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

[Finch]

The colors on the Fast Times cover make my eyes hurt. I do like the Nightmare Alley cover and Flowers of Shanghai is great but this is a weak month overall.

[therewillbeblus]

I guess they were going for March having an alcoholic stupor-induced thousand-yard stare past his beautiful bride, who is reacting with surprise at that stare. But...that's very much a guess.

I thought about "alcoholic looks" but I don't think it works. They both look uncertain so probably under a spell of malaise, but really he just looks bored (and boring).

[DarkImbecile]

I quite like four of these, and even Merrily isn't nearly as off-putting to my eye as Cluny Brown or Holiday

[FrauBlucher]

Nightmare Alley is my favorite cover for this month

[acroyear]

I thought a button was made from the Death in Venice cover, but then I realized it was Sean Penn

[cdnchris]

Touki bouki
Céline and Julie Go Boating

[Boosmahn]

Céline and Julie Go Boating looks great, especially the interior artwork!

[yoloswegmaster]

[smccolgan]

Can't wait to see how WKW revises the packaging for the second pressing.

[Boosmahn]

I like to think the absences of the "C" and wrap-around label are meant to distance the release from Criterion. Maybe the lack of the mission statement is also a subtle reference to the fact this release is terrible?

[soundchaser]

The mission statement's there on the back, just hidden by the glare.

[criterionsnob]

The wacky C isn't on the cover of the Bergman or Varda collector sets either, but is on the spine. Maybe it's on one of the spines here too (not visible in those pictures)?

[willoneill]

The disc art is all wacky-c-styled as well. I doubt Criterion hates this set as much as some board members do ... or, you know, hate it at all.

[Boosmahn]

I know, I know, I'm just joking (not the part about disliking this set, though).

The mission statement's there on the back, just hidden by the glare.

Ah, I meant the "...gathering the greatest films from around the world..." statement, not the introductory one that is at the top.

[CSM126]

This is the first time I’ve ever looked at a disc package and thought “well that’s just insufferable”.

Between that and the transfers, I’m glad I’m not a fan of Wong kar wai.

[black&huge]

I can honestly say I'd need to watch an actual unboxing video just to see how the fuck that WKW boxset even "works"

[yoloswegmaster]

Janus tour poster for Eric Rohmer's 'Tales of the Four Seasons':

[Wigs by Leonard]

"Six Moral Tales, but make it Koker Trilogy"

[hearthesilence]

Notice that they've standardized the title, so instead of "A Summer's Tale" or "Autumn Tale," it's all "A Tale of _____."

That made me picture Rohmer shooting the same exact picture four times, but merely changing the time of year as a big f*** you to everyone.

[Shrew]

The French titles are all "Conte de ____" so the change makes sense. But the "A ___'s Tale" arguably sounds better in English for everything except Spring, and "A Winter's Tale" was definitely meant to match the Shakespeare play. Oh well.

[tenia]

Also : 4 tales for 5 colors for the brushstrokes.
I too am not a fan of the new English titles. It reads weird and I'm not sure it's a better translation either.

[domino harvey]

[domino harvey]

Love the Pariah cover!

[yoloswegmaster]

The new 'Pickup on South Street' cover is miles better than the previous one.

[CSM126]

Oh sure, the one month we don’t open the guessing thread and they finally do Streetwise and Tiny. I see how it is.