Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2

[The Digital McGuffin]

The typo on the Samurai Rebellion cover has been corrected.

[AZAI]

All the coverart for the october releases is already is already online! looks awfully tastefull!

[rwaits]

Uhh.....yeah.

[jcelwin]

While the samurai covers are not 'bad', I hate that the covers are all 'linked' though, since they really don't have a reason to be. They may have similar themes, and made around the same time, but they are not made to be a collection, nor are they directed by the same director.

I'm also beginning to think that maybe Criterion are letting the interns do the cover art. They seem to just watch the movie and pick out a nice screen-shot. The covers for 'The Wages of Fear' just looks boring, as does 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'. And, 'Naked' looks like it took 2 minutes to cut-paste-text; it seems people are just appreciating it because it is a little less slack then the mock one they did.

[peerpee]

While the samurai covers are not 'bad', I hate that the covers are all 'linked' though, since they really don't have a reason to be. They may have similar themes, and made around the same time, but they are not made to be a collection, nor are they directed by the same director.

Excellent logic. I agree. The box set cover is okay, but there's no reason why each film couldn't have it's own (preferably original poster art style) cover. They'd be more historically faithful instead of all looking vaguely "1990s".

[criterionsnob]

There's been a change to the Masculin Feminin cover:

[godardslave]

ah, much nicer. she looks much happier now.

[jorencain]

Ahhh, so much better. It looked way too cluttered at the top, across her head before.

[Lemdog]

Thank God!

[yumitree]

yeah, i think the new version just looks kind of plain.

[analoguezombie]

I'm also beginning to think that maybe Criterion are letting the interns do the cover art. They seem to just watch the movie and pick out a nice screen-shot. The covers for 'The Wages of Fear' just looks boring, as does 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'. And, 'Naked' looks like it took 2 minutes to cut-paste-text; it seems people are just appreciating it because it is a little less slack then the mock one they did.

I agree. I think it's symptomatic of the new trend in graphic design, i.e. simple, uncluttered. I'm not entirely opposed to it, especially since most dvd covers cram so much junk on them it's difficult to even tell what is going on. The single, iconic image is a good use of the size of the dvd box though. And their style is quite refreshing from what else is being done, which is why it's probably so appealing initially. I love the new covers, but mainly due to these factors. Man, I want to work for Criterion though. I mean, I have photoshop too. Can I get a couple thousand bucks for a screen cap overlaid with bold text?

The covers for A Woman is A Woman, Throne of Blood, and the Antoine Doniel Series and far superior IMO to the screen cap style of Masculin/Feminin, Ikiru, and the Cassavetes Collection, if only b/c they display an artist's interpretation of the overall feeling the film is in imbued with. They are much more creative and will stand the test of time a lot better than this new style. Still the simplistic nature of the Rebel Samurai set is quite appealing.

[Hrossa]

Wow, Novemberr must be Technicolor cover month.

[Cinephrenic]

Probably Pickpocket.

I guess Pollack did Ran's cover art. The cover for Tales of Hoffmann looks like Disney's Fantasia. I love them all.

[Alonzo the Armless]

I love those 3 covers! Each approach is very appropriate and imaginative. Nice use of type too.

[What A Disgrace]

I'm not sure whether or not the Ugetsu or Tales of Hoffman covers are good, but seeing them makes me very happy.

[peerpee]

We have another typo! --- KENZI MIZOGUCHI!

[godardslave]

ugetsu is beautiful.

RAN is very bold and stylish.

[Cinesimilitude]

RAN = Mine. Im more stoked that theres a string of 7 movies I'm not really interested in. Ive got man who fell, bad timing, masculin feminin, and le samourai all on order. now i can take a break and just wait for RAN.

[ben d banana]

RAN is very bold and stylish.

Or Costello-esque.

[daniel p]

If Kill is 313, Ran is 316 and Hoffman 317, then that means both 314 and 315 are blank... I guess Pickpocket will be one of them, what could the other be?

[Alonzo the Armless]

RAN's cover is so perfect with the use of primary colors on pure white echoing the 3 armies of the suns who clash, destroying the peacetime.

[Cinesimilitude]

Au Revoir Les Enfants continues to be listed in the little dvd pamphlets and then get removed, it could be the one to go beside pickpocket.

[Cinephrenic]

It could be Jour de Fete or Milky Way. Pierrot le Fou, although it would be #309, or Elevator to the Gallows. Wasn't it getting a limited release.

[Lino]

Nice to see some cover art consistency on these two later works by Kurosawa:

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure about the Ugetsu cover (I like it, but there's something funny about it ...), but I love the other two. Ran is a bit wider than the others ... Is a digi-pak on the way?