Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2

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Alonzo the Armless · Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:29 pm

Did Skillman actually do the drawing? That is gorgeous.

djali999 · #402 Post by **djali999** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:46 pm

Good lord, that's amazing. The "A Film By" is perhaps a bit too "Criterion '05" for my taste in terms of font and placement, but I absolutley cannot argue with that one. Bravo.

Alonzo the Armless · Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:39 pm

What does it say on those cards the kids are holding?

peerpee · #404 Post by **peerpee** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:57 pm

The girl's card could read: "poussin" which means 'spring chicken', or could be a reference to the famous painter Poussin. I'm flailing.

hammock · #405 Post by **hammock** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:33 am

It's great, but reminds me of "The Famous Five" books I was reading while a lot younger than today...

timothy.newsum - love your Amelie morphing - it's hilarious!

godardslave · #406 Post by **godardslave** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:11 pm

lol, those "famous five" covers are so artistically different from the forbidden games cover, your comparison is virtually non-existent.

hammock · #407 Post by **hammock** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:49 am

godardslave wrote:lol, those "famous five" covers are so artistically different from the forbidden games cover, your comparison is virtually non-existent.

Maybe you should buy one of those dogs on the cover to guide you around...! The wording "reminds me" does not equal "artistically the same" - it was only for laughs - nothing else!

Cinephrenic · #408 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:53 pm

Like the Wadja covers concept. Nice simple design.

AZAI · #409 Post by **AZAI** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:44 pm

I really like the cover, it has the Lissitzky-type feel that imediately draws me in (even the thumbnail did that for me). I like the diversity of Kurosawa covers, giving some a nice ancient look (throne of Blood), others very contemporary (Stray Dog/Ikiru) or artistic such as this one (referring to the theme in the film) or the pairing up of Ran & Kagemusha in a more painterly fashion. I wasn't planning on buying this one, but the cover seems to have changed my mind

balzer · #410 Post by **balzer** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:44 pm

Fav Kurosawa film. Fav Kurosawa art by far. I can't wait until Jan.!!!

peerpee · #411 Post by **peerpee** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:40 am

I'm just in shock that they didn't spell it "Kurasawa"

-- this has gotta be the Wajda designer, hasn't it?

Toshiro De Niro · Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:56 am

Criterion doesn't cease to amaze me with their choice of covers. I like it. It's the type of cover that assumes everyone knows what "film by Akira Kurosawa" means

djali999 · #413 Post by **djali999** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:40 am

I was surprised by the modernist look of this one, but I think it's actually quite inspired. Marking a single window with a red X in a skyscaper where every window is the same expresses the film wonderfully.

lull · #414 Post by **lull** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:03 am

i love this cover. definitely modernist for Kurosawa.
i haven't seen the film but heard a lot about it. can't wait to buy it.

godardslave · #415 Post by **godardslave** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:15 am

the bad sleep well cover is very good, i echo the 3 comments immediately above.

Nihonophile · #416 Post by **Nihonophile** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:41 am

djali999 wrote:I was surprised by the modernist look of this one, but I think it's actually quite inspired. Marking a single window with a red X in a skyscaper where every window is the same expresses the film wonderfully.

I thought the X was a strange red bird...

(seriously)

Cinesimilitude · #417 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:42 am

I haven't read anything about this film, short of the synopsis on the criterion website. not sure If I'll be buying it. the cover is ok. a little drab.

kappoka · #418 Post by **kappoka** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:50 pm

I love and hate this cover. Maybe hate is too strong. This is my favorite of Kurosawa's work. I like the design but I think the Red letters separate it from the film. The black and white-ness of the film does not evoke any sort of red that should be represented in the cover. The climax is well represented by that building but as a cover that represents the title of the film, and the film as a whole, I would have preferred the wedding cake--as someone suggested--or a shot of

Spoiler

the old man at the end; getting away with everything.

It's the red that bothers me.

Cinephrenic · #419 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:42 pm

I wonder which b&w still they will use or The Virgin Spring?

Lino · #420 Post by **Lino** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:41 pm

The Virgin Spring cover will look something like this.

kappoka · #421 Post by **kappoka** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:01 pm

That is awesome Annie Mall! Your consistency with Red in impeccable. It goes great with Bad Sleep Well, Wajda and Throne of Blood.

analoguezombie · #422 Post by **analoguezombie** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:35 pm

The Bad Sleep Well cover is great. My favortie next to Throne of Blood, for Kurosawa covers.

I really like the way the artist interpreted the film. An anonymous villain lurking within the plethora of business entities. Very nice.

backstreetsbackalright · Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:24 pm

Young Mr. Lincoln cover art's up!

Andre Jurieu · #424 Post by **Andre Jurieu** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:42 pm

justeleblanc · #425 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:09 pm

That's a great cover! But I can't read the DIRECTED BY text

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