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

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starmanof51 · #676 Post by **starmanof51** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:37 am

Way to face-kick the wacky C, Martha!

hammock · #677 Post by **hammock** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:23 am

I have avoided dance films since the mid 80's - but I guess Martha will have me stop my 20 years boycott. Cover is ok - not fantastic!

patrick · #678 Post by **patrick** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:04 pm

Just recieved La Jetee, the design is very minimalist but I love it. It comes with a nice 50-page booklet and I'm really into the chromatic "wacky C" on the disc.

kekid · #679 Post by **kekid** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:24 pm

How does this differ from "Martha Graham in Performance" released by kultur, apart from the presumed image quality?

mbalson · #680 Post by **mbalson** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:45 am

domino harvey wrote:for those curious, If... comes in a clear single-amaray case with the figure-8.

...well that sucks, I was hoping for a nice digipak.

Mr Pixies · #681 Post by **Mr Pixies** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:41 pm

daniel p wrote:can anyone upload scans of these catalogs?

I got one in the Sanjuro/Yojimbo box,

here's the jist of it:

the other pages are the titles listed, with their synopses and features.

thechallenger · #682 Post by **thechallenger** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:44 am

Hi,

I have a question regarding that catalog graphic that you just put up.

Would you or anyone here happen to know what film that Blue person is from? Is it from Juliet of the Spirits or The River?

Thanks!

kinjitsu · #683 Post by **kinjitsu** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:48 am

thechallenger wrote:Would you or anyone here happen to know what film that Blue person is from? Is it from Juliet of the Spirits?

That blue person is looks like Lord Krishna. Guess again.

#684 Post by **domino harvey** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:07 am

it's the River

thechallenger · #685 Post by **thechallenger** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:39 am

domino harvey wrote:it's the River

Thank you.

And thanks to the person who PM-ed me.

The photo made me want to look into the movie.

sidehacker · #686 Post by **sidehacker** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:01 pm

mogwai wrote:They also have a booklet highlighting their cult classics releases.

I'd like to see this.

arsonfilms · #687 Post by **arsonfilms** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:09 am

I'm surprised to hear about the 50 page booklet in the Marker package (as it was never advertised). 50 pages is about the size of the Battle of Algiers book - does this mean La Jetee/Sans Soleil is another single disc digipak?

ola t · #688 Post by **ola t** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:34 pm

Eric Skillman has posted the full cover painting for RCOM, and it turns out that it's by Bill Sienkiewicz. Well... In that case, I love it!

#689 Post by **Matt** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:27 pm

Hilarious! Take that, haters.

patrick · #690 Post by **patrick** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:26 pm

Hello new desktop!

Cinesimilitude · #691 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:25 pm

he's got 6 major projects going eh? I think some Re-Issues of major titles will be announced for october, Salo and Walkabout possibly.

patrick · #692 Post by **patrick** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:42 pm

La Jetee/Sans Soleil is in the standard clear Amray. It would have been nice if the book was perfect-bound instead of just folded and stapled, but I suppose that would have necessitated a digipack.

EDIT: Unfortunately it seems that these books are pretty susceptible to damage, my personal copy as well as both of the store copies I opened up all had booklets in shoddy condition (tears, wrinkles, creases, indentations). I guess they're so thick they rub up against the disc.

#693 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:39 pm

patrick wrote:La Jetee/Sans Soleil is in the standard clear Amray. It would have been nice if the book was perfect-bound instead of just folded and stapled, but I suppose that would have necessitated a digipack.

the higher tier list price should have necessitated some sort of niceties though

eez28 · #694 Post by **eez28** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:59 am

So I received A Woman is a Woman today from dvd planet but it was in a black case. I've seen some before in a white case. I tried to search to see if someone has mentioned this before but I couldn't find anything. So is the white one more rare?

souvenir · #695 Post by **souvenir** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:02 am

eez28 wrote:So I received A Woman is a Woman today from dvd planet but it was in a black case. I've seen some before in a white case. I tried to search to see if someone has mentioned this before but I couldn't find anything. So is the white one more rare?

The white one is the only one I've ever seen. I know that's what it originally was released in and I'm almost sure it's the only Criterion title released in a white case. Perhaps they've begun using the black cases instead.

toiletduck! · #696 Post by **toiletduck!** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:05 am

Mine from the DD sale also came in a black case, to my disappointment...

-Toilet Dcuk

#697 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:44 am

that's too bad guys, I love the white case on mine. I'm sure once eBay catches whiff of this they'll be selling you one for $75 OOP RARE!

hammock · #698 Post by **hammock** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:52 am

Mine was white as well. Maybe they ran out of white cases when they had to re-print. I would not delay a print if the factory pressing the DVD's told me it would be delayed if it had to be in a white case, but delivery could be made immediately if we decided to go with the black (or an other colour in stock).

#699 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:14 am

I don't even know where you get colored cases. My Neil Hamburger DVD came in a red case and Reefer Madness the Movie Musical comes in a brown case that smells like chocolate (!) but that's the only non clear/black cases I've encountered.

Cinesimilitude · #700 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:05 am

www.meritline.com sells lots of different colors(including white), and in bundles of 3 for 99 cents (as opposed to the 100 minimum I see on most sites).

here's the product in question, as the main page is a little tricky to navigate...

PS. My Une Femme Est Une Femme came in a black case(over a year ago in one of the DDD sales) but I swapped it into a white one from my collection, same with masculin feminin, and they both look great in them.

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