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TheKurosawaKid wrote: very disappointed by the Kagemusha cover. Its thoroughly uninteresting and dull. They had better at least give us a lovely cool cardboard slipcase. I am sick of the old keepcases they need to GO.

Grrr....

Well, I initially didn't really like the Short Cuts cover, but that all changed when I saw the inside of the slipcase. It all goes together superb. So maybe I'll feel the same about Kagemusha. I hope.

I like the cover. Besides it goes with the movie, Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) the image of two shadows, the king and his imposter. It may not be well executed, but at least it's well thought.

I do like The Battle of Algiers, it had a nice presentation. And the Youth of the Beast cover looks cool and appropriate to the film, which is one of Suzuki's more conventionally-mounted productions. The cover has a stark, raw edge and a directness, both of which the film has. I'm not so crazy about the Fighting Elegy cover, whose design looks convuluted in the extreme.

But the Kagemusha cover looks like it was designed by the same guy on the same day as the Suzuki ones. The serif lettering seems to make it look like a Shakespeare production, and the image, while well thought-out, doesn't at all demonstrate the vibrant color scheme of the movie. Which is just too bad.

Oh, and now that I think of it, I do like the Fanny and Alexander covers. It's just the more recent ones that suck so bad.

Maybe Mulvaney is doing them now.

Great cover on La Commare Secca

I just have to say that all of the cover art for Feb. looks great. The 3 that are up now are fantastic; Criterion seems to be getting more and more creative with their covers.

what a huge month... I love all the covers. I wonder if the Night and The City is a cashin on the recent Sin City craze? If so, kudos to Criterion.

The three covers showing for Feb. look amazing, especially La Commare secca.

I never been so happy with a month of great cover art, expecially with two still in limbo with theirs.

Wow, what a turnaround with the new covers. Night and the City is a perfect cover. Can't wait for Thieves Highway to go up.

Maybe they listened... ?

At least the covers are getting better, instead of worse.

Really though, it goes in waves. Check through your collection, your favourite covers might just be the work of the same designer. There are a few Criterion regulars that are, IMO, better than the others.

Mbalson is so right, La Commare secca's cover is great.

I hope we get a really Pulpy, porno mag feeling type of cover for My Own Private Idaho, that would be SO fab.

OK OK, I know I am posting over myself....

but I have been curious to ask if there is a way to tell from the CC's website if a new release is going to be a crappy keepcase or a smart new slipfoldy cute cardboardy thingie (please feel free to tell me the actual name of these at any point)

so anybody know how or if there is a way to determine this before getting the new release in the mail or at the shop?

grazie

TheKurosawaKid wrote:smart new slipfoldy cute cardboardy thingie

although your term is more fun, the offical designation is a "digipak".

as for working it out in adavnce of actual release, im not sure. Sometimes dvd retailers or news sites list the type of packaging.

teehee, why thank you GodardSlave

drats, I was hoping there was a way to tell in advance, I hope they do digipacks for Idaho and Kagemusha.

"M" back cover (with some additional supplements)

Thieves Highway cover is up.

That's definitely the best cover for February.

Jun-Dai wrote:That's definitely the best cover for February.

Agreed. A handsome pairing of the Dassins.

zedz wrote: Agreed. A handsome pairing of the Dassins.

Wouldn't it be great if they released a new cover for Rififfi in the style of these (replacing that somewhat dull original cover).
They would sit so handsome as a trio!

Where are those apples going?

Wonderful cover.

Whoever made those two Dassin covers should recieve a award.

I hope this cover isn't for real:

http://www.tlavideo.com/details/product ... nable=true

It looks like a mock cover, but that is one of the worst cover and font i've ever seen for a dvd.