Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2

[Cinesimilitude]

It'll look fantastic if they go for a more vibrant green or an orange as the background color.

[FilmFanSea]

Personally, I think it's a great cover with a good concept: lots of phallic symbols, sperm (airplanes), blood cells, a little medical paraphernalia, all swirling around the central "safer sex" message of the title. Not sure what to make of the cones (condoms? stylized tits? cervical caps? ova?) or the two light-colored rectangular things, but overall I really like it.

[Alonzo the Armless]

I like it a lot too. Nice movement going on in it.

[hammock]

Love the cover! I have not seen this movie and would like to know what all the sharp pointing objects are about? Anything to do with the movie or just a theme from the artwork designer?

[toiletduck!]

I have not seen this movie and would like to know what all the sharp pointing objects are about?

Penii.

-Toilet Dcuk

[FilmFanSea]

Love the cover! I have not seen this movie and would like to know what all the sharp pointing objects are about? Anything to do with the movie or just a theme from the artwork designer?

Criterion plot description:

Don Juan-ish yuppie Tomás Tomás (Daniel Giménez Cacho, from Bad Education) spends his nights juggling so many beautiful women that he can't keep their names straight—until one of his many conquests, a spurned nurse, gives him a taste of his own medicine.

The synopsis from Wikipedia offers more insights about the cover, but could possibly contain spoilers:

Spoiler

Tomás Tomás (Giménez Cacho) is a yuppie and playboy young publicist. Silvia (Liubomirova), the victim of one of his adventures tries to get back at him by typing "positive" on his AIDS test. Tomás, trying to end his life meets Clarissa (Ramírez), a flight attendant, who is also trying to kill herself after finding out [her] boyfriend is having an affair.

[hammock]

"Schlongs" - who would have guessed?

Thanks guys - that never crossed my mind.

[Narshty]

It's up.

[backstreetsbackalright]

Looks like that was a sticker, after all.

[Cinesimilitude]

and now it says "A Film By" instead of the spanish version.

[Cosomatli]

i like the cover, its similar to the original poster back in the day

[colinr0380]

This is from the Tim Lucas Video Watchblog column on the Six Moral Tales box:

But, in closing, let me be the first to tell you this much: If you get the set, be sure to empty the box of all the discs and books, at least once, to look inside. You'll be glad you did.

I wonder if it will equal the wallpaper inside the Bergman trilogy. Perhaps it will be a picture of a knee?

[souvenir]

Here's a look at the Seven Samurai spine. It seems to have a little symbol with red that I can't make out. It also looks to be quite thick, maybe like the Arkadin set.

[miless]

Here's a look at the Seven Samurai spine. It seems to have a little symbol with red that I can't make out. It also looks to be quite thick, maybe like the Arkadin set.

or possibly those horrendous 3-disc amaray cases (like The Leopard or Scenes From a Marriage)

[Gigi M.]

Looks like a digi-pak to me. After Dazed and Confused got one, everything is possible. I think it also depends of the thickness of the booklet.

[Narshty]

Nah - that booklet's going to be an absolute monster. An amaray would quake at the very thought of it. It'll be a digipak.

[godardslave]

if there is a god, it will be digipak.

[Gigi M.]

Nah - that booklet's going to be an absolute monster. An amaray would quake at the very thought of it. It'll be a digipak.

So, you finally decided to get this baby after all. Yeah, the hell with the windowboxing shit!!

[Narshty]

Well, even with the windowboxing, it's a very attractive prospect, but there are other Criterions already out there I want to pick up first. I haven't even got round to Boudu or Bad Timing yet.

[justeleblanc]

It almost looks like the Battle Royale logo.

[anton]

Here's a look at the Seven Samurai spine. It seems to have a little symbol with red that I can't make out.

Would I venture a guess, the red blobs perhaps make out the film title written in japanese (ported from the film itself), and the border script spells out Akira Kurosawa

[toiletduck!]

They're apparently going back to having boxes open on the right side (when looking at the front, that is)? Anally speaking, I'm all for it, but it hasn't been that way since what, Antoine Doinel era?

-Toilet Dcuk

[Gigi M.]

Don't worry Duckie, the hi-res image of Dazed and Confuzed over at Amazon looks just like the image posted above.

[godardslave]

You're getting confused, they are normally like that.
maybe you are floating the wrong way in the bathtub today?

[daniel p]

This is the first of the "new" titles that actually would look worse with the "old" style than it does there imo. I can't wait to get this one, the whole package looks/sounds incredible.