Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7

[Godzamera]

I just wish Matt Frank could have done something, too.

[soundchaser]

Yeah, wow, this is absolutely stunning. Is October the best month for packaging in ages?

[Boosmahn]

Do we know how many pages the book is?

[knives]

That is a gorgeous set of covers. I'm also glad that only one decided to go memey.

[dwk]

Eric Skillman tweeted that the book is 10.7 x 14.4". No word on page count.

[domino harvey]

Not to stay on brand, but... these covers are fine, I guess, in that there's nothing wrong with them, but they certainly don't fill me with a driving need to possess the box containing them. Competent comic art like this is hardly in short supply, and the garish coloring would not be my chosen palette either

[fdm]

The original leaker of such details indicated it was "32 page booklet with DVDs", "spine 1 E+3".

[Boosmahn]

The more I look at these, the more I like them. I'm especially enamored with Godzilla Raids Again, Ghidorah, Ebirah, Destroy All Monsters, Hedorah, and the front cover. I'm not usually a fan of covers like these but they fit here.

[HitchcockLang]

Will all these covers even be included in the package? I know Criterion tends to create individual covers for every film in a book style boxset for their website (Bergman, Zatoichi) but those covers aren’t always physically printed with the product.

[domino harvey]

These “covers” are actually the illustration accompanying the opposite page of the essay for each film in the book, according to the packaging pix

[cdnchris]

The Inland Sea

[Ribs]

Looks very classy

[black&huge]

Did they alter the cover and make it more blue?

[cdnchris]

I had issues taking the picture and had to give up, but the blues in the last photo are closer to what the finished package looks like.

[cdnchris]

Magnificent Obsession

[Ribs]

Anyone pointed out the packshot for the Koker Trilogy?

[movielocke]

I kind of figured it would have cut outs. Will probably be half an inch deeper than standard box sets

[DRW.mov]

Cool! Eric Skillman said on twitter when it was announced that he had been allowed to do this one with die cuts. Can’t wait to see more detailed shots!

[colinr0380]

Artist Danielle Mastrion on creation of the Do The Right Thing artwork.

[olmo]

Anyone pointed out the packshot for the Koker Trilogy?

Gorgeous, and reminiscent of the Factory Records, Peter Saville designed albums of The Durutti Column circa 1985.

[cdnchris]

I'll get better photos up on this site but for now I posted these phone pics of The Koker Trilogy to Facebook. You don't need an account.

[Luke M]

Ambitious design and looks like they pulled it off.

[cdnchris]

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
The Koker Trilogy

[soundchaser]

Well, we know what’s getting the Best Packaging award this year.

[Michael Kerpan]

The Green Tea release is surely Criterion's most lovely Ozu release design-wise.