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

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carax09 · #876 Post by **carax09** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:08 am

Weird, huh? I guess they meant to use a Steel Helmet pic and screwed up somehow. Do you think this is worth mentioning to them?

hammock · #877 Post by **hammock** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:37 am

carax09 wrote:Weird, huh? I guess they meant to use a Steel Helmet pic and screwed up somehow. Do you think this is worth mentioning to them?

You should as it is clearly a mistake that should be corrected.

criterionsnob · #878 Post by **criterionsnob** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:21 pm

jaredsap · #879 Post by **jaredsap** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:26 pm

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ and THE LADY VANISHES are fantastic.

Awesome Welles · #880 Post by **Awesome Welles** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:35 pm

Berlin Alexanderplatz is amazing, one of the best Criterion covers I've seen for a while. I'm not too sure on Drunken Angel, and I don't like any of the other new stuff.

#881 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:41 pm

FSimeoni wrote:Berlin Alexanderplatz is amazing, one of the best Criterion covers I've seen for a while. I'm not too sure on Drunken Angel, and I don't like any of the other new stuff.

Drunken Angel looks like an anime TV show, and though I wasn't expecting Berlin Alexanderplatz's cover to look like it does, I'm pleasantly surprised.

#882 Post by **Matt** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:46 pm

FSimeoni wrote:Berlin Alexanderplatz is amazing, one of the best Criterion covers I've seen for a while.

Except they're covering up their own text with their logo. Ridiculous.

I have to admit, at first I wasn't aware these were new announcements and I was going to upbraid people for posting fan covers in this thread. Oops.

#883 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:47 pm

Matt wrote:
FSimeoni wrote:Berlin Alexanderplatz is amazing, one of the best Criterion covers I've seen for a while.
Except they're covering up their own text with their logo. Stupid.

Nonetheless, I'm still very excited about finally seeing Cerlin Alexanderplatz

Gigi M. · #884 Post by **Gigi M.** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:48 pm

Don't like the face of the girl on the cover of Lady Vanishes. Looks like a photoshop mess.

And where the hell is Salo. December?

souvenir · #885 Post by **souvenir** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:48 pm

Everything above the train in the cover for The Lady Vanishes reminds me of a PD cheapo disc.

#886 Post by **zedz** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:50 pm

Berlin Alexanderplatz looks great. The other two I generally like, but I don't get the face in the sky for The Lady Vanishes (yes, she's a lady, but not the lady) and I have no idea what the Drunken Angel cover is trying to say (who are we looking at from below, and why?)

Cinesimilitude · Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:17 pm

sawdust and tinsel looks... weird. And I'm going to be so damn broke this holiday season.

#888 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:21 pm

Oooo I really like it, very appropriate for the film.

kaujot · #889 Post by **kaujot** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:22 pm

Very trippy.

#890 Post by **zedz** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:24 pm

Never seen the film, but Sawdust and Tinsel is a great cover.

Luke M · #891 Post by **Luke M** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:26 pm

I really like the Sawdust and Tinsel cover, one of the nicest I've seen. I don't know what to make of Drunken Angel. The Lady Vanishes is a great improvement over the original and Berlin Alexanderplatz is growing on me.

#892 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:48 pm

souvenir wrote:Everything above the train in the cover for The Lady Vanishes reminds me of a PD cheapo disc.

That was my first thought too. The font and woman scream PD.

eez28 · #893 Post by **eez28** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:57 pm

Jeff wrote:
souvenir wrote:Everything above the train in the cover for The Lady Vanishes reminds me of a PD cheapo disc.
That was my first thought too. The font and woman scream PD.

Maybe what I'm thinking is what you guys have been refering to (I don't know what PD is), but this cover reminds me of something I'd see in a dollar store.

CSM126 · #894 Post by **CSM126** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:20 pm

eez28 wrote:
Jeff wrote:
souvenir wrote:Everything above the train in the cover for The Lady Vanishes reminds me of a PD cheapo disc.
That was my first thought too. The font and woman scream PD.
Maybe what I'm thinking is what you guys have been refering to (I don't know what PD is), but this cover reminds me of something I'd see in a dollar store.

PD = Public Domain. Or, in other words, something you'd see in a dollar store.

Svevan · #895 Post by **Svevan** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:29 pm

Agreed on The Lady Vanishes: the train has a great look, and could be an iconic image for the cover like an old hand drawn movie poster, but the face is way out of place. Also the red sky vs. the blue logo is just ugly. Where are they getting this stuff?

The others look rather nice, love Sawdust and Tinsel's cover, and Drunken Angel's. Alexanderplatz is well designed and I like it, but that face is a bit ugly (which is fine by me); I think the sheer size of the box is going to get more people's attention than the off-putting art style.

jaredsap · #896 Post by **jaredsap** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:10 am

eez28 wrote:
Jeff wrote:
souvenir wrote:Everything above the train in the cover for The Lady Vanishes reminds me of a PD cheapo disc.
That was my first thought too. The font and woman scream PD.
Maybe what I'm thinking is what you guys have been refering to (I don't know what PD is), but this cover reminds me of something I'd see in a dollar store.

They're going for the look of a cheapie paperback mystery. It's not sleek, but I think it's totally apt and very charming. Public domain artwork would never contain such an audacious color scheme or be so emphatic.

ianungstad · #897 Post by **ianungstad** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:18 am

Is that Berlin Alexanderplatz cover done by comic artist Danijel Zezejl? It looks a lot like his work. Very nice.

I agree with the comments that The Lady Vanishes looks like some cheap public domain movie found in a Walmart dump bin. The train is nice. Get rid of the face and use a different font.

mogwai · #898 Post by **mogwai** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:24 am

ianungstad wrote:Is that Berlin Alexanderplatz cover done by comic artist Danijel Zezejl? It looks a lot like his work. Very nice.

In his latest blog entry, Eric Skillman says he designed it himself.

Gigi M. · #899 Post by **Gigi M.** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:32 am

mogwai wrote:
ianungstad wrote:Is that Berlin Alexanderplatz cover done by comic artist Danijel Zezejl? It looks a lot like his work. Very nice.
In his latest blog entry, Eric Skillman says he designed it himself.

Well, I hope his favorite design of his own (in a while) isn't the new Lady Vanishes...

Steven H · #900 Post by **Steven H** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:37 am

mogwai wrote:
ianungstad wrote:Is that Berlin Alexanderplatz cover done by comic artist Danijel Zezejl? It looks a lot like his work. Very nice.
In his latest blog entry, Eric Skillman says he designed it himself.

I like them all, including The Lady Vanishes, which just seems to vibrant and pulpy, except for Drunken Angel, which is *awful*. It says nothing about the film or its mood, its unattractive to a head shaking extreme. I could have seen it stylized in a way the recent Dassin's were. Hopefully it will change.

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