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foggy eyes wrote:Not that I want to take the contrarian view, but Vampyr looks a bit too much like a bad metal t-shirt to me (perhaps it's the font and scythe silhouette). MoC's cover was genuinely elegant.

Agreed I don't particularly like anything except Trafic which is gorgeous.

This image of the Criterion Vamyr cover is on the IMDb. I don't know if it's the official cover or where they got it from.

EDIT: Looks like the artwork is up, and it's the same cover! And a great one at that!

Aside from Mon Oncle Antoine, I love them all. And while the old fashioned Trafic cover is gorgeous, I also don't mind the goth Vampyr cover. If contemporary cover art turns more people onto a silent film they would otherwise avoid, I can't object.

The Dreyer cover is so goth, but it's good. I'm not a fan of High and Low, but at least it's not as bad as Mishima.

High res versions:

The Mon Oncle Antoine cover does not capture the feeling of the film -- at all.

Michael Kerpan wrote:The Mon Oncle Antoine cover does not capture the feeling of the film -- at all.

It's the only weak one in the bunch, which is, I guess, a good thing.

denti alligator wrote:

Michael Kerpan wrote:The Mon Oncle Antoine cover does not capture the feeling of the film -- at all.

It's the only weak one in the bunch, which is, I guess, a good thing.

Except -- in some ways --I think this is the most important release in the batch. (as largely unknown as it is important).

The Mon Oncle Antoine cover reminds me of the same things that the cover for A nos amores evoked, with perhaps a bit of Fanny and Alexander thrown in. Is that just totally and completely off base?

Is it just me, or is Vampyr Criterion's best cover ever?

Not at all. I was trying to place what earlier covers it reminded me of, and those are the ones. Not a huge fan of any of them, really.

arsonfilms wrote:The Mon Oncle Antoine cover reminds me of the same things that the cover for A nos amores evoked, with perhaps a bit of Fanny and Alexander thrown in. Is that just totally and completely off base?

I think so. (as to the nature of the film) ;~}

I'm still not sold on that yellow used for the Trafic sidebar. I know it "matches" the yellow stripe down the roads, but I think in such a big block, it clashes horribly with the blue.

That said, I hope they issue it as a poster, as I know that's what the original poster looked like (at least I'm 90% sure of that).

Morbii wrote:Is it just me, or is Vampyr Criterion's best cover ever?

Dude, you're making it painfully obvious that your a metal fan.

denti alligator wrote:

Morbii wrote:Is it just me, or is Vampyr Criterion's best cover ever?

Dude, you're making it painfully obvious that your a metal fan.

Morbii . . . metal face!!

arson: agreed. I knew it reminded me of something Criterion and you just hit the nail on the head. I actually didn't like it so much because it felt "already used".

denti: hah

redbill wrote:

denti alligator wrote:

Morbii wrote:Is it just me, or is Vampyr Criterion's best cover ever?

Dude, you're making it painfully obvious that your a metal fan.

Morbii . . . metal face!!

It reminded me of I Walked With A Zombie!

I like how the Criterion logo on Mon Oncle Antoine is used as an eyebrow piercing.

kaujot wrote:I'm still not sold on that yellow used for the Trafic sidebar. I know it "matches" the yellow stripe down the roads, but I think in such a big block, it clashes horribly with the blue.

That said, I hope they issue it as a poster, as I know that's what the original poster looked like (at least I'm 90% sure of that).

Yep. Criterion has used variations of the original posters for all of the Tati titles. Here is the original French one-sheet for Trafic.

Jeff wrote:Yep. Criterion has used variations of the original posters for all of the Tati titles. Here is the original French one-sheet for Trafic.

This is a gorgeous poster so I'm happy Criterion decided not to mess with it much, but I'd love know why no other filmmaker in the collection besides Tati -- to my knowledge, perhaps someone can correct me -- has been consistently represented by original key art. This isn't a complaint. I'm just curious.

For anyone else who ever interned or worked at Tribeca Productions, that poster used to grace the 6th floor when you opened the elevators.

FSimeoni wrote:...I don't particularly like anything except Trafic which is gorgeous.

That's what I was thinking too.

Michael Kerpan wrote:

denti alligator wrote:

Michael Kerpan wrote:The Mon Oncle Antoine cover does not capture the feeling of the film -- at all.

It's the only weak one in the bunch, which is, I guess, a good thing.

Except -- in some ways --I think this is the most important release in the batch. (as largely unknown as it is important).

This is interesting. I've never seen the film myself but I think the cover art is cool and has made me want to see it.

The first eight times I saw the Trafic cover, I took the cars driving as 0s and 1s. (Tell me I'm not the only one.)

...A beautiful composition at any rate, but leading to an amusing anachronism for me.

bufordsharkley wrote:The first eight times I saw the Trafic cover, I took the cars driving as 0s and 1s. (Tell me I'm not the only one.)

I did a double take, myself.