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

[The Fonz]

The wacky C over the Battle of Algiers title is annoying, makes me miss their old brand design

I like their new design way more, but that "C" does obscure some of the text in this case.

I like all the art this month except for Secret Sunshine. Dom, Secret Sunshine's art sucks way more shit than Orpheus'.

[domino harvey]

Proof that this guy isn't for real

[swo17]

[Saturnome]

*Looking at the I Hate But Love cover* .... The Wacky World of Koreyoshi Kurahara?

[swo17]

[The Fonz]

Proof that this guy isn't for real

Actually, I'm not joking. I really don't like the artwork. It's just too plain. I mean, when I heard yesterday that Secret Sunchine was being released, I was expecting something much more exciting. This is way too underwhelming. So much so, that the disappointment almost gave me whiplash. At least with Orpheus, I expected the art to be something along those lines. (No, I don't particularly like Orpheus' art either.)

[Tom Hagen]

Domino, the Fonz is never wr-wr-wr-wrong.

[Saturnome]

And the very second I saw the Vigo cover in this thread, I thought someone brought up the cover of some old OOP DVD from the late 90s.

[Murdoch]

Seriously what is that

[The Fonz]

Domino, the Fonz is never wr-wr-wr-wrong.

See, Tom Hagen gets The Fonz. I don't think Domino likes it when I call him Dom, but that's just how The Fonz rolls! (Seriously, no one had taken this user name?!)

[Askew]

I hope that Vigo art is still pending.

[The Fonz]

Oh, crap, Dom! We've got bigger fish to fry: Just look at that Vigo artwork!

To be fair, I do like the color scheme and the font... but not so much what's pictured and how it's pictured.

[felipe]

I really like the Orpheus cover. Great month, content-wise and cover-wise.

[rrenault]

British cinema seems to be Criterion's 2011 theme - the Basil Dearden Eclipse set, new releases of Fish Tank, Insignificance, Topsy-Turvy, The Mikado, Kes, and reissues of Naked and now If...! Only May so far this year is entirely British film free!

Cul de Sac is also British!

[triodelover]

Oh, crap, Dom! We've got bigger fish to fry: Just look at that Vigo artwork!

To be fair, I do like the color scheme and the font... but not so much what's pictured and how it's pictured.

You have the smiling visage of the lovely Dita Parlo and you complain. Some guys would bitch if they were hanged with a new rope.

[mfunk9786]

Someone mod me so I can make the new threads already

[Peacock]

Yeah but we also have an envelope.

[oldsheperd]

Are those all new extras on Oprheus? I could check the dvdbeaver review on the Orpheus set but I'm too lazy. There's also too many dried apricots in my tropical trail mix.

[ShellOilJunior]

The Killing's cover may have surpassed Diabolique for my favorite blu-ray era cover. Nice work, Criterion!

[triodelover]

Yeah but we also have an envelope.

You have to take the good with the bad.

[rrenault]

I think the Diabolique cover is over the top frankly, but that's just me.

I don't mind Secret Sunshine. Beauty and the Beast is good, as is The Killer. Zazie isn't bad either.

[knives]

Beauty in the Beast is good.

Is that the Mitchell brothers version?

[oldsheperd]

Beauty in the Beast is good.

Is that the Mitchell brothers version?

I'm pretty sure it's the title of a Chicks with D$cks porn.

[James]

The Vigo and Kubrick covers are surely some of the best ever.

[swo17]

I'm surprised no one's commented on the Kurahara covers (one of which is down at the moment). They might be the best Eclipse covers yet. The Killing is also great of course.