Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2

[hammock]

I know the logotype is supposed to reference the sprocket holes on a roll film

Thanks for that information, never noticed!

SncDthMnky - Le Talking Samourai is a winner - love it!

[godardslave]

heh, funny.

[Cinesimilitude]

I liked merging the two... I might do more, that one was very quickly done, we'll see...

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

I love the cover to Koko le Talking Samourai - by Barbet-Pierre Melville nonetheless!!

[What A Disgrace]

Koko, Le Talking Samourai.

Someone, make my dream come true.

Voila.

Yep, my dream has come true.

[criterionsnob]

[Gigi M.]

Where's the Criterion Collection logo?

[LightBulbFilm]

It's their new look... remember?

It kind of looks like the cover of a novel...

[Gigi M.]

So, they're not going to have anything that says Criterion on front? Is that going to sell? Big mistake.

[LightBulbFilm]

I don't know, man... As long as they keep the spine they should be alright...

[domino harvey]

wow, what a colossal mistake this new move is. without the Criterion Logo, I'm sorry, but what differentiates this from a Fox Lorber box? horrible.

[rwaits]

It does look like a novel...one you might find at a Christian bookstore.

[domino harvey]

I know this is on the Criterion site, but maybe it's a mistake? I mean, isn't that Times New Roman font on the "A Film By..."?

everyone who bitched about Virdania, see, THIS is what you should save complaining for.

[indiannamednobody]

Why wouldn't they just wait until they cross-over to a new format before they make a change this drastic?

[Donald Trampoline]

This cover does not happily jibe with my love of this film. It does not conjure up the themes or visual appeal of the film in any way, nor does it evoke the feelings that the film gives rise to.

It looks a bit like a cheesy novel cover from the "teen" section of the bookstore-- some garden or girl and her garden type of story.

[Donald Trampoline]

Such as this:

[Matt]

everyone who bitched about Virdania, see, THIS is what you should save complaining for.

I hate to admit it, but you may have a point. This is the most hilariously awful cover in the Criterion canon.

[denti alligator]

It looks like the cover of some "inspirational" Christian book.
Scary.
Very.

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

I think Criterion is tired of other companies ripping off their current logo. There's another DVD coming out this week (some tiny indie thing I never heard of before) which isn't even remotely subtle about it (they do it on the cover and the spine), although I can't for the life of me remember what it's called.

In case anyone cares, I found it:



The mitigating factor being that it's a Home Vision release, but it's still lame.

[justeleblanc]

I hate to admit it, but you may have a point. This is the most hilariously awful cover in the Criterion canon.

10-4 on the hilarious...

Also Matt, I've been meaning to ask if that's Amy Pohler in your avatar?

[Derek Estes]

That cover is Terrible! And, this is coming from someone who liked the Viridiana and King of Kings covers. Truly awful.

[Derek Estes]

Though I do like the fact that she has a gin blossom nose. I think this might be to make up for the fact that The Bank Dick is out of print.

[Dear Catastrophe Totoro]

Since Criterion hasn't officially posted this yet, is it possible they could still tweak it a tad? To be honest, the font size and type is killing this cover for me. I'm not saying that it is wonderful otherwise, but there is a thin line between a Mrs. Miniver/Best Years of Our Lives type of poster and the cover of a Christian and/or pulp romance novel. If the font changes, it could be closer to what they are assumably trying to achieve (the former).

Edit:for example...

[Narshty]

I wonder why they only ever employ talentless artists for their painted covers? A total aesthetic disaster. Why is her right arm covered in random blotches of pink, and why is her left one purple? It's blatantly clear the cover is by someone who's never been anywhere near England - you never get fields all the same colour like that, and it's not marshland either. And what's the black smudge above the "C"? I don't like the lack of a CC logo either - that banner gave their covers balance somehow.

[arsonfilms]

The black smudge is obviously a UFO. Clearly, the transfer is so pristine, that previously unseen nuances are only now being discovered.

This may be the first time that a DVD cover has made me substantially lose interest in a release. So much so, that I don't think I could justify the purchase unless the cover changed again...