Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.3

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Cobz · #76 Post by **Cobz** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:01 pm

Am i UBER slow in only picking up now that all 4 spines make a puzzle like design?

mbalson · #77 Post by **mbalson** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:04 pm

Cobz wrote:Am i UBER slow in only picking up now that all 4 spines make a puzzle like design?

Yes, uber slow. Possibly even slower than that.

jon · #78 Post by **jon** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:10 pm

all 4 spines? are there spine shots yet? i am going to assume you are talking about the covers, in which case you are glacially slow.

Is anyone a little bit pissed off about the fact that on every new CC disc is a giant Wacky C? Good god, every digipak is like a fucking BMW. Though, after getting a bunch of new-design CCs in the mail, I am liking the new design more and more.

I was a bit disappointed when I received my Viridiana dvd the other day. I opened up the case and saw that famous picture of her holding the candlestick. It looked almost like the old Viridiana original artwork. The reason i was disappointed was because the opportunity to make an awesome joke was lost. I would have given anything to see the pink artwork inside as the booklet cover.

HerrSchreck · #79 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:22 pm

Cobz wrote:Am i UBER slow in only picking up now that all 4 spines make a puzzle like design?

I love how CITIZEN OF THE WORLD makes it look like Robeson has a nosering which popped out his nostril it sits above his lip. Wacky C indeed.

Greathinker · #80 Post by **Greathinker** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:25 am

jon wrote:Is anyone a little bit pissed off about the fact that on every new CC disc is a giant Wacky C? Good god, every digipak is like a fucking BMW. Though, after getting a bunch of new-design CCs in the mail, I am liking the new design more and more.

Yeah, as if the packaging didn't call enough attention to itself the actual dvds have to be Cs as well. At least on some titles it isn't noticeable-- like Veronique. Though Seven Samurai looks bad. Not a big deal but this is the nit-picking thread.

hammock · #81 Post by **hammock** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:16 am

Regarding the massive use of logos: look here

denti alligator · #82 Post by **denti alligator** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:27 pm

#83 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:30 pm

Oh I like that a lot

Gigi M. · #84 Post by **Gigi M.** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:31 pm

Great cover. Looks like a digi-pak by the way.

#85 Post by **Matt** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:33 pm

Very classy, especially in how (for layout) it takes into consideration the CC "tab" and wacky C.

a.khan · #86 Post by **a.khan** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:32 pm

Inspired artwork, one of their bests. Quite like the serious black for the wacky C.

Cinephrenic · #87 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:05 pm

I like the shadowed swastika in the background (and not what it stands for).

Cinesimilitude · #88 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:36 pm

I'm indifferent to the cover art, but I had no Idea this film had something to do with Nazi's. I'm intrigued.

#89 Post by **zedz** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:31 pm

Whoo! I must say, that was completely unexpected, but very nice. Is the Monterey set the only other title in which the title so completely dominated the design?

foggy eyes · #90 Post by **foggy eyes** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:42 am

Great artwork. As soon as I saw it, I started thinking of those stunning opening aerial shots (and, for that matter, Anton Walbrook in dungarees).

arsonfilms · #91 Post by **arsonfilms** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:02 am

I'm really almost overwhelmed by how appealing this artwork is to me, whereas the film description left me relatively ambivalent. Obviously I'll need to look into this a little more (and engage in the obligatory "how do people like this one?" on another thread), but the artwork has brought the package as a whole back to being on my radar.

magicmarker · #92 Post by **magicmarker** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:34 am

I must also voice my appreciation of this artwork, not only because the design is really top notch, but also because it prominently displays both my home provinces (Manitoba and Alberta).

If we can't have much Canadian representation in the collection, at least we can appear on cover art.

Derek Estes · #93 Post by **Derek Estes** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:35 am

The artwork is okay. Even though this is my least favorite P&P film (the propaganda has always seemed too heavy handed compared to their other war time films like One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing, A Matter of Life & Death, Col. Blimp or Canterbury Tale), I'll probably buy this anyways. I can't resist Powell & Pressburger.

jbeall · #94 Post by **jbeall** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:48 pm

That's a dynamite cover. I don't normally think I'm so shallow, but that cover art probably just vaulted The 49th Parallel from netflix rental to purchase.

Andre Jurieu · #95 Post by **Andre Jurieu** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:30 pm

Matt wrote:Very classy, especially in how (for layout) it takes into consideration the CC "tab" and wacky C.

I really like the overall look of the cover, but whenever I look at the Wacky C I just can't shake the feeling that pacman is about to launch a sneak attack on Canada by gobbling up all our islands in the arctic circle before he makes his way into the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and finally preys upon the poor people of Nunavut. At least lay off Nunavut. Those people were just given their own territory and now they have to worry about a pacman terrorist attack. It's just not right.

Steven H · #96 Post by **Steven H** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:33 pm

Eerie that the wacky C is a very similar shade to the swastika shadow. Makes you think.

#97 Post by **Matt** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:38 pm

magicmarker wrote:If we can't have much Canadian representation in the collection, at least we can appear on cover art.

You're still doing better than the entire continents of Africa and South America combined.

jbeall · #98 Post by **jbeall** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:54 pm

Steven H wrote:Eerie that the wacky C is a very similar shade to the swastika shadow. Makes you think.

Maybe the wacky C (sorry, the elegant and minimalist C... or should we just call it the W.C.?) is fighting the Nazis!

Besides, it can't be in collusion with fascists. Mussolini, you'll recall, actually invaded Ethiopia, whereas Matt notes that criterion has shown no interest in Africa at all!

mikeohhh · #99 Post by **mikeohhh** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:08 pm

The size of the title on the cover reminds me of The Onion's "WA- (headline continued on page 4)" headline from Our Dumb Century.

Cinesimilitude · Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:04 am

jbeall wrote:
Steven H wrote:Eerie that the wacky C is a very similar shade to the swastika shadow. Makes you think.
Maybe the wacky C (sorry, the elegant and minimalist C... or should we just call it the W.C.?) is fighting the Nazis!

Besides, it can't be in collusion with fascists. Mussolini, you'll recall, actually invaded Ethiopia, whereas Matt notes that criterion has shown no interest in Africa at all!

Don't listen to zem Herr Becker! Da neue firmenzeichen ist wunderbar! I kid, I kid. Haha, great couple of posts there gentlemen.

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