Worst DVD covers... ever!

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Lemmy Caution · #501 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:59 am

Yeah, I assumed it was an original poster from the time.
Yuck.

I picked up the Dvd from Bo Ying, a cheapie Hong Kong dvd distributor. Actually a legal (non-pirated) Dvd in China, sold at the government stores for around $2, or double the pirate rate.

HerrSchreck · #502 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:39 pm

Not bad. Those Image Dassins are highly sought after. Now if you can grab the Image BRUTE FORCE (the Hellinger/Universal film Dass made before NAKED CITY) for $2, consider yourself among the luckier dudes on the planet. Those bad boys are commanding a fortune on Ebay. I have the same transfer of both films (believe they wound up being used for the laserdiscs), but on the old Kino VHS, which are quite good for those who havent seen the films yet or are looking for a stopgap until somebody (maybe CC, who knows?) gets around to releasing these two masterpieces on DVD. With RIFIFI, BRUTE FORCE is my favorite Dassin film.. and I fucking love NAKED CITY too.. definitely like it more than NIGHT & CITY.

Ashirg · #503 Post by **Ashirg** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:52 pm

I have a Russian NTSC DVD of Brute Force which is a cheaper alternative with the same Image transfer.

Back on topic, I prefer Naked City cover to the one they have for Brute Force. Maybe because I haven't seen Naked City yet.

Lemmy Caution · #504 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:27 pm

Well, since Bo Ying has put out Rififi, Night & The City, and now Naked City, I will certainly keep a look-out for Brute Force. Thanks for the heads up.

Naked City was a little too straight-forward in its police procedural stroy-telling. You can see how it spawned a Tv series. Only a few gritty moments, mostly the opening and closing scenes. But very fine location work in NYC.

Bo Ying tends to specialize in 40's and 50's films (I just picked up Born Yesterday and Love Me or Leave Me), and also Hitchcock. Quality is limited to pan-and-scan with no extras. Hell, sometiems the end credits are cut off. But for a cheap price you get to watch the film.

Schkura · #505 Post by **Schkura** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:23 pm

Clutch Cargo-mouth freaks me out, but apparently not as much as Clutch Cargo-eye.

Dear Catastrophe Totoro · Tue May 30, 2006 10:12 pm

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but...

Yeah, I know. The cheesy green light around the alien is pretty horrible. Oh, and I suppose that kitten's head floating on top of its blended body could rub some people the wrong way...

manicsounds · #507 Post by **manicsounds** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:57 am

King of Kong · #508 Post by **King of Kong** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:26 am

DVD cover designers have not been kind to Jane Eyre:

(whoa, spooky)

Kinsayder · #509 Post by **Kinsayder** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:30 am

You may be on to something there

King of Kong · #510 Post by **King of Kong** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:44 am

Hell, Charlotte Gainsbourg looks like a blow-up doll on that cover...

otis · #511 Post by **otis** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:18 pm

A Charlotte Gainsbourg blow-up doll? Count me in! David, can you pick me one up during your Paris sojourn?

justeleblanc · #512 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:33 pm

It looks like the ghost of Richard Pryor.

Lemmy Caution · #513 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:18 pm

Saw this in a shop today. Yet another poor, and strangely similar, Jane Eyre cover. This one featuring George C. Scott:

otis · #514 Post by **otis** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:29 am

A ghost of Richard Pryor blow-up doll! Count me in! David, can you pick me one up during your Paris sojourn?

King of Kong · #515 Post by **King of Kong** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:25 am

otis wrote:A Charlotte Gainsbourg blow-up doll? Count me in! David, can you pick me one up during your Paris sojourn?

I'd rather David pick me up Charlotte Gainsbourg

godardslave · #516 Post by **godardslave** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:50 am

otis wrote:A ghost of Richard Pryor blow-up doll! Count me in! David, can you pick me one up during your Paris sojourn?

A davidhare blow-up doll! Count me in! Otis, can you pick up david and the ghost of Charlotte Gainsbourg during your Paris sojourn?

King of Kong · #517 Post by **King of Kong** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:00 am

I couldn't resist the avatar potential...

HerrSchreck · #518 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:30 am

godardslave wrote:
otis wrote:A ghost of Richard Pryor blow-up doll! Count me in! David, can you pick me one up during your Paris sojourn?
A davidhare blow-up doll! Count me in! Otis, can you pick up david and the ghost of Charlotte Gainsbourg during your Paris sojourn?

Well done! But that belongs over in the Mad Libs thread.

#519 Post by **cdnchris** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:31 am

Did they even watch the fucking film?

Steven H · #520 Post by **Steven H** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:54 am

The Japanese can't get it right either.

Jem · #521 Post by **Jem** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:39 am

daniel p · #522 Post by **daniel p** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:48 am

Was Elvis in this film? as a kid?

Kirkinson · #523 Post by **Kirkinson** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:35 am

Nothing to do with the cover, but is "I Am You" really the best German equivalent they could come up with for "Vice Versa"?

skuhn8 · #524 Post by **skuhn8** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:19 am

Kirkinson wrote:Nothing to do with the cover, but is "I Am You" really the best German equivalent they could come up with for "Vice Versa"?

Actually, that would be a great idea for another thread: asinine film title translations. If memory serves, Saving Private Ryan was released in Germany as something translatable as "A Soldier Named Private Ryan", which isn't bad...if you know absolutely nothing about the film.

King of Kong · #525 Post by **King of Kong** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:45 am

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