Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2

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mmiesner · #151 Post by **mmiesner** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:58 am

yea, i'll gladly post pictures as soon as i get it back from my sister, it's the weirdest POS i've ever seen a DVD packaged in.

i will also gladly accept $180 for anybody wanting it. no joke. or best offer really, i'm not attached to the case at all.

daniel p · #152 Post by **daniel p** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:53 am

Its too Ozu plus I like the real cover because it looks like a front cover for a novel.

Napoleon · #153 Post by **Napoleon** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:45 pm

I got Life Aquatic at the weekend and the SOB's have gone ahead and used the slipcase with 2 disc collectors edition plastered on the front.

Worse, they haven't carried the runtime,year etc specs from the slip cover onto the inner cover. This means that I cannot burn the slip-cover (a fate that it is crying out for).

jcelwin · #154 Post by **jcelwin** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:48 pm

I also just got Life Aquatic. The slipcase feels a little loose and the dvd can fall out easy if you aren't careful.

But, perhaps it is just because they used one of those crap double disc cases that have the little locks on the side, shit I hate those cases.

justeleblanc · #155 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:41 pm

N. Wilson wrote:I got Life Aquatic at the weekend and the SOB's have gone ahead and used the slipcase with 2 disc collectors edition plastered on the front.

Worse, they haven't carried the runtime,year etc specs from the slip cover onto the inner cover. This means that I cannot burn the slip-cover (a fate that it is crying out for).

Isn't the VIDEODROME case the same thing. Of course, a little sacrifice of DVD details for the sake of packaging art in that case was truly worth it.

Dude, if you're looking to burn something then burn down a WAL-MART.

Steven H · #156 Post by **Steven H** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:39 am

The only reason I didn't throw away the covering for Life Aquatic is otherwise I wouldn't be able to read the spine. It's a pretty cover and all, but not very practical for readability's sake.

dx23 · #157 Post by **dx23** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:59 am

But, perhaps it is just because they used one of those crap double disc cases that have the little locks on the side, shit I hate those cases.

What is the purpose of those little locks, besides annoying the hell out of everyone? They are completely unnecesary. And that 2 disc special edition banner on the Life Aquatic is stupid also.

The Elegant Dandy Fop · Tue May 17, 2005 3:03 am

Locks are the stupidest DVD case idea. My first encounter with them (I forgot which movie) I broke part of the case because I opened it too hard with the locks on with out realizing the locks were there.

Usually I would agree the 2-disc special edition banner is stupid, considering being a Criterion movie should make it special enough. The banner is there though to help the clueless distinguish the two versions of the film so I can forgive it.

mmiesner · #159 Post by **mmiesner** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:16 am

well now i don't feel quite so bad about my In the Mood for Love case because i didn't get fucked on my Life Aquatic case the way you guys did. no locks, and my slipcase fits juuuuuust fine.

i agree, locks really suck, i just about broke my Lost in Translation set the same way the guy above me did.

dx23 · #160 Post by **dx23** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:19 am

Locks are the stupidest DVD case idea.

Actually snapper cases are the stupidest DVD cases, but locks come in a close second.

djali999 · #161 Post by **djali999** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:38 am

A friend of mine, encountering locks for the first time with Lost in Translation, became enraged and tore them off. I simply grumblingly fiddle with them, although the idea of somebody mangling them in fury brings me glee.

Am I the only one who was quite surprised at how nice the Burden of Dreams package was in person? I thought the art itself was fine before, but it looks very classy and inviting on that nice paperboard texture....

Theodore R. Stockton · Tue May 17, 2005 4:46 am

I got a case with locks and there was a sticker that said to tear them off. I don't remember what the movie was though.

daniel p · #163 Post by **daniel p** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:02 am

djali999 wrote: Am I the only one who was quite surprised at how nice the Burden of Dreams package was in person? I thought the art itself was fine before, but it looks very classy and inviting on that nice paperboard texture....

Can you or someone post photos of the Burden of Dreams packaging? I decided to not buy BoD, and wanna see the packaging (& the book).

jcelwin · #164 Post by **jcelwin** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:02 am

Theodore R. Stockton wrote:I got a case with locks and there was a sticker that said to tear them off. I don't remember what the movie was though.

Yeah, I had that on a case I bought before. Twist to the side and pull off, I think it said. But it might not tear properly and could leave the edge like crap anyway. They should just not put them on in the first place.

Lino · #165 Post by **Lino** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:14 pm

Aren't those locks supposed to be for children not to open up certain risque DVDs? At least that's the impression it gave me when I first encountered one of those. But I agree that it shouldn't have been used on the Life Aquatic set.

#166 Post by **Matt** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:33 pm

They're meant to discourage shoplifters from slitting open the side of the shrinkwrap and stealing the disc out the side of the case. You're supposed to twist the tabs off when you purchase and unwrap the disc.

Lino · #167 Post by **Lino** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:47 pm

Oh, God, is that the real purpose of those stupid little things? I guess shoplifters are getting smarter. Maybe this means that one day DVDs will be packaged like the new Polaroid Book by Taschen:

Not a bad idea at all.

#168 Post by **zedz** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:08 am

matt wrote:They're meant to discourage shoplifters from slitting open the side of the shrinkwrap and stealing the disc out the side of the case.

In other words, they are utterly without purpose when the disc comes in a slipcase (like Life Aquatic). Hoorah!

Theodore R. Stockton · Wed May 18, 2005 6:17 am

My Life Aquatic didn't have clips.
Is anyone going to post a picture of the In the Mood for Love weird case? I still have no idea what it is and would like to see it.

colinr0380 · #170 Post by **colinr0380** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:20 am

Zielske wrote:I would assume that they are all made at the same factory, and that it would be cheaper to use one type of case, so then why do people get diff cases all the time?

Criterion actually uses many different DVD production houses - some of their discs come from POP in Santa Monica; some (L'Eclisse, Tout Va Bien) are authored at Radius 60 and M was authored at American Zoetrope in San Francisco; Kagemusha was a done at both Radius 60 and American Zoetrope! I guess Life Aquatic was authored through Buena Vista's usual methods, as the disc for that release was made in Mexico. And there are others as well.

Also the Sony Authoring Centre has done a number of discs such as Red Beard, the Cassavetes set, Solaris, Man Bites Dog, Straw Dogs etc. The reason why I can be so specific with these discs is that I have a Sony player myself and when you cycle through the running time of the disc (chapter elapsed, chapter remaining, total time elapsed, total time remaining etc) the last option is a scrolling bar that identifies the name of the film both on screen and on the display panel of the player itself. It usually says "no text" for non-Sony authored discs, but all the Sony authored discs have the scrolling text (e.g. "Killing of a Chinese Bookie Disc 2" etc), which is a nice side benefit when this particular authoring company is used.

So I guess since the authoring houses are different, the packaging styles may differ as well. At least that is a benefit of Warner not licensing out - the one thing I couldn't stand would be a Criterion in an old style snapper case! I'd probably be torn between destroying it and not wanting to damage a Criterion!

colinr0380 · #171 Post by **colinr0380** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:32 am

Also I'm feeling really stupid - I'd been looking at the cover for the Wajda boxset since the art was put up on the website, but it was only on actually holding it in my hands that I finally figured out the white sheet half covered in blood was similar to the Polish flag! #-o

perybo · #172 Post by **perybo** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:21 pm

Now You have gotten me feeling stupid colinr0380

Never saw that before. Great!

djali999 · #173 Post by **djali999** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:11 pm

daniel p wrote:Can you or someone post photos of the Burden of Dreams packaging? I decided to not buy BoD, and wanna see the packaging (& the book).

Afraid I don't have my digital camera on me... the book is very nice too, the front is glossy cardstock printed to look like leather. Inside the large slipcase is a single standard Amaray DVD with the same cover art but no text on the back. The slipcase is similar in dimension to Royal Tenenbaums (only on a matte card stock rather than that puffy, glossy thing) and the top and the bottom of the case has fragments of a map of the jungle.

I'd think somebody would have photographed it and put it online by now.

rumz · #174 Post by **rumz** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:49 pm

Annie Mall wrote:

I must buy this. I will buy this.

backstreetsbackalright · Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:30 pm

Has anyone seen an alternate cover for 'Heaven Can Wait'?

I found the image attached to the DVD listing in the Seattle Public Library catalog. Maybe there's a slip cover or something?

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