

I knew Brute Force would be a Criterion title sooner or later. Great covers by the way.

Cinéslob · #156 Post by **Cinéslob** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:21 pm

I'd say that Overlord cover is rather poor - it's on just the wrong side of 'cluttered'.

#157 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:20 pm

another ho-hum low release month

Gigi M. · #158 Post by **Gigi M.** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:22 pm

domino harvey wrote:another ho-hum low release month

Maybe Salo will be announced in a few hours.

miless · #159 Post by **miless** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:43 pm

damn, the link to La Haine has stopped working... maybe they're changing it?

Cinesimilitude · #160 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:28 pm

I just bought La Haine on HD-DVD, so unless the features are amazing I'm only buying brute force that month. Did anyone save the La Haine cover that went up, I didn't get to see it...

Cinephrenic · #161 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:21 pm

La Haine

Holy shit!!!!!

jbeall · #162 Post by **jbeall** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:25 am

Cinephrenic wrote:
La Haine
Holy shit!!!!!

That's what I'm screaming!! Excellent!!

Jem · #163 Post by **Jem** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:23 am

jbeall wrote:
Cinephrenic wrote:
La Haine
Holy shit!!!!!
That's what I'm screaming!! Excellent!!

Wow!, unexpected choice.

Ashirg · #164 Post by **Ashirg** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:06 am

Has anybody saved La Haine cover before they took it down?

hammock · #165 Post by **hammock** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:08 am

Ashirg wrote:Has anybody saved La Haine cover before they took it down?

Damn, didn't even get to see it. Anyone has it stored in their "temporary internet folder"? Please post - thanks!

Galen Young · #166 Post by **Galen Young** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:49 am

I saw it but didn't save it because I didn't like it. It had a stark, high contrast black and white wide shot image of the three leads, their faces obscured by the title, which was rendered as a spray painted stencil effect, somewhat like some of the Children of Men posters. My first thought was I hope they change that. (and maybe they are!)

jon · #167 Post by **jon** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:46 pm

Does anyone else think that the Overlord artwok looks like poorly made fan-art?

pmunger · #168 Post by **pmunger** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:52 pm

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the artwork. I'm fan of the new line and believe pretty much all the designs Criterion made since the change are pretty good but this one is the first that truly disappoints me.

Gigi M. · #169 Post by **Gigi M.** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:53 pm

jon wrote:Does anyone else think that the Overlord artwok looks like poorly made fan-art?

I believe is a re-print of something close to the original poster. Imdbhas the same artwork, but some other writings.

souvenir · #170 Post by **souvenir** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:25 pm

With the Brute Force cover complementing that of The Naked City, won't it look a little silly for them to not have consecutive spine numbers?

portnoy · #171 Post by **portnoy** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:03 pm

only if you're nerdy enough to arrange your DVD collection by Criterion spine numbers

justeleblanc · #172 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:10 pm

portnoy wrote:only if you're nerdy enough to arrange your DVD collection by Criterion spine numbers

portnoy, saying stuff like that will get you beat up around these parts.

souvenir · #173 Post by **souvenir** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:21 pm

More digipaks

toiletduck! · #174 Post by **toiletduck!** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:38 pm

Poor Paul, I know how you feel -- my Monterey Pop digis pop out just like that.

-Toilet Dcuk

jon · #175 Post by **jon** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:55 pm

toiletduck! wrote:Poor Paul, I know how you feel -- my Monterey Pop digis pop out just like that.

All of my digis (box sets) pop out.

I am amazed, Bicycle Thieves actually looks worse in person! (picture of box on internet=in person)

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