Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 6
- jbeall
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The Phoenix cover is the best one they've done in awhile, imho. I could take or leave the rest, but don't think they're particularly bad.
- bugsy_pal
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I don't like to be critical of artists and designers, as I think it's a very subjective thing. But I find the Stillman covers to be rather awful. The Hawks one also falls short IMO - but it could grow on me. The others I like just fine
- mfunk9786
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Still a day away from release and still no photos anywhere, but I received confirmation from someone with a copy that this is a normal case with one of those fold-out inserts. Dang. Deserved better.mfunk9786 wrote:Chris, I'm surprised not to see packaging photos of Inside Llewyn Davis less than a week from its release. Has anyone posted photos of this online yet to anyone's knowledge?
- Jeff
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Indeed. I haven't seen pictures yet, but Beaver's take on the Troell set indicates it's in the standard case too, despite being a set of two lengthy films. Was really hoping for a digipak for that one.mfunk9786 wrote:Still a day away from release and still no photos anywhere, but I received confirmation from someone with a copy that this is a normal case with one of those fold-out inserts. Dang. Deserved better.
- cdnchris
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He copies and pastes from other pages so I wouldn't put too much stock in that. He would have more than likely only received check discs and not the finished product yet.
- lzx
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Is there any chance Criterion will release a poster for Phoenix with that artwork?
- Frumaster
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Yuck. I might pick up Brief Encounter because I've heard good things about it, but I really have zero interest in the others. Looks like I will save some money this Feb. through April.
- ermylaw
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Normal case, interior is just off-white with no images. Fold-out insert with a decent looking mini-poster. All-in-all, the design is rather disappointing, in my opinion.mfunk9786 wrote:Still a day away from release and still no photos anywhere, but I received confirmation from someone with a copy that this is a normal case with one of those fold-out inserts. Dang. Deserved better.mfunk9786 wrote:Chris, I'm surprised not to see packaging photos of Inside Llewyn Davis less than a week from its release. Has anyone posted photos of this online yet to anyone's knowledge?
- mfunk9786
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Agreed. What a rush-job.
- HistoryProf
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wow....that Phoenix cover is absolutely spectacular.
the rest...not so much.
the rest...not so much.
- Ashirg
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Just noticed that author of Phoenix cover, Nessim Higson, also created contender for the best cover of 2015, Code Unknown and the worst cover of 2014, Y tu mamá también...
- domino harvey
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Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.
Now that is range!
- Ribs
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Packaging photos shared in the blu-ray forums show Emigrants is an amaray, which is pretty disappointing.
- cdnchris
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- ermylaw
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Another very nice mini-poster for Death by Hanging.
I am disappointed that The Emigrants/The New Land is not a special packaging of some sort. Oh well!
I am disappointed that The Emigrants/The New Land is not a special packaging of some sort. Oh well!
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- tenia
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But you have the weird pink spine on Gilda to compensate !
Any joke aside, I love the front cover of Llewyn Davis, though I already have the French Studio Canal release (which includes already some extras, most of all the concert on a dedicated BD with lossless sound) so I'm not going to double dip.
Any joke aside, I love the front cover of Llewyn Davis, though I already have the French Studio Canal release (which includes already some extras, most of all the concert on a dedicated BD with lossless sound) so I'm not going to double dip.
- colinr0380
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This is purely because they arrived in my same order, but the covers for Gilda and The Green Inferno struck me as eerily similar!
- chatterjees
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So, The Kid is the first Criterion Chaplin release to lack a booklet?
- Ribs
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No, it looks like its yet another leaflet.
- cdnchris
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- mfunk9786
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I Knew Her Well is an early contender for packaging/art of the year.
- Minkin
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Does anyone have a microscope so that they can read the three company logos (next to Studio Canal) on the back of the Inside Llewyn Davis cover?
- The Narrator Returns
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The last two are Mike Zoss Productions (AKA the Coen brothers) and Nonesuch Records, and based on the credits block, the second is Anton Capital Entertainment.
- Ribs
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The titling on the cover for Brief Encounter's been changed:
- feihong
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And the framing of the image is also more conventional. The mist supposedly coming from the steam engine has been lowered and reduced in scope, ruining the subtle, diaphanous layering of the original design. All the changes are downgrades, to my eyes. But I can see how they might make the design more accessible to your standard consumer. The original design was just a whole lot better, in my opinion.