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CrazedCollector wrote:

mfunk9786 wrote:There'd be no way to replicate the awesomeness of the DVD case without two discs involved, but you're right - they should really still stick with a digipak.

A return to the digisuck cases?? No thanks.

He doesn't mean the BD digi cases which were terrible. Most people liked the special digi of the DVD release of this film which was very different, and it would be cool if they replicated it on a small scale for the BD.

The Mr Lawrence cover is one of their best in 2010 - just a shame I don't feel strongly enough about the film to want to own it. Here's hoping they come up with a good cover for The Thin Red Line.

Surprised that Hausu didn't make it but it makes sense to hold it back until Halloween. Can't see them doing an all-out horror month but Kwaidan on Blu would be most welcome. More upgrades than genuinely new titles this month but I'm a happy camper: the Malick is the one to get and I've never seen Charade so what better opportunity than to do so in 1080p?

The Oshima cover is one of the best in the collection. Love it.

CrazedCollector wrote:

mfunk9786 wrote:There'd be no way to replicate the awesomeness of the DVD case without two discs involved, but you're right - they should really still stick with a digipak.

A return to the digisuck cases?? No thanks.

This is more for the packaging thread, but as By Brakhage and The Leopard show, Criterion have finally gotten the blu-ray digipack issues sorted out. They used to suck, but they're fantastic now.

CSM126 wrote:

CrazedCollector wrote:

mfunk9786 wrote:There'd be no way to replicate the awesomeness of the DVD case without two discs involved, but you're right - they should really still stick with a digipak.

A return to the digisuck cases?? No thanks.

This is more for the packaging thread, but as By Brakhage and The Leopard show, Criterion have finally gotten the blu-ray digipack issues sorted out. They used to suck, but they're fantastic now.

They ARE fantastic - for MULTI-DISC releases! The Man Who Fell To Earth had an awesome SD slipcase package, an annoying digipak Blu, but the plastic Scanavo replacement case works just fine integrating the artwork, and I have no doubt Breathless will work out just the same.

Matt wrote:The Piss and Shit Dramas of Allan King?

Am I missing something?

Dying at Grace is about the final days of a group of terminal incontinents.

Finally, scat is entering the collection!

Haven't you seen Salo?

Criterion hasn't done an all-horror month since October 2000 when they (probably accidentally) released Sisters and Kwaidan a week apart, back when they only released maybe one or two titles a month.

aox wrote:Godard is their most represented Director on Blu Ray.

Kurosawa.

Criterion should definitely run with the theatrical poster for the cover of the Thin Red Line. Don't know how to post it but it's the one with the extreme close up of the guys faces but mostly it's just their helmets.

It's a good image, but it's too obviously Photoshopped. I'm guessing they might go with a nice shot of long grass with something in the distance, which would make a good companion with their cover for Days of Heaven.

That's it. Thanks, Matt. Of course it would be minus the text.

There is no way Criterion is going to go with an original poster for that film. Just no way - the title is too evocative, the imagery in the film at-times abstract. It's also fairly high-profile for them. So I'm sure they put a designer on it to create something new (results forthcoming). I'm looking forward to the face of Jesus on the lower half and the face of Nick Nolte on the upper half, with a miniscule rouge line running between them.

Or, a la Red Shoes, it'll be a closeup of Jesus's face looking distressed, and the font color will be RED for the word Red.

You're all wrong: Adrien Brody, Nick Stahl, Tim Blake Nelson and Miranda Otto floating heads

I like the mockup that The Playlist did:

Matt wrote:I'm guessing they might go with a nice shot of long grass with something in the distance, which would make a good companion with their cover for Days of Heaven.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I can't wait for the full "Terrence Malick: Guys in Grass" Collection

Jeff wrote:Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I can't wait for the full "Terrence Malick: Guys in Grass" Collection

they really blew that Eclipse set.

Excellent to Breathless on blu already. Gonna get that for sure, together with The Thin Red Line. Curious to see what they`ll come up with for the cover on that one.

Napier wrote:Great new touches to the Charade cover. It's very Hitch inspired.

Agreed. Really like it.

felipe wrote:

aox wrote:Godard is their most represented Director on Blu Ray.

Kurosawa.

He said on blu-ray

TheGodfather wrote:He said on blu-ray

Not that it remotely matters, but Kurosawa already has three Criterion Blus available (Kagemusha, Yojimbo, Sanjuro), with a fourth (Seven Samurai) due by the end of the year. Godard has two Criterion Blus currently available (Pierrot le fou, Vivre sa vie), with a third (Breathless) due by the end of the year.

Not that it doesn't matter, but Brakhage beats them all. Like, by a lot.

Are all of their Doc eclipses going to be various shades and inversions of piss and shit, because the Maysles bros. don't deserve that.

Matt wrote: It's a good image, but it's too obviously Photoshopped.

when has obvious photoshopping stopped them before? The horrendous Secret Honor cover springs to mind - those awful, cartoonish foreground items, the blurry background, the fake rips and tears. Yech. That TRL poster has nothing on that.

aox wrote:Finally, scat is entering the collection!

mfunk9786 wrote:Haven't you seen Salo?

Or Sweet Movie?

I like the re-vamped Charade cover, but I do sort of miss the multicolored text from the original. I thought it really captured the playful tone of the film.