Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.4

[Markson]

Ah, makes sense. I sorta figured that if the cover had actually changed at any point, that there'd have been discussion here well before now.

[HistoryProf]

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy the clear cases Criterion now uses?

Of course, you can... for the blu-ray cases. All of that information can be found on the criterionforum.org homepage under the header Replacement Blu-ray Cases. But, if you're looking for the DVD cases, I'm sure Criterion has those lying around, as well. I would think that you'd only have to contact Jon Mulvaney to get some for a nominal fee.

Well I obviously know about the blu case offer...but that's not what I was asking

Mulvaney has been awesome about replacing booklets/covers for free before, but I doubt they'd be willing to just send off new cases. I just figured that since someone has to be making them they'd be available somewhere like regular amarays are. Frankly, I'm shocked someone didn't instantly have a link to the company considering there always seems to be someone here who knows the most obscure information relating to CC!! But alas it sounds as though I may be stuck with my flawed cases...so it goes.

[Bryant Frazer]

It's been years since I last read it, but I think Brakhage addresses the authorship of Meshes in Film at Wit's End, saying that At Land was much more her film alone.

I just checked, and you're right -- he advances the argument in detail, going so far as to say "The Private Life of a Cat" is "in essence, Maya Deren's first film." Apparently there were bad feelings over Deren getting all the credit for "Meshes," so they decided to make "Cat" together and give Hammid credit. Brakhage says a lot of shots in "Meshes" have an old European sensibility that could only have come from Hammid and goes on to opine that it's as easy to tell Deren's photography from Hammid's as it is to distinguish a Van Gogh from a Rembrandt! (But of course their camerawork is mixed in both films.)

[cdnchris]

Of course, you can... for the blu-ray cases. All of that information can be found on the criterionforum.org homepage under the header Replacement Blu-ray Cases.

I had to put that there after receiving an unbelievable amount of e-mails asking about replacement Blu-ray cases (and I recall quite a few posts as well.) It got to the point where I'd get more of those e-mails than spam.

[cdnchris]

DVDs:
Dillinger is Dead
Bigger Than Life

[Mikos Stenopolis]

Was anyone aware that Breathless has two different interior designs? I used to own it right when it came out and on the inside the disc holders were glued to the inner fold out flaps and under the disc holders were just blank red and blue and the outer flaps had the images of the cigarette burns that are parallel to the disc art as if the disc art were burned into the flaps. I recently ordered it again and found out the disc holders are now glued to the outer flaps where the discs obscure the cigarette burns and on the inner flaps on the left and right side are giant images of Jean Seberg and Jean Paul Belmondo. Anyone know why criterion did this?

[cdnchris]

Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa

[James]

Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa

Hmm, very cool/weird packaging.

[Ovader]

Was anyone aware that Breathless has two different interior designs? I used to own it right when it came out and on the inside the disc holders were glued to the inner fold out flaps and under the disc holders were just blank red and blue and the outer flaps had the images of the cigarette burns that are parallel to the disc art as if the disc art were burned into the flaps. I recently ordered it again and found out the disc holders are now glued to the outer flaps where the discs obscure the cigarette burns and on the inner flaps on the left and right side are giant images of Jean Seberg and Jean Paul Belmondo.

I just checked and mine must be a third type of packaging in that it is similar to your first DVD purchase but the images of Seberg and Belmondo are there over the red and blue respectively on the inner fold out flaps. The outer flaps are light blue and green with the disc burns.

[knives]

Letters From Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa

Hmm, very cool/weird packaging.

They seem to be in the same style as the Ophuls.

[domino harvey]

Or like every other digipak boxed set

[James]

I was mostly referring to the choice of color theme.

[Guido]

I was mostly referring to the choice of color theme.

The stand-alone discs looks great, but the general color scheme does look a little jarring.

[knives]

Or like every other digipak boxed set

Seems thicker, like the Ophuls, I was referring too.

[swo17]

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[Murdoch]

The text on the Troell film is really bland. Love the Reed cover tho.

edit: that Red Desert cover is awful

[LQ]

The Mystery Train cover makes me smile. I like it.

[Saturnome]

I like the Close-Up cover!

[mfunk9786]

WOW, the Red Desert cover and Mystery Train couldn't be more contradictory in terms of quality and creativity.

And I love the changes made to the The Leopard art, it looks a thousand times better.

[Peacock]

Sad that Close-up is just SD.
But happy it will be including another feature film The Traveler - anyone seen this? zedz?

[Fiery Angel]

No Everlasting Moments on Blu-ray...WTF? It's out in Sweden: http://www.discshop.se/shop/ds_produkt. ... uray&&ref=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Spielbergo]

I expected EM on Blu too.

The only decent covers are those of EM and Leopard Blu.

The Red Desert one is... Well, I'd better watch the film first. :-k

[triodelover]

The Red Desert one is... Well, I'd better watch the film first. :-k

The BFI cover is far, far better because (a) it's Monica Vitti and (b) in comes from one of the key sequences in the film. I'm hard pressed to remember if the Criterion cover is from an actual shot in the film and, if so, when it occurs.

[mteller]

I think Red Desert is the first time I've actually been annoyed by a cover. Such a beautiful movie, such a bland cover.

I also wish Close Up was on Blu, and that they'd found a way to release A Moment of Innocence alongside it.

[Zot!]

That Red Desert cover is probably one of the bravest attempts to package a movie I have seen. I don't think it will elicit a single "impulse buy". Obviously they are trying to capture the "feel" of that movie, which I won't ruin for anybody who hasn't seen it, but obscure and hazy for sure. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but an interesting one.