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Gigi M. · #226 Post by **Gigi M.** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:18 pm

Narshty wrote:That's the most useless newsletter yet. Still, a nice little confirmation.

Did you notice all the shit about Metropolitan; more than any other release this year. What a bunch of crap.

Lino · #227 Post by **Lino** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:21 pm

Sorry but that logo is crap. I like minimalism as well as the next person but that is just pure lazyness. And to think they've actually paid someone to do that piece of shit.

toiletduck! · #228 Post by **toiletduck!** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:24 pm

Rar, rar, rar, rar, I hate Criterion...

Sorry, I just feel left out sometimes.

-Toilet Dcuk

Narshty · #229 Post by **Narshty** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:28 pm

gigimonagas wrote:Did you notice all the shit about Metropolitan; more than any other release this year. What a bunch of crap.

I liked the bizarre inclusion of the quote that disses Anderson and Baumbach. Way to hype Kicking & Screaming, guys!

I didn't know they were doing T-shirts now.

justeleblanc · #230 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:29 pm

gigimonagas wrote:
Narshty wrote:That's the most useless newsletter yet. Still, a nice little confirmation.
Did you notice all the shit about Metropolitan; more than any other release this year. What a bunch of crap.

Am I the only person who feels like they slept through a rather important genre/movement in American cinema? Were they the screwball comedy of the 90s?

mezcla · #231 Post by **mezcla** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:46 pm

Sorry but that logo is crap. I like minimalism as well as the next person but that is just pure lazyness. And to think they've actually paid someone to do that piece of shit.

i would take this as a hint and not necessarily as evidence of a logo. all of the newsletter artwork/hints have been some sort of simple clip art. i find it hard to imagine that they would use the "clip art samurai" anywhere on the rerelease of seven samurai, and i think this is just more of the same.
that said, i kind of like it

ellipsis7 · #232 Post by **ellipsis7** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:03 pm

Logo shows an eclipse, moulded from a 'C', so sounds like it's the real thing...

Also the slight cutback on CC releases speaks of other activity elsewhere, which would also fit with a fall launch of cult line...

MikeATF · #233 Post by **MikeATF** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:04 pm

Well.....I think we need a thread on how much we hate/like the logo/tentative logo...........

skuhn8 · #234 Post by **skuhn8** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:05 pm

justeleblanc wrote:That's a great logo for Eclipse.

Pretty cool.

Napier · #235 Post by **Napier** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:59 pm

Who cares if that is or isn't the fucking logo people.As long as they release GOOD FILMS ,it could be a pile of shit for all I care.

#236 Post by **Jeff** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:19 pm

The note says "New Look, New Line coming this fall." To me that indicates that both a new line of films and a new look for the original Criterion Collection are coming this fall. I didn't interpret the "Wacky C" as an Eclipse logo, but as Criterion's "new look."

What A Disgrace · Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:41 pm

A new look? AUGH.

With prospects for Jodorowsky nearly crushed, I've lost all interest in Eclipse. You know, it would have been much better if Eclipse was devoted to silent films, rather than cult films. High quality cult film labels are a dime a dozen, while high quality silent film releases in R1 land are pretty much limited to the very rare Criterion disc, and a handful of others.

Spine number 1 would be The Life Story of David Lloyd George.

Cinephrenic · #238 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:56 pm

With all the restoration and effort they spend finding fine prints, do you really thing they would have enough spines to keep a silent film line alive?

blindside8zao · #239 Post by **blindside8zao** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:03 pm

I'm afraid of change. I have a fetish for the logo as it is.

backstreetsbackalright · Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:42 pm

Jeff wrote:The note says "New Look, New Line coming this fall." To me that indicates that both a new line of films and a new look for the original Criterion Collection are coming this fall. I didn't interpret the "Wacky C" as an Eclipse logo, but as Criterion's "new look."

I had the same thought, although the logo definitely suggests an eclipse. Who knows....

Cinesimilitude · Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:18 am

It could even be something like a new Criterion look, and more films from New Line Studios.

godardslave · #242 Post by **godardslave** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:43 am

Napier wrote:Who cares if that is or isn't the fucking logo people.As long as they release GOOD FILMS ,it could be a pile of shit for all I care.

this man has a point.

justeleblanc · #243 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:45 am

"new line" could mean that CRASH and DAMAGE are finally coming to DVD this fall.

Derek Estes · #244 Post by **Derek Estes** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:20 am

I think the logo looks more like an incomplete lower case E than a wacky C.

#245 Post by **Jeff** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:23 am

Justeleblanc wrote:"new line" could mean that CRASH and DAMAGE are finally coming to DVD this fall.

I doubt it. The New Line deal was reported to be a limited arrangement with Ira Deutchman. All of the titles that were supposedly part of that package have been released. I think Image's old responses about Crash and Damage were just of the "we don't know, why don't you go ask Criterion" sort. I wouldn't read too much into them.

Derek Estes wrote:I think the logo looks more like an incomplete lower case E than a wacky C.

The actual name of the image file is "wacky_c.gif."

justeleblanc · #246 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:36 am

Keep in mind that every photo that's at the bottom of the newsletter seems to be named "wacky."

I forget but there was someone on this forum who seemed to know a bit about Eclipse. Maybe that person could shed a light...

Cinesimilitude · #247 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:52 am

it'd be too cliche to make the C in Eclipse look like the tip of an eclipse, so that tilted C may very well be the new line's logo.

Anonymous · #248 Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:25 am

Fidelio wrote:These were posted as in-production by Criterion over at Fangoria. They've been on their "Future Undated" list for ages: (link)

THE HAUNTED STRANGLER [Grip of the Strangler] (1958)
FIRST MAN INTO SPACE (1959)
THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE (1959)
CORRIDORS OF BLOOD (1962)

Is this films are coming?

GringoTex · #249 Post by **GringoTex** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:38 am

You would have thunk Equinox would have been an Eclipse title.

Antoine Doinel · Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:57 am

Langlois68 wrote:You would have thunk Equinox would have been an Eclipse title.

I was waiting for someone to say that! But yeah, that was the first thing to came to my mind too.

It's possible the new "line" could be another filmmaker line like the Merchant-Ivory collection....

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