Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2

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leo goldsmith · #676 Post by **leo goldsmith** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:12 am

Oh boy, me too. That movie is hilarious.

[Cue mock-cover of Criterion Slapstick

ben d banana · #677 Post by **ben d banana** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:41 am

So we can't be excited about the introduction of Pialat, just cry about something that's not an established art film classic and has been on the radar for years. Color me surprised.

Napoleon · #678 Post by **Napoleon** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:20 am

The Equinox cover is the kickiest assiest cover since Throne of Blood.

LightBulbFilm · #679 Post by **LightBulbFilm** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:27 pm

EXCITED!

I'm pretting much assuming 336 is Dazed and Confused since I'm still assuming these releases are for June, and if Criterion was REALLY smart they would release the DVD right when school got out in early June, just so it could coincide with real time. Just a thought...

rwaits · #680 Post by **rwaits** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:48 pm

I like the cover for A Nos Amours...kind of. I think it may be a bit too similar to the Malle covers.

Buttery Jeb · #681 Post by **Buttery Jeb** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:01 pm

I expect Spine #336 is going to be "Dazed and Confused." A rumor going round was that the cover was going to be a variation on the original poster art for the film (which you can see on the inner sleeve of Universal's "Flashback Edition" release), but done up with black-light ink. Maybe that hasn't been finallized yet.

"A nos Amours" is a little simple for my taste, and "Equinox" looks a tad unfinished (if still cool).

-BJ

Jem · #682 Post by **Jem** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:15 pm

"A nos Amours" is a little simple for my taste

Agreed, very boring.

If that Equinox cover is for real, It will go well with:

#683 Post by **cdnchris** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:20 pm

The Equinox cover rocks!

#684 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:21 pm

wait, has there even been talk of these two movies being released on the board? they're both (Equinox and the french one) completely new to me

Cinesimilitude · #685 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:21 pm

Isn't april 1st coming up? maybe some intern uploaded the equinox cover a tad early?

#686 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:22 pm

that Equinox cover is awesome, it got me intereested, someone who's never heard of the film... that's what a cover's SUPPOSED to do.

Theodore R. Stockton · Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:44 pm

SncDthMnky wrote:Isn't april 1st coming up?

Every year for the past five years (that I've seen) someone has made this comment and there has never been an April Fools joke made by Criterion. Can we please just let this theory die?

ellipsis7 · #688 Post by **ellipsis7** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:45 pm

Announcements appear to have moved to mid month, a compromise between the old and the new system...

rwaits · #689 Post by **rwaits** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:50 pm

What are you talking about? Don't you remember Ran???

backstreetsbackalright · Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:52 pm

domino harvey wrote:wait, has there even been talk of these two movies being released on the board? they're both (Equinox and the french one) completely new to me

Equinox discussion dates back since before my first post (not that that'll be a chronological landmark for anyone else). A nos amours has been known for a couple months now, including a Spine #0 glitch... and for what it's worth, I think both of those covers are tops. I like the unframed photo style on A nos amours a great deal. It presents a sense of "french art film" austerity, but gives it a sleek, modern sheen.

oldsheperd · #691 Post by **oldsheperd** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:02 pm

The Equinox cover is awesome. Harkens back to the old 70's Marvel comic books covers.

kinjitsu · #692 Post by **kinjitsu** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:24 pm

backstreetsbackalright wrote:
domino harvey wrote:wait, has there even been talk of these two movies being released on the board? they're both (Equinox and the french one) completely new to me
Equinox discussion dates back since before my first post (not that that'll be a chronological landmark for anyone else). A nos amours has been known for a couple months now, including a Spine #0 glitch..

3.) Distinct Possibilities: (Titles that haven't been officially confirmed yet but have either been mentioned by Criterion or linked to Criterion by other events/companies)

EQUINOX (1970, Jack Woods & Dennis Muren) - mentioned in an HTF chat in 2001, and again by Mulvaney in March 2003 as "upcoming"

justeleblanc · #693 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:33 pm

backstreetsbackalright wrote:and for what it's worth, I think both of those covers are tops. I like the unframed photo style on A nos amours a great deal. It presents a sense of "french art film" austerity, but gives it a sleek, modern sheen.

It also shows skin, which sells DVDs as well.

#694 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:52 pm

I haven't seen Equinox, but that cover makes it look like the best episode of Scooby-Doo ever. I'm sold.

Doctor Sunshine · Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:03 am

LightBulbFilm wrote:[img]http://www.criterion.com/content/images ... 00x140.jpg

I like it but when you first saw it didn't you, for a second, think that she had the arm of a 300-pound woman? And doesn't the shadow on her upper lip look like she's sporting a bad, teenage moustache?

King of Kong · #696 Post by **King of Kong** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:14 am

Doctor Sunshine wrote:
LightBulbFilm wrote:
I like it but when you first saw it didn't you, for a second, think that she had the arm of a 300-pound woman? And doesn't the shadow on her upper lip look like she's sporting a bad, teenage moustache?

This cover is stunning. What's the film like?

Jem · #697 Post by **Jem** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:47 pm

And doesn't the shadow on her upper lip look like she's sporting a bad, teenage moustache?

HER upper lip? I thought it was a guy!

toiletduck! · #698 Post by **toiletduck!** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:49 pm

Jem wrote:HER upper lip? I thought it was a guy!

That's understandable. She is French, after all.

-Toilet Dcuk

Jem · #699 Post by **Jem** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:58 pm

Buttery Jeb wrote:
A rumor going round was that the cover was going to be a variation on the original poster art for the film (which you can see on the inner sleeve of Universal's "Flashback Edition" release), but done up with black-light ink. Maybe that hasn't been finallized yet.

Anyone have a visual of the original poster art shown on the "Flashback Edition"?

richast2 · #700 Post by **richast2** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:03 pm

domino harvey wrote:that Equinox cover is awesome, it got me intereested, someone who's never heard of the film... that's what a cover's SUPPOSED to do.

i never thought I'd agree with a dead model-cum-bounty hunter, but stranger things have happened on this forum. That cover is gorgeous.

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