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

[HistoryProf]

Big fan of Phantom Carriage and Carlos, but the Chabrols are pretty lame. whoever discovered triangles a few months ago needs to be banned from using them.

[felipe]

did the my life as a dog and 3 women art change?

You can compare the new and old art on each film's page. 3 Women's color scheme looks a little more dynamic, but basically hasn't changed.

I just don't see any difference in the color scheme:

[SpiderBaby]

It's lighter, but that's it (prob can't tell in person holding them side by side).

[Tom Hagen]

Salon interviews the Fake Criterions Tumblr guy.

[MyNameCriterionForum]

the Chabrols are pretty lame. whoever discovered triangles a few months ago needs to be banned from using them.

"But I was one of the first!"

[mfunk9786]

YES! Art School Confidential gets no respect.

[LQ]

The Phantom Carriage cover is amazing. I'm now extremely interested in a movie that I had never even considered before (and even more so after reading the synopsis!) because of the cover's strength.

[TheGodfather]

Phantom Carriage cover is gorgeous. And excited to see 3 Women come to blu!

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

Chabrols are pretty lame. whoever discovered triangles a few months ago needs to be banned from using them.

To paraphrase Bunuel-"Sod the geometry"

[Der Spieler]

The Chabrol look like a cheap job from an amateur Photoshop artist. They'd maybe look a bit better if they lost the triangles...

[RyanGallagher]

They've slightly modified the Jean Vigo art. Brightened up areas, scrubbed the grain down.

[tarpilot]

Yeah, the Chabrols are atrocious. I kinda get mad just looking at them. I should probably see a doctor about that.

[Guido]

Don't want to be sole dissenting voice here, but I'm kind of getting tired of the recent trend in covers that Phantom Carriage exemplifies: the kind of slightly juvenile, cutesy illustrations that have been found not only on various Criterion editions, but books as well (I'm thinking of the recent Penguin Classics - Austen, Melville, etc.) I feel, in many cases, that they either devalue the work at hand or cloak them in something that isn't exactly representative of their style of maturity. But christ - they are just covers after all.

[matrixschmatrix]

I believe the Phantom Carriage one is based on a vintage poster, so it's not slapping a new style on top of something where it's not a good fit.

[knives]

While it's tweaked slightly, mostly in colours, you are correct. Here's one of the classic posters to this marvelous film.

[Guido]

Thanks for pointing that out. There's still something that doesn't sit too well for me with the upgrade, and perhaps it's the new color scheme.

[knives]

Personally I love how small the original poster makes death which seems appropriate for the film. It's understandable why they made it so big for the DVD though.

[Gary Gnu]

Personally I love how small the original poster makes death which seems appropriate for the film. It's understandable why they made it so big for the DVD though.

I agree. I think the DVD version's color scheme is a bit too vibrant. The poster's amazing, so it's a mystery to me as to why they didn't just lift the art directly from the poster. (Also, why change the scythe direction?)

[kaujot]

The poster's amazing, so it's a mystery to me as to why they didn't just lift the art directly from the poster. (Also, why change the scythe direction?)

Sam Smith.

[cdnchris]

People on Sunday
Zazie dans le metro
Black Moon

[thatobscurecharm]

People on Sunday
Zazie dans le metro
Black Moon

I'm quite in love with the inside design for Zazie...! Black Moon is surprisingly simplistic, while People on Sunday is just ok.

[cdnchris]

Beauty & the Beast
Naked
The Music Room

[Anhedionisiac]

Beauty & the Beast looks amazing but I really miss the previous version of Naked

[Tom Hagen]

Agreed, not really sure why a redesign was necessary.

[Guido]

And like Zazie (and so many other editions), the booklet cover is far superior in my opinion (Thewlis holding the "chaos" newspaper).