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Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:15 pm
by FakeBonanza
swo17 wrote:There was never any official Blu-ray cover art. When Criterion was first about to go Blu, they sent out a newsletter mentioning several titles, including Contempt, that would be among their first batch of releases. None of those titles were assigned cover art at that time. The Contempt release never materialized so it never got a cover. Presumably it would have just been a miniaturized version of the DVD cover art, since it would be a while before they would start to change the cover art for their upgrades.
Have they ever changed the cover art for a blu-ray without either simultaneously upgrading the DVD, or switching to Dual Format? I can't think of anything. Otherwise, have they not always changed the cover art for upgrades, even before blu?
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:17 pm
by CSM126
FakeBonanza wrote:swo17 wrote:There was never any official Blu-ray cover art. When Criterion was first about to go Blu, they sent out a newsletter mentioning several titles, including Contempt, that would be among their first batch of releases. None of those titles were assigned cover art at that time. The Contempt release never materialized so it never got a cover. Presumably it would have just been a miniaturized version of the DVD cover art, since it would be a while before they would start to change the cover art for their upgrades.
Have they ever changed the cover art for a blu-ray without either simultaneously upgrading the DVD, or switching to Dual Format? I can't think of anything. Otherwise, have they not always changed the cover art for upgrades, even before blu?
Naked and My Life as a Dog come to mind.
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:26 am
by krnash
Umberto D. and Beauty and the Beast, too.
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:11 am
by FakeBonanza
Well shit.
And for some reason I thought the Beauty and the Beast DVD was upgraded for a second time along with the blu-ray release. It was one that I had specifically recalled having a cover to match the blu-ray.
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:40 am
by RyanGallagher
Mouse wrote:Been curious about this lately, did Criterion ever post new cover art for announced but cancelled titles like "Ran" and "Contempt" in their coming soon section? It seems likely they did since they were to be released soon.
Here is the Ran art from the press release
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:45 am
by nissling
FakeBonanza wrote:Have they ever changed the cover art for a blu-ray without either simultaneously upgrading the DVD, or switching to Dual Format?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and
The Wages of Fear are two another examples.
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:48 pm
by adavis53
did they actually post artwork for a blu copy of Contempt? i probably just have crap memory but I don't remember that one
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:54 pm
by ShellOilJunior
I recall having a pre-order in for RAN for months then all of a sudden it was gone - poof! One day it will receive a satisfactory blu-ray release. . .
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:00 pm
by dwk
adavis53 wrote:did they actually post artwork for a blu copy of Contempt? i probably just have crap memory but I don't remember that one
No,
Contempt was never given a release date, so it never had an official announcement or press release.
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:45 pm
by Moe Dickstein
nissling wrote:FakeBonanza wrote:Have they ever changed the cover art for a blu-ray without either simultaneously upgrading the DVD, or switching to Dual Format?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and
The Wages of Fear are two another examples.
Fear and loathing has never changed. You can't count the slip cover thing as a change. And didn't wages of fear get upgraded DVD and Blu?
Re: Out Of Print: StudioCanal Snatches It All Away
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:48 pm
by zedz
Moe Dickstein wrote:nissling wrote:FakeBonanza wrote:Have they ever changed the cover art for a blu-ray without either simultaneously upgrading the DVD, or switching to Dual Format?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and
The Wages of Fear are two another examples.
Fear and loathing has never changed. You can't count the slip cover thing as a change. And didn't wages of fear get upgraded DVD and Blu?
Yeah,
The Wages of Fear Blu has the same cover as the upgraded DVD that came out several years earlier.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:43 pm
by Feego
The Charade cover art was changed for the Blu edition. Other Blu editions received slight tweaks to the cover image, such as the brightening on The Leopard and the removal of the grid overlay on 8 1/2.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:01 pm
by matrixschmatrix
Naked has totally different cover art with no content changes.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:08 am
by colinr0380
matrixschmatrix wrote:Naked has totally different cover art with no content changes.
I haven't picked up the Blu-ray yet but didn't Naked go through a licensing change too, from New Line for the first DVD, to Film4 for the re-release DVD and Blu?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:24 am
by cdnchris
Yes, the DVD was through New Line while the Blu-ray (and I'm guessing future pressings of the DVD) is directly from Film4. I'm guessing Warner let the rights lapse and Criterion was then able to snatch them up immediately from Film4.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:32 am
by cdnchris
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:47 am
by Jean-Luc Garbo
Do you have to pry the discs in Frances Ha off their hubs?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:42 am
by cdnchris
Not really
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:44 pm
by lacritfan
Geez, that inner pic evokes nothing of Virginia Cherrill/The Blind Girl to me.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:43 pm
by swo17
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:50 pm
by Gregory
The Foreign Correspondent cover looks like it's by Jacques Tardi.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:23 am
by acroyear
I noticed spine #699 is not accounted for. I was expecting that when Fantastic Mr. Fox was released it would be accompanied by The Quay Brothers collection as being Criterion's long overdue re-entries into animated features. Hmmmm, we'll see.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:58 am
by movielocke
Love all the covers.
Because these DF editions are all 3 discs, that means every release this month, except Blue is the Warmest Color, is in a Digipack. Cardboard fetishists rejoice!
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:21 am
by Anhedionisiac
Yeah, all of these are great covers. Blue is the Warmest Color could have been better considering the alternate posters available but it's good enough and, anyways, who cares? Look at those other covers!
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:16 am
by AlexHansen
They might want to change the sticker on BITWC. Calling it a special edition is a little premature.
