Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7

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#451 Post by Fred Holywell » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:41 pm

FrauBlucher wrote:Not crazy about The Philadelphia Story cover. Primarily because of the color scheme. It doesn't work.
I'm not too crazy about it, either. Kinda... meh. I wonder if they didn't start with the original MGM promo art by Kapralik -- same basic design idea. Maybe they should have just gone with the original, as they did with their "Woman of the Year" cover.

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#452 Post by domino harvey » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:52 pm

That's fucking terrifying

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#454 Post by Rayon Vert » Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:32 am

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mfunk9786 wrote:Every single part of me wants to hate that Philadelphia Story cover but it's just so eye-catching that I can't
The fellow on the left looks a lot more like Robert Taylor or Robert Montgomery than Cary Grant.
The mouth and jaw are Grant's, the eyes definitely not.

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#455 Post by Morbii » Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:17 am

domino harvey wrote:That's fucking terrifying
It's as bad or worse than Woman of the Year, to be sure.

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#456 Post by cdnchris » Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:30 pm


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#457 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun Aug 20, 2017 1:20 pm

cdnchris wrote:Rebecca
I like the pic on the leaflet/booklet. I can't make out what the inside is suppose to be with the writing.

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#458 Post by cdnchris » Sun Aug 20, 2017 1:24 pm

Yeah, the reflection was hard to mange but is writing. It's Rebecca's note:
I'll spend the night there and leave the door open for you. I've got something very important to tell you.

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#459 Post by Graphist » Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:10 pm

Is it a foldout or a brochure?

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#460 Post by cdnchris » Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:09 pm

It comes with a booklet

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#461 Post by Graphist » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:07 pm

cdnchris wrote:It comes with a booklet
I thought bound booklets didn’t fit in the plastic cases, only stapled brochures.… Still better than a foldout.

Another thing is that (and correct me if I am wrong) it seems like they could not get the rights to Notorious and Spellbound at the same time, otherwise they would have probably re-released the box set. If and when they release all three, the films might get the same treatment as the other four Hitchcock films.

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#462 Post by cdnchris » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:16 pm

My understanding is that the Hitchcocks and Straw Dogs are part of a package so they do have them. They're probably just spreading them out.

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#463 Post by Robespierre » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:21 am

Are Eclipse sets slowly going OOP? The Late Ozu set is listing at nearly 200$ on Amazon.

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#464 Post by Graphist » Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:15 am

Robespierre wrote:Are Eclipse sets slowly going OOP? The Late Ozu set is listing at nearly 200$ on Amazon.
Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu (Early Spring / Tokyo Twilight / Equinox Flower / Late Autumn / The End of Summer) (The Criterion Collection) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OPPAF6/re ... Mzb74HJB5P" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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#465 Post by HitchcockLang » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:10 pm

That's bizarre. The Amazon Prime listing says ships in 1-3 weeks, and then the cheapest third party new copy is going for around $400. Probably just low stock and the third party is using an algorithm that ridiculously inflates the price. It's still in stock on the Criterion site and for only $55.

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#466 Post by domino harvey » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:11 pm

Plenty of new and used copies on eBay for less

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#467 Post by aox » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:34 pm

domino harvey wrote:Plenty of new and used copies on eBay for less
That may be true, but my copy is $400.

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#468 Post by Ashirg » Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:08 pm

Maybe it's between printings..

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#469 Post by Cinephrenic » Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:35 pm

Maybe a box set of all his existing films on blu?

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#472 Post by Never Cursed » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:14 pm

Anyone else notice that the cover for The Philadelphia Story on the website was grayscaled so that the bluer parts of the cover are now grayish black?

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#473 Post by swo17 » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:38 pm

It's practically black & white now:

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#474 Post by Ribs » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:39 pm

Huh, certainly puts it right in line with His Girl Friday. Would not be surprised at all if this hand-drawn monochrome style appears on the Awful Truth & Bringing Up Baby too.

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#475 Post by Luke M » Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:56 pm

I like it a lot better.

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