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

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justeleblanc · #551 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:25 pm

Am I the only one who wanted to see Jean Seberg's bosom on the cover?

jesus the mexican boi · Fri May 18, 2007 9:37 pm

I was hoping for some variant of this image...

At least all the Mondo Macabro fans would've blind-bought it.

Musashi219 · #553 Post by **Musashi219** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:34 pm

If that is the cover for The Milky Way then I refuse to buy it.

Eclipse Series 5, however, looks fancy.

miless · #554 Post by **miless** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:50 pm

Musashi219 wrote:If that is the cover for The Milky Way then I refuse to buy it.

Eclipse Series 5, however, looks fancy.

well, I'll be buying it... for the film, not the cover art.

Greathinker · #555 Post by **Greathinker** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:52 pm

Musashi219 wrote:If that is the cover for The Milky Way then I refuse to buy it.

Eclipse Series 5, however, looks fancy.

Oh come on, is this a film board or what? I go nuts when I see that excuse.

rebelswede · #556 Post by **rebelswede** » Fri May 18, 2007 11:12 pm

it's going to be funny when they start running out of color combinations for eclipse releases.

on the subject, i'm not a fan of covers with the C being in a different color from the criterion collection bar.

#557 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri May 18, 2007 11:15 pm

I'll still be buying The Milky Way, but I will no longer be planning to take my Christmas Card Photos holding the DVD box.

Cinephrenic · #558 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Sat May 19, 2007 12:17 am

it's going to be funny when they start running out of color combinations for eclipse releases.

Then they will start changing tints of the colors making your shelf look as gay as possible.

#559 Post by **Matt** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:16 am

Cinephrenic wrote:
it's going to be funny when they start running out of color combinations for eclipse releases.
Then they will start changing tints of the colors making your shelf look as gay as possible.

And by "gay," surely you mean:

Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.

Because a homosexual shelf would just be preposterous.

#560 Post by **domino harvey** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:20 am

Matt wrote:
Cinephrenic wrote:
it's going to be funny when they start running out of color combinations for eclipse releases.
Then they will start changing tints of the colors making your shelf look as gay as possible.
And by "gay," surely you mean:

Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.

Because a homosexual shelf would just be preposterous.

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Doctor Sunshine · Sat May 19, 2007 6:31 am

I like it.

justeleblanc · #562 Post by **justeleblanc** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:34 am

Actually, I'm beginning to like it as well.

mpippia · #563 Post by **mpippia** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:59 am

It's growing on me. I wouldn't mind seeing them smooth out some of the curves and straight lines though.

Highway 61 · #564 Post by **Highway 61** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:17 am

I'd like to think Criterion is pulling a prank, as if they made this cover specifically to laugh out our inevitable outrage, but that they eventually plan on changing it. Or maybe it's permanent, and it's just a big fuck you from Criterion after bitching over the Virdiana cover so much.

arsonfilms · #565 Post by **arsonfilms** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:43 pm

Generally when pdfs get sent out there needs to be SOME cover available to show off the title, but the cover doesn't have to be officially locked for another month or so. Since most retailers wait for an official cover and criteriondvd.com prefers to be on the bleeding edge, I'm guessing that criteriondvd just put up the temporary cover while the real one is being tweaked and adjusted. I wouldn't expect anything too different, but I'm sure it won't be identical.

Dante Vescio · #566 Post by **Dante Vescio** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:34 pm

Oh come on, it can't be the real cover.
It's just awful.
I think it's fan cover because the official Criterion webpage still didn't put up the cover yet.

thechallenger · #567 Post by **thechallenger** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:40 pm

Dante Vescio wrote:Oh come on, it can't be the real cover.
It's just awful.
I think it's fan cover because the official Criterion webpage still didn't put up the cover yet.

I think we're all hoping that it is some sort of placeholder for the actual cover. As you and someone else stated - adding to this is the fact that the Criterion website hasn't officially uploaded it as the cover yet.

The more I stare at it - the less I dislike it. I bet this is one of those covers that looks much better when you actually have it in your hands or stare at it from a distance. At least they didn't place a knocked-over glass of milk and have the milk trail off in different directions on a table that resemebles that of the last supper and use it as the cover (although now I think it'd be kind of groovy).

ranaing83 · #568 Post by **ranaing83** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:42 pm

I don't know. I still think it is pretty bad. It just doesn't have the "texture" or "feel" of a final cover. There is something that just feels amateur about it, it feels like a Photoshop job. I don't know if it is the color, or the quality of the image behind the arrows, but I don't think it is final, or at least I hope it isn't.

arsonfilms · #569 Post by **arsonfilms** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:44 pm

Dante Vescio wrote:Oh come on, it can't be the real cover.
It's just awful.
I think it's fan cover because the official Criterion webpage still didn't put up the cover yet.

"Fan cover" and "temporary cover used just so that distributors could look at something - ANYTHING" are not the same thing. The fact that Criterion hasn't put it up yet just means they're still working on it, but they have to have SOMETHING to show distributors when they make their announcements.

C'mon people, this isn't the first time we've seen a temporary cover. If..., Pandora's Box, Viridiana, Dazed and Confused, Six Moral Tales, etc. all changed before going to print.

toiletduck! · #570 Post by **toiletduck!** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:31 pm

Isn't this the exact situation we had with Naked and Masculin Feminin? Then again, one of those was very close to the final product and the other was completely different, so that t'ain't much help.

-Toilet Dcuk

Satyajit's Son · #571 Post by **Satyajit's Son** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:50 pm

Holy shit that is horrible. Will buy the film regardless but who the fuck greenlit this cover and what the fuck were they smoking when they did?

Cinephrenic · #572 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:16 pm

If that is released with that cover, it has got to be worst in the collection. Even worse than the original Viridiana art.

Doctor Sunshine · Sat May 19, 2007 11:27 pm

If you look at the base of the 3rd arrow down from the top right it's not smoothly joined to the rest, and there's only one other jag, so this isn't part of the look, it's evidence that this is just a rough layout. I was joking when I said I liked it but it is interesting conceptually. The flat tint is the worst part so once that alone is worked out it'll look 100% better. I agree that's it a temp.

Cinephrenic · #574 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:36 pm

Criterion designers are having a hard time with surrealism. They should just slap a Dali painting on the cover.

patrick · #575 Post by **patrick** » Mon May 21, 2007 1:22 am

I like both the Cria Cuervos and House of Games covers, although HoG does look a little generic, like it could be an ad for the Sopranos or a new SE of Rounders or something.

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