Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.5

[movielocke]

At BN today, flipping through blurays after picking up Silent Naruse I noted that they had Chungking Express in the keepcase, rather than in the squishy-crusho box.

[Max von Mayerling]

I think that I shall change my legal name to Squishy Crusho.

[felipe]

I was going to buy Spirit of the Beehive on Barnes & Noble and the page shows this picture:



Does this mean it's not a digipack any longer?

[rrenault]

How do you replace a booklet/insert? I bought the Army of Shadows BD at J & R in Manhattan a few days ago, and the insert was a little dog-eared, as if it slipped out of place in transit and got a little ruffled inside the case.

[mfunk9786]

E-mail Criterion.

[Mr. Ned]

I was going to buy Spirit of the Beehive on Barnes & Noble and the page shows this picture: ....Does this mean it's not a digipack any longer?

If it's any help, the same image was up when I ordered Beehive from B&N a couple summers ago during a 50% off sale, and I received a digipack. I say go for it.

[domino harvey]

It wouldn't be a black case even if Criterion did put it in a case, so I think that's just a default BN template

[felipe]

Thanks guys. I guess I'll order it then.

[cdnchris]

Le cercle rouge
White Material

[knives]

Have you gotten a sneak on watching Le Cercle Rouge and is it still of colour wise like the bluray.com review showed?

[Gregory]

The perfect mug for Criterion's meetings about cover art

[thatobscurecharm]

Eric Skillman on the cover design for Senso.

[cdnchris]

Have you gotten a sneak on watching Le Cercle Rouge and is it still of colour wise like the bluray.com review showed?

I only took a quick look and I would say it does, though it's sometimes hard to judge captures. In comparison to the DVD the colours certainly look more natural, and better honestly.

[swo17]

[Murdoch]

Love the Kiss Me Deadly interior.

[Feego]

Where are you seeing the Kiss Me Deadly interior?

[Murdoch]

It's the eyes fold-out, I believe.

[Feego]

Nope, that's Vera Clouzot in Diabolique. Her eyes were featured on the original Criterion cover:

[Murdoch]

Oh, thought it was Cloris Leachman from a promo still or something.

[ccfixx]

Cover change.

[swo17]

Now it looks like an Essential Art House title, if slightly more prestigious. Is this film just completely boring or something?

[matrixschmatrix]

Wow, the new cover for Makioka Sisters is a huge, huge improvement- and yeah, it seems like almost a sly confirmation that this is pretty much an Essential Art House release, as it's straightforwardly a screenshot with a title treatment above it.

[Peacock]

Great stuff, now if they change they get rid of the pointless bar at the top, and change the text to something more interesting, they would have a beautiful cover.

[Saturnome]

So, so, so much better. It certainly was a terrible cover before and couldn't understand the lack of riots and murders around it. Maybe because there was too many covers to comment about.

[fdm]

Great stuff, now if they change they get rid of the pointless bar at the top, and change the text to something more interesting, they would have a beautiful cover.

Like that Senso font.