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Police Story 1 individual cover is weird. Jackie Chan's face looks photoshopped in there, something's off. The 2nd one is OK, though.

I absolutely love the Police Story box art. I'm ... not getting the Face in the Crowd one. I understand what it's referencing in the movie, but out of context Griffith's pose does look oddly sexualized (as mteller noted with that Avengers pic).

Feego wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:09 am I absolutely love the Police Story box art. I'm ... not getting the Face in the Crowd one. I understand what it's referencing in the movie, but out of context Griffith's pose does look oddly sexualized (as mteller noted with that Avengers pic).

Jackie Chan box cover is one of the best things they've done in awhile.

tenia wrote: Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:42 pm Police Story 1 individual cover is weird. Jackie Chan's face looks photoshopped in there, something's off. The 2nd one is OK, though.

This was very similar to my thought. It almost looks like it was hand drawn by someone that doesn't do faces well.

Face in the Crowd looks much better in the larger version on Criterion's website and it's a great cover. The photorealistic detail on Griffith's face causes the eye to focus there, and you also realize there's a smudge/blur on Griffith's derriere that further takes the focus off it. But in the small versions you can't make out those details and, yes, it looks like he's pointing at his ass.

Here depicted, Lonesome Rhodes in the process of explaining the Criterion Newsletter clue from April, 2018.

The Police Story 2 cover looks like a decade old video game cutscene.

I just noticed that the Wacky C on the POLICE STORY box set is a part of the broken glass...clever!

Morbii wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:38 am

tenia wrote: Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:42 pm Police Story 1 individual cover is weird. Jackie Chan's face looks photoshopped in there, something's off. The 2nd one is OK, though.

This was very similar to my thought. It almost looks like it was hand drawn by someone that doesn't do faces well.

I think it's a bit jarring because everything looks hand-drawn but Chan's face looks close to photo-realistic.

criterionoop wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:46 am I just noticed that the Wacky C on the POLICE STORY box set is a part of the broken glass...clever!

This is a really nice touch. I also like how parts of the "Jackie Chan" at the top fell of with the broken glass. However, what really bugs me out, is that the O, I, C and also T of "Police Story 2" still are fully visible despite the glass being missing there as well. Is this a pet peeve or an OCD?

Stranger Than Paradise is an Essential Art House release?

Hi folks,

I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to know when an upcoming Criterion title will be a digipack rather than a keepcase.
Sure, when it's a box set, that's another story, but a 2 Blu-Ray set doesn't imply always digipak (perhaps Jackie Chan will be a digipack...)
Do I have to guess it regarding to the artwork or does Criterion, amazon.com or blu-ray.com quickly announces digipack far before we got the photos of the Criterion title. Is there a "digibook"/"digipack" "flag" info which is quickly done by Criterion at the same time as their monthly announcement ? Or do I have to guess it by the artwork's style (for instance, perhaps I Wanna Hold Your Hand could be a digipack.. .That's just a guess...) before Criterion posts something on facebook...

I ask this because sometimes, it's cheaper for me to pre-order some titles 3 months before they are released, and I know a little shop retailer (I'm living in France) based in the US who does some meticulous packaging which is more suitable for digibooks, box set, which arrived always in mint condition.
Like the latest release I ordered was The Magnificent Ambersons.

Whereas for the keepcase, I can order a single Criterion title via WOWHD for instance...

thanks in advance for your help...

I used to think that you could just guess based on the booklet's amount of content. That theory got thrown out the window when Night of the Living Dead came out, however.

(Sometimes Criterion includes a packaging shot in the film's gallery or Barnes and Noble posts a 3D render, but these are inconsistent means of finding such information.)

I am not sure what is the right place to post this question. Please move it as appropriate.
Many CD and DVD boxes now come with each CD or DVD in a cardboard sleeve. In order to improve shelf presence (an irrelevant concept in the world of online commerce), companies are releasing ridiculously large "cubes", where two-thirds of the depth is wasted with cardboard fillers. I want to get rid of the fillers, and put additional CD's/DVD's in their place to economize on shelf space. I am looking for information as to where I can buy empty cardboard sleeves. (Some sleeves I bought were too large to fit into boxes.) Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

I bought these for when I ditched 90% of my CD cases but kept the discs, and I ocassionally use them to put DVDs with some special features not carried over in Blu-ray cases. Any quantity package of these are what you're looking for

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Death in Venice
To Sleep with Anger

LOVE the Death in Venice interior.

Those covers are hideous, what the fuckkk

So much for that Funny Games mock-up. It was better.

Holy shit, this is a *horrible* set of covers. Not a good one in the bunch. (Maybe Blue Velvet at a stretch.)

Yeah, rough month. Blue Velvet is blandly inoffensive, and I don’t mind House of Games, but beyond that...