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

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#326 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:48 pm

amazing covers, esp WR.

toiletduck! · #327 Post by **toiletduck!** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:53 pm

Without pausing for further reflection (i.e. grain of salt, boys...) I do believe Sweet Movie might be my favorite Criterion cover. Period.

Great month (in both selection and covers) all around, but, my lord, look at Sweet Movie!

-Toilet Dcuk

sevenarts · #328 Post by **sevenarts** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:01 pm

WR is a pretty amazing cover too. Man, 4 DVDs I'm really excited about this month, and the design on all them looks great.

#329 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:06 pm

this is the first time since November that all the new titles are must-buys for me

justeleblanc · #330 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:06 pm

This is going to be the first month where I will be pre-ordering all of the films. Remember this time last year when everyone was pissed that Criterion was releasing 2 films a month?

denti alligator · Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:07 pm

justeleblanc wrote:This is going to be the first month where I will be pre-ordering all of the films. Remember this time last year when everyone was pissed that Criterion was releasing 2 films a month?

June is going to kill me, financially. All five of these Criterions are must-buys for me, plus the Ozu box on Eclipse! What a month!

sevenarts · #332 Post by **sevenarts** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:09 pm

justeleblanc wrote:This is going to be the first month where I will be pre-ordering all of the films. Remember this time last year when everyone was pissed that Criterion was releasing 2 films a month?

Yeesh, you'll never hear me complaining about that. Keep 'em coming, especially if they're all gonna be such great and anticipated titles.

#333 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:09 pm

we are three of a kind we are

The Fanciful Norwegian · Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:09 pm

I'm assuming the "Director Approved" sticker on the Marker set will just have a pawprint.

a.khan · #335 Post by **a.khan** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:12 pm

Add my voice to the echoes of appreciation. Great films and artwork. And so many titty shots -- kudos to the boys and girls at Criterion.

denti alligator · Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:31 pm

Sweet Movie cover is notable for having done something interesting with the wacky C. And, um, is that a guy or a girl...

hammock · #337 Post by **hammock** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:04 pm

We know good when we see it - sweet lord, this is heaven!

Tribe · #338 Post by **Tribe** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:06 pm

I'm not crazy about that If... cover.

Tribe

#339 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:37 pm

I love it, looks like a tattered Penguin paperback

denti alligator · Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:50 pm

Sweet Movie cover will have to change, if only because the date on the cover is 1955!

Cinesimilitude · #341 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:56 pm

Eh, Just If.... and the Late Ozu box for me that month.

sevenarts · #342 Post by **sevenarts** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:03 pm

I'm baffled by anyone not getting those Marker films

arsonfilms · #343 Post by **arsonfilms** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:17 pm

The Markers are my only definite purchase, with If... being a very distinct possibility. The others look great (though in the WR/SM cases mostly just for the artwork: brilliant!), but I have a hard time justifying that kind of money for such limited content. Couldn't be more thankful for Netflix...

TheGodfather · #344 Post by **TheGodfather** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:21 pm

Love all of the artwork. Only, little, thing is that the Criterion C-logo on the WR cover should`ve been transparent. That would`ve been nicer in my book. Nonetheless, I`ll be getting them.

iceberg58 · #345 Post by **iceberg58** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:39 pm

Oh man... I might need a 2nd job!

LightBulbFilm · #346 Post by **LightBulbFilm** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:36 am

iceberg58 wrote:Oh man... I might need a 2nd job!

Ditto.

#347 Post by **zedz** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:02 pm

Nice elegant packaging on the Early Bergman set. Minimalism is the order of the day. Thinpacks for the discs, with liner notes on the inside (reverse of front cover). No disc art, just the eclipse E in the set's colour palette (most of Criterion's recent discs would have been better off with this approach). The outer casing is the potentially annoying open-top-and-bottom affair they've previously used for collector's sets, with the attendant risk that the discs go everywhere when you pick up the 'box'. So I advise you to leave the shrinkwrap on and cut open the top to access the discs.

a.khan · #348 Post by **a.khan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:28 am

zedz wrote:So I advise you to leave the shrinkwrap on and cut open the top to access the discs.

I've started doing that for all book-case type boxsets. And thanks for the update on the first Eclipse set, Zedz.

nick · #349 Post by **nick** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:33 pm

He means that it is a slip cover similar to the outer slip cover of the CC Rules of the Game or the Region 1 Twin Peaks: Season 1 (except it is paper and not plastic); it slips over the five thinpaks but it does not have a paper top or bottom. I'm sorry if this didn't clear it up for you.

cheers
nick

toiletduck! · #350 Post by **toiletduck!** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:56 pm

Think Great Adaptations or Hitchcock: Wrong Men and Notorious Women or Rebel Samurai (that one is too, right?)

-Toilet Dcuk

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