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Eurotrash
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#926 Post by Eurotrash »

Criterion has changed the cover for Breathless.

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I don't care a lot for this cover. I think it's even more boring then before. They could have done so much more with a still.
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keeproductions
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#927 Post by keeproductions »

Criterion has changed the cover for Breathless.
You're gonna have to help me out here...

What exactly did they change? I'm not seeing a difference from the previous.
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wiljan
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#928 Post by wiljan »

keeproductions wrote:What exactly did they change? I'm not seeing a difference from the previous.
The old cover, still online at Amazon:

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#929 Post by Dylan »

I'm not sure what you're driving at; aside from the two red CC logos, it's the same cover. Meanwhile, I agree that it sucks.
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#930 Post by jbeall »

I was unimpressed with the Night on Earth cover, but after seeing the covers of other releases in DVD Beaver's review, I appreciate it a bit more.
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#931 Post by Jeff »

Dylan wrote:I'm not sure what you're driving at; aside from the two red CC logos, it's the same cover. Meanwhile, I agree that it sucks.
The logo color change is, I believe, what he is referring to. Although the change is subtle, it does affect the feel of the piece, mainly because it is completely in greyscale now. It has a even more of "newspapery" feel than it did before. I think I preferred the red. I hated it when was first released, but it had grown on me. Perhaps this will too.
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#932 Post by hammock »

No doubt in my mind - the new grey version looks hot!
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#933 Post by domino harvey »

deck chairs, Titanic
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#934 Post by Cameron »

So Stranger Than Paradise is totally NOT a digipack and is instead one of the figure 8 cases. I think maybe they did this so it would match up with the look of Night On Earth, but this is incredibly disappointing.
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#935 Post by souvenir »

Several months since the last digipak (not counting the Teshigahara box). Breathless seems like a prime candidate though.
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#936 Post by jbeall »

souvenir wrote:Several months since the last digipak (not counting the Teshigahara box). Breathless seems like a prime candidate though.
Don't forget Berlin Alexanderplatz!
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#937 Post by colinr0380 »

Latest posts from Eric Skillman's blog, on The Wages of Fear and Hands Over The City.

He mentions in the Hands Over The City piece that the launch of the new logo was brought forward, which might explain why it felt like some of the earlier covers didn't intergate the wacky C properly.
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#938 Post by TheGodfather »

Good thing that the Breathless cover is changed. This looks better than it did with the ugly red.
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125100
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#939 Post by 125100 »

TheGodfather wrote:Good thing that the Breathless cover is changed. This looks better than it did with the ugly red.
Personally I preferred that red, I can see why some saw it has garish though and I suppose the grey is more "fitting" to the overall ascetic of the cover.

I really like what Criterion are doing (artwork-wise) these days, it's actually making me buy releases I probably wouldn't have before seeing the covers.
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#940 Post by Jem »

The red worked a little better, it kept the Criterion content on one level and the film content on another. Eitherway, I think its cool to have a typographic cover for once.
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#941 Post by Chull »

Could someone tell me what kind of packaging is used for Threepenny Opera and Robinson Crusoe? Digi or keep?
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#942 Post by thethirdman »

Chull wrote:Could someone tell me what kind of packaging is used for Threepenny Opera and Robinson Crusoe? Digi or keep?
They are both keepcases.

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#943 Post by eez28 »

I wish the criterion site would post pictures of their releases like that.
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#944 Post by denti alligator »

What about the Martha Graham?
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#945 Post by 125100 »

I'm just about to pick up the "Monsters & Madman" set and noticed it comes in 2 keep cases even though the Criterion website as individual artwork for all 4 films. I don't suppose anyone could tell me, or even better knows where there's pics of, what artwork the cases use?
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#946 Post by denti alligator »

125100 wrote:I'm just about to pick up the "Monsters & Madman" set and noticed it comes in 2 keep cases even though the Criterion website as individual artwork for all 4 films. I don't suppose anyone could tell me, or even better knows where there's pics of, what artwork the cases use?
Front and back of each case includes a cover.
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#947 Post by 125100 »

denti alligator wrote:Front and back of each case includes a cover.
Ahh, I was thinking it'd be reversible or something
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#948 Post by Cinephrenic »

What's up with the clear cases?
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#949 Post by domino harvey »

I read somewhere that it's an attempt at branding, but forgetting for a moment that UK labels release most of their titles in clear cases already, plenty of American labels have been releasing clear cases, such as THINKFilm. They were better when they had the wide 2-Disc sets, I miss those more than anything.
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#950 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop »

I suppose I'm part of the minority here when I saw I love the clear cases. Especially for sets where the art work continues on the otherside of the insert.

I especially love the lack of 2 discs in widers cases, and are instead put in digipacks.

Looks a lot slicker.
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