Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.3

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godardslave · #1076 Post by **godardslave** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:50 am

patrick wrote:I just don't care for having to pull out the booklet and the DVDs at the same time, it makes things awkward and I don't see any reason for it.

agreed.

souvenir · #1077 Post by **souvenir** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:58 pm

TheGodfather · #1078 Post by **TheGodfather** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:15 am

WOW!! just WOW. Especially the cover of The Last Emperor is awesome.

Release-wise, I can`t wait for the Pierrot Le Fou one

=D> =D>

Nuno · #1079 Post by **Nuno** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:33 am

The cover of Pierrot le Fou is fantastic. My favourite ever!

#1080 Post by **zedz** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:57 am

That Walker cover is seriously ugly. In a "don't buy me!" way. It must be deliberate.

Cinephrenic · #1081 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:01 am

I'm glad they stuck with the Rialto poster on Pierrot. The Last Emperor works, but just too much empty black space. The Walker cover is nice, perhaps more impressive than the film.

Cronenfly · #1082 Post by **Cronenfly** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:07 am

I can't make up my mind on Walker...I like the concept, but the execution's sorely lacking.

Quite fond of Emperor and Pierrot, though.

Cameron · #1083 Post by **Cameron** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:45 am

wow, Pierrot coming before 2 or 3 things...

I absolutely love the Pierrot cover. I think it's one of the absolute best in the collection and if I didn't already love this film or this director, this cover alone would be enough to drive me to see this.

Steven H · #1084 Post by **Steven H** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:22 pm

So, does Domino Harvey get some kind of award for guessing the color of the Lubitsch box correctly?

tavernier · #1085 Post by **tavernier** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:45 pm

Steven H wrote:So, does Domino Harvey get some kind of award for guessing the color of the Lubitsch box correctly?

No -- we're never going to hear the end of it anyway.

#1086 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:16 pm

tavernier wrote:
Steven H wrote:So, does Domino Harvey get some kind of award for guessing the color of the Lubitsch box correctly?
No -- we're never going to hear the end of it anyway.

Best part is I subconsciously just stole what color it was going to be from What A Disgrace. So allow me to give credit for something no one cares about where credit for something no one cares about is due!

tavernier · #1087 Post by **tavernier** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:11 pm

Apology accepted.

TheGodfather · #1088 Post by **TheGodfather** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:14 pm

#1089 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:20 pm

I wish the other Eclipses did their covers like in the Ozu set.

CSM126 · #1090 Post by **CSM126** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:34 pm

I don't know if I like the tag being askew like a "Hawaii" sticker on luggage. Looks kinda dumb.

Cold Bishop · #1091 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:08 pm

domino harvey wrote:I wish the other Eclipses did their covers like in the Ozu set.

Any idea as to the method behind there rotating cover schemes?

colinr0380 · #1092 Post by **colinr0380** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:23 pm

I really like the Pierrot Le Fou cover with the blank space and the characters pushed to the edge of the frame but still managing to include the important elements of the guy, the girl and the gun!

The Last Emperor cover is an obvious choice but it is beautifully done in taking the moment before Pu Yi sees his subjects - those last moment of security of childish happiness before he becomes conscious of the expectations put upon him and aware of the prison of his privilege as his every action is scrutinised.

I also like Walker with what looks like a newspaper background and the stylised version of Ed Harris as well as the hint that this film is meant to be as much a contemporary as well as historical comment in the treatment of the title. This is one cover I would really like to come in a digipack - it is difficult to describe but the rougher texture of a digipack seems would seem to be appropriate for that cover.

patrick · #1093 Post by **patrick** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:01 am

I like the concept of the Walker cover but the font choices are horrible.

HerrSchreck · #1094 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:31 am

That WALKER cover may be the biggest abomination in the collection. The color temperatures competing for your attention with the title, the doofy simplification of Harris' head making him look like Schlitzie the Pinhead w a hat, all the distractions in the background drawing your eyes every which way.. it's the biggest structural/color-compositional mess I've ever seen in a high end digital product.

**end of being Real Serious About Cover Art***

Jem · #1095 Post by **Jem** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:58 am

That Walker cover? WTF!
To call it amateurish would be a compliment.

ianungstad · #1096 Post by **ianungstad** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:02 am

Jem wrote:That Walker cover? WTF!
To call it amateurish would be a compliment.

There are things that I like about it...like I get the idea of what they are trying to go for but I do hope for some fine-tuning by release date...

godardslave · #1097 Post by **godardslave** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:00 pm

HerrSchreck wrote:That WALKER cover may be the biggest abomination in the collection.

Who remembers the orginal Viridana cover? hehe, that was awful. Wasnt it pink or something? someone post it I want to see it again.

#1098 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:03 pm

godardslave wrote:
HerrSchreck wrote:That WALKER cover may be the biggest abomination in the collection.
Who remembers the orginal Viridana cover? hehe, that was awful. Wasnt it pink or something? someone post it I want to see it again.

Perhaps you'll want to revisit the nine-page thread that was solely on this cover.

godardslave · #1099 Post by **godardslave** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:09 pm

domino harvey wrote:Perhaps you'll want to revisit the nine-page thread that was solely on this cover.

In this case a picture is definitely worth a thousand words.
Thanks for reposting.
Awesomely bad cover, lol.

#1100 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:12 pm

I still love that cover with all my heart, you can read calls for my being banned from the forum near the end of that thread.

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