Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 6

[lacritfan]

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Forum
at Criterion for releasing It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[keeproductions]

While I'm honored you used my avatar, Dick Shawn is a little creepy.

[matrixschmatrix]

Oh no, forum doppelgänger!

[keeproductions]

Oh good. YOU'RE Dick Shawn.

I feel much better.

[Cinephrenic]

Are you related to swimminghorses

[Moe Dickstein]

So what does that make me in that scheme, the briefcase of money?

[swo17]

Buried under the tree.

[domino harvey]

So what does that make me in that scheme, the briefcase of money?

Stanley Kramer

[FrauBlucher]

So what does that make me in that scheme, the briefcase of money?

No, you're the one looking high and low for the jokes.

[Moe Dickstein]

I give you that setup and that's all you got?

[domino harvey]

Well, we figured you preferred disappointing comedy

[Moe Dickstein]

That's better

[dwk]

Some packaging shots of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World have been posted at the HTF

[FrauBlucher]

Oh, that explains those awful noises I heard.

[domino harvey]

Ah, slots-- couldn't have happened to a nicer release!

[Moe Dickstein]

Yep, only the most important releases get them - Zatoichi, Mad World...

[domino harvey]

Yep, those are the only two important releases Criterion's put out

[CSM126]

Surely Spïnal Täp must be even more important. After all, it's the only Criterion with a double-sided disc!

[fdm]

Just wow. #-o

Even worse than the original blu cardboard packaging.

[Jeff]

Before we all get too caught up in our schadenfreude, we should keep in mind that this will probably be Criterion's go-to packaging for deluxe releases of good films too.

[Moe Dickstein]

Anything with 5 discs at least... Some movies aren't important enough for 2 Blu-Rays like Persona.

[willoneill]

Some movies don't overstay their welcome by an hour or more, like IAMMMMW ...

[Zot!]

Anything with 5 discs at least... Some movies aren't important enough for 2 Blu-Rays like Persona.

First we tell Moe he's too uptight, and then we get defensive over his better jokes. Shine on, I say.

[cdnchris]

Anything with 5 discs at least... Some movies aren't important enough for 2 Blu-Rays like Persona.

First we tell Moe he's too uptight, and then we get defensive over his better jokes. Shine on, I say.

I actually did XXX at it.

I'm actually disappointed. I don't have it in hand yet but it looks fairly cheap based on the photos. I was figuring it would be along the lines of Shoah, except with two overlapping holders and a single one for the discs.

Otherwise I do like the artwork.

[zedz]

But nobody's going to be actually taking those discs out of their slots, right? So what's the problem?