Oh, That Viridiana Cover!

[toiletduck!]

Dude, I went to high school with someone like you. Not that that's a bad thing.

HA! I think I just peed a little... and I'm not entirely sure why. But still -- HA!

-Toilet Dcuk

[justeleblanc]

... and with you I went to summer camp.

[domino harvey]

how in the world is disagreeing with someone considered trolling

[justeleblanc]

how in the world is disagreeing with someone considered trolling

who knows... i've had to deal with godardslave since high school so i've gotten used to him.

[Matt]

i think its time for a padlock to appear on this thread, dont you moderators?

Are you implying that this thread has somehow gone downhill? Let's not forget it's a thread devoted to complaining about cover art.

[zedz]

I think we've been tunnelling for eight pages at least. Take that, Jules Verne!

The cover is the cover. Does anybody have anything to say about the movie?

[Theodore R. Stockton]

No, we judge a movie by it's cover.

[Cinephrenic]

We got a new cover for Viridiana and convinced a major DVD company to favor its consumers. So can we just move on and talk about Spielberg or something.

[justeleblanc]

I sent JM a note about how many people complained and he hasn't responded. This was a while ago. Is JM answering anyone's emails?

[kekid]

It appears that the useful role of this thread is over. There was an unprecedented level of concern about the original cover design. Criterion changed it, whether due to our protests or some other reason we will never know. It is most unlikely they will change it again. Hence posts on this thread now have only a therapeutic value of expressing our individual joy or frustration at the change. That can be entertaining, but opportunities for entertainment abound elsewhere on this forum as well. Perhaps the moderator should consider closing this one.

[duck duck]

How long did you guys bitch until they changed the Viridiana cover? I wasn't familiar with that film so I just let it go, but Malkovich is a silly film and could work with a marionette cover like all the clues have been.

[mfunk9786]

The original Viridiana cover was so wonderful.

[kinjitsu]

Just in case anyone has forgotten or has never seen it:

[knives]

I love that cover so much and if I were to buy the movie I'd probably slip that over the actual cover.

[Brian C]

Might have been all right without so much headroom.

[Cremildo]

The infamous pink Viridiana cover! First time I lay my eyes on it and boy... Am I sorry! Ugh.

[colinr0380]

It still looks like they pasted Viridiana's picture over a dirty copy of their King of Kings artwork!

[Matt]

How long did you guys bitch until they changed the Viridiana cover?

3 months

[mfunk9786]

Anyone have an image file of the original pink cover? I can't seem to find it anywhere outside of this potato vision resolution that surely wasn't what Criterion originally put online:



Somehow still angry that it never went to the printer. Would love to own a copy.

[eerik]

Anyone have an image file of the original pink cover? I can't seem to find it anywhere outside of this potato vision resolution that surely wasn't what Criterion originally put online:



Somehow still angry that it never went to the printer. Would love to own a copy.

This is the best I found. I don't think it is the original. According to Wayback Machine, large covers on criterioncollection.com were 348x490 pixels (they do not have Viridiana archived unfortunately), this one is 338x480 pixels.

[Saturnome]

Here's a 348x490 file I have :

[mfunk9786]

Thank you!!!

[Matt]

T-Mobile presents: Luis Buñuel's VIRIDIANA

It's even worse than I remembered. All the weird grime on the image, was that supposed to represent her sullied innocence or something?

[mfunk9786]

I adore it. One of my favorite covers in Criterion history, and I’m not being sarcastic or ironic. Captures the spirit of the film much better than the ‘official’ one.

[Matt]

Captures the spirit of the film much better than the ‘official’ one.

I will actually concede that point. Radiance's cover uses the same color and the same image, but with a shadowy Fernando Rey looking over Pinal's shoulder, which I think captures the predatory nature of his character perfectly and thus captures the spirit of the film even more.