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

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Cinesimilitude · #301 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:28 am

I messed around with the thumbnail in photoshop, and It looks to me like they went with the best option. they've gotta save red for an Italian anyways.

godardslave · #302 Post by **godardslave** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:00 pm

They will run out of the main primary colors pretty quick.

Around set 10 or 12 the colors are going to start getting pretty unusual. Maybe by set 25 the color mix might even be as a bizarre as a typical Kino dvd cover. #-o

Jem · #303 Post by **Jem** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:44 am

SncDthMnky wrote:I messed around with the thumbnail in photoshop, and It looks to me like they went with the best option. they've gotta save red for an Italian anyways.

Green is pretty Italian too:

Cinesimilitude · #304 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:12 am

but Italian films are full of Passion, and there ain't no other color for passion but Red.

If they do a country themed boxset I'd imagine they'd go with flag colors.

toiletduck! · #305 Post by **toiletduck!** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:32 am

SncDthMnky wrote:but Italian films are full of Passion, and there ain't no other color for passion but Red.

There's Asphyxiation Blue...

...and I'm going away now.

-Toilet Dcuk

Cinesimilitude · #306 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:37 am

Fcuk, Dcuk.... That's low. =D>

Jem · #307 Post by **Jem** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:32 pm

There's Asphyxiation Blue...

blowout · #308 Post by **blowout** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:04 pm

I think red-white is ok as long as you have a good contrast of colors.

Dante Vescio · #309 Post by **Dante Vescio** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:57 pm

Sorry guys, I don't know if this has been mentioned earlier, but I was wondering if the new Third Man edition is going to be digipak, like for example, Bicycle Thieves, or Amarcord. Does anyone know?

Anthony · #310 Post by **Anthony** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:40 am

Dante Vescio wrote:Sorry guys, I don't know if this has been mentioned earlier, but I was wondering if the new Third Man edition is going to be digipak, like for example, Bicycle Thieves, or Amarcord. Does anyone know?

I sure hope not. I think the whole digipack thing was very ill conceived.

mbalson · #311 Post by **mbalson** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:19 am

I sure hope so. I think the whole digipak thing is very well conceived.

#312 Post by **Jeff** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:30 am

All multi-disc sets have come in digipacks for several months now.

Dante Vescio · #313 Post by **Dante Vescio** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:14 am

Jeff wrote:All multi-disc sets have come in digipacks for several months now.

I didn't know that. I don't get access to Criterion that often. But every time I visit the US, I try to come back with as many Criterion releases as possible.

kinjitsu · #314 Post by **kinjitsu** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:16 am

Jeff wrote:All multi-disc sets have come in digipacks for several months now.

With the exception of Hands Over the City, 49th Parallel, and Monsters and Madmen, and not to forget Young Mr. Lincoln. But I expect The Third Man will be in a digipak.

#315 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:31 am

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm came in one of those slim double 8 cases

#316 Post by **Jeff** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:48 pm

kinjitsu wrote:
Jeff wrote:All multi-disc sets have come in digipacks for several months now.
With the exception of Hands Over the City, 49th Parallel, and Monsters and Madmen, and not to forget Young Mr. Lincoln. But I expect The Third Man will be in a digipak.

Yowza. I stand corrected. Young Mr. Lincoln has been out for a while. I have that one, and knew it was in the double keepcase. I guess it has been too long since I've bought a Criterion disc. I just assumed that single films comprised of two or more discs had all been in digipacks since the great re-release wave of 2006 (Seven Samurai, Playtime, Amarcord). Yes, I know what assuming does. Yes, I am an ass.

TheGodfather · #317 Post by **TheGodfather** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:33 pm

mbalson wrote:I sure hope so. I think the whole digipak thing is very well conceived.

Have to agree. Love the digipacks they`ve been releasing the last couple of months. Can`t have enought of those!

Derek Estes · #318 Post by **Derek Estes** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:05 pm

TheGodfather wrote:
mbalson wrote:I sure hope so. I think the whole digipak thing is very well conceived.
Have to agree. Love the digipaks they`ve been releasing the last couple of months. Can`t have enough of those!

I'll third that. The digipaks are simply beautiful.

DRSchwarz · #319 Post by **DRSchwarz** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:21 pm

I am currently working on a project that has me searching for really spectacular DVD menu art and layout. I have found that most of the really interesting examples come from the Criterion Collection. This got me thinking that there should be a board on here where people could discuss, not just the cover art but the actual menus themselves. Granted, I have not seen every Criterion disc, but based on what I've seen lately, I'd have to say that The Double Life of Veronique and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas rank pretty high on the list of most interesting. I'm interested to see what other titles people think are good.

mezcla · #320 Post by **mezcla** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:34 pm

Videodrome was a pretty good menu. It worked well with the packaging and the context of the movie. The content does make me want to get the movie started, since I can only take so many repeated torture scenes/screams.

The Wes Anderson menus are worth mentioning too.

Tommaso · #321 Post by **Tommaso** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:01 pm

Not from Criterion, but the bfi's 2-disc of the Brothers Quay Short Films has some of the most beautiful packaging and menus I ever came across.

filmghost · #322 Post by **filmghost** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:31 pm

Yes, the menus in the BFI Quay discs are indeed exquisite.

Gate of Flesh also has some of the most beautiful and complex menus Criterion has ever designed...

#323 Post by **zedz** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:48 am

filmghost wrote:Gate of Flesh also has some of the most beautiful and complex menus Criterion has ever designed...

That's the one. When I saw this thread topic I immediately thought of these (but couldn't remember whether they were for this or Story of a Prostitute): an entire array of related, dreamy animated menus that come up semi-randomly. It's worth flicking aimlessly back and forth through the menu screens just to try and see all the permutations.

colinr0380 · #324 Post by **colinr0380** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:20 pm

Now that I've got The Burmese Harp in my hands, I've noticed that you can just see the Buddha staute showing through the smoke. A nice touch!

criterionsnob · #325 Post by **criterionsnob** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:44 pm

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