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

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Cinephrenic
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#276 Post by Cinephrenic »

The blog seems dead, they haven't posted the Janus films catalog on their Janus Films site, no Eclipse site, wtf?
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#277 Post by toiletduck! »

We're talking real wrath of God type stuff here -- human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, random speculation in the cover art thread... mass hysteria!

-Toilet Dcuk
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#278 Post by domino harvey »

I think I know why they quit updating their blog... Criterion finally got a girlfriend
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#279 Post by justeleblanc »

domino harvey wrote:I think I know why they quit updating their blog... Criterion finally got a girlfriend
Then where are the song lyrics?
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#280 Post by arsonfilms »

I noticed that Criterion's myspace page says "male" whereas it used to say "female." Could it be possible that Criterion's lack of recent posts is due...

...to his recovery from his recent SEX CHANGE operation?
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#281 Post by Matt »

That joke wasn't funny when I made it last summer.
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#282 Post by arsonfilms »

Well... I'm sorry I stole your joke by mistake, but I guess we can at least all be thankful that only two of us have said something that lame in the last six months.

Back on topic though, have we seen any evidence of the old double-wide keep-cases or any new single-disc digipaks? I'll be interested to see what we'll get in the next few months, with the upcoming (second ever, in fact, after burden of dreams) single disc plus book release of Sansho, and the handful of major releases that would normally warrent the wider spine for better in-store visibility.

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#283 Post by TheGodfather »

Oh that looks good. Hoping for a bigger picture soon.
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#284 Post by backstreetsbackalright »

...and my Tartan Ozu 4 DVDs should ship any minute now.
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#285 Post by godardslave »

backstreetsbackalright wrote:...and my Tartan Ozu 4 DVDs should ship any minute now.
owned.

the colors on the eclipse artwork look strange to me. i also don't like the uniformity of the eclipse boxes.
nice films though. 8-) Ozu is one of my favorite directors and i will be purchasing this set.

the colors on the eclipse artwork look strange to me. i also don't like the uniformity of the eclipse boxes.
nice films though. 8-) Ozu is one of my favorite directors and i will be purchasing this set.
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#286 Post by domino harvey »

It was a nice change of pace to have news broken for once by Criterion themselves and not internet scouts from this board.
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#287 Post by TheGodfather »

godardslave wrote:the colors on the eclipse artwork look strange to me. i also don't like the uniformity of the eclipse boxes.
nice films though. 8-) Ozu is one of my favorite directors and i will be purchasing this set.
I actually like the uniformity of the boxes. If you`ll purchase them all, it`ll look excellent on your shelves.
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#288 Post by godardslave »

TheGodfather wrote:
godardslave wrote:the colors on the eclipse artwork look strange to me. i also don't like the uniformity of the eclipse boxes.
nice films though. 8-) Ozu is one of my favorite directors and i will be purchasing this set.
I actually like the uniformity of the boxes. If you`ll purchase them all, it`ll look excellent on your shelves.
what if you dont purchase them all?
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#289 Post by arsonfilms »

godardslave wrote:what if you dont purchase them all?
Then they'll all look terrible and your mother will hate you!!!
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#290 Post by godardslave »

arsonfilms wrote:Then they'll all look terrible and your mother will hate you!!!
thats what i figured.
Ah Sarcasm.
The godfathers statement makes no logical sense, obviously.
Anyway the artwork comes down to an "individual vs coordinated" packaging brand choice, obviously.
Ill leave it at that and leave you in peace. :wink:
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#291 Post by arsonfilms »

I'm actually really pretty in love (heck of a sentence, right?) with the way this line is put together graphically. Each new announcement makes me even more impressed with the look of the other releases. Godfather is right, in a roundabout sort of way; these will make for a very pretty shelf or two.
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#292 Post by Jem »

Ok, i'm bored with this already. Green Ozu?
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#293 Post by justeleblanc »

Has anyone else noticed the Eclipse titles sound like Ozu films themselves?
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#294 Post by peerpee »

Red would have been more fitting for Ozu.

Or maybe that green is supposed to be red? :)
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#295 Post by Steven H »

When I think of color Ozu films, I usually think of green and brown, with a splash of red. Ozu = hippy chic
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#296 Post by Jem »

Steven H wrote:When I think of color Ozu films, I usually think of green and brown, with a splash of red. Ozu = hippy chic
I think a warm Autumn orange would have better suited. (Late Ozu, Autumn, get it??)
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#297 Post by Derek Estes »

I love the green for Ozu. It reminds me of green tea. Or rather, the taste of green tea over rice, if you will.
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#298 Post by thethirdman »

Derek Estes wrote:I love the green for Ozu. It reminds me of green tea. Or rather, the taste of green tea over rice, if you will.
That was my interpretation as well.
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#299 Post by Jeff »

Derek Estes wrote:I love the green for Ozu. It reminds me of green tea. Or rather, the taste of green tea over rice, if you will.
It reminds me of an Eddie Bauer catalog from 1993, but I like it.
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#300 Post by Schkura »

"Do you have that sweatervest in Ozu Green?"
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