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Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:41 pm
by alacal2
That Miranda July cover reminds me of those Arrow multi-character horror covers - in a bad way. At least Arrow gave you a reversible one. Like the goldfish though.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:19 pm
by theflicker
britcom68 wrote:My sole complaint about Grand B. Hotel's cover art is just that the blues are hardly indicative of the film's pallets. I would agree with others who would have preferred reds, yellow-orange or perhaps even pastels to echo the courtesan au chocolat. Shades of blue are used in the film, but hardly to such a degree it begged to be the cover art. Frankly this is one tremendous chance for the packaging itself to be opulent, in keeping in with the spirit of the film itself. If it is learned that Anderson himself approved this cover as-is then I would be shocked at his miscalculation from so meticulous an auteur.
I assume that the cover is designed by his brother, Eric Chase Anderson as most of his other titles are.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:41 pm
by swo17
My initial reaction to the July cover was swimminghorsesness, but then it grew on me. All of these covers actually do a very good job of evoking what I think of the films. Make of that what you will
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:13 pm
by Boosmahn
theflicker wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:19 pmI assume that the cover is designed by his brother, Eric Chase Anderson as most of his other titles are.
This one was done by Emma Wesley.
My main problem (apart from the unrepresentative color scheme) is the extremely unflattering illustration of F. Murray Abraham. (Scratch that, everybody's face looks bad.)
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:59 pm
by John Shade
Late to the game here: I'm with the GBH cover dissenters. They've had so much time and this is such a great film. I was thinking something in line with the colors of the movie...
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:16 pm
by ng4996
John Shade wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:59 pm
Late to the game here: I'm with the GBH cover dissenters. They've had so much time and this is such a great film. I was thinking something in line with the colors of the movie...
I was surprised they didn't go with something like the cover of the novel in the film. Too obvious maybe?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:54 am
by cdnchris
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:49 pm
by Ribs
I got my replacement All About Eve today - about what I’d expect. A little confused why it came with another booklet that seems to have the same proportions but has a slightly different color scheme to the pages (not sure which one’s the one that came today to be honest!)
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:50 pm
by cdnchris
The old package could rip the booklet so I assume that's why they replaced it along with everything else.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:08 am
by yoloswegmaster
Is it true that Roma comes with a 100 page book?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:51 am
by cdnchris
Yes! I haven't read all of it yet. There are a lot of pictures, though, featuring research, production design and film stills so it's not all text. Some of the pictures fold out too (basically full widescreen stills from the film from what I've seen so far).
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:31 am
by tenia
More pages but more filler.
Yay.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:33 pm
by dwk
I dont consider production design or research photos filler. Too many film stills, yeah, that is filler.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:55 pm
by tenia
dwk wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:33 pm
I dont consider production design or research photos filler. Too many film stills, yeah, that is filler.
That's my stance too, but then, Chris did write : "Some of the pictures fold out too (basically full widescreen stills from the film from what I've seen so far)."
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 6:04 pm
by cdnchris
There's only a few of those, not that many.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 6:20 pm
by cdnchris
I'll be putting pics up today (some are on Facebook right now) but the Zeman set is pretty cool, though I won't be surprised if there are issues during shipping. As annoying as the Eve box was it was pretty sturdy and the Zeman set is more fragile in comparison and it won't shock me if certain aspects of it rip easily. The discs are also in sleeves that are a bit tight.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:16 pm
by cdnchris
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:01 pm
by zedz
Shall we just call this year's Best Packaging award now?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:48 pm
by fdm
Slots... ugh.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:38 pm
by black&huge
zedz wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:01 pm
Shall we just call this year's Best Packaging award now?
No way
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:22 am
by feihong
That looks lovely. It probably will turn out to be the nicest package of the year.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:13 am
by mfunk9786
Blu-ray has been around (and not getting scratched by lightweight cardboard) for how long now? And people are still griping about slots?
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:42 am
by tenia
I actually have a few BDs scratched by digibooks usually slots. I also had a few of the Zatoichi discs that ended up too deep in the slot and kind of stuck in the glue.
Finally, when you remember that CD-rot and most likely DVD and BD-rot are increased by dye content from booklets, you'd think it's best not to have discs litterally in contact with printed cardboard.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:31 pm
by mfunk9786
In all my years buying Blu-rays, I have never even seen a scratched disc. Are you sure you can't just take some glue off with your fingernail and it looks like a scratch? The coating on those things is very resilient, but definitely resilient enough to withstand a cardboard sleeve.
Re: Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:18 pm
by tenia
I dont think these scratches ever caused me playback issues though, but still. I can't say for sure where these scratches come from, but these are for discs stored in Pozzoli digibooks with tight slots. I often simply chose to place them in much looser plastic sleeve and it solved having difficulties sliding them out and back in. I dont think it's coming from glue considering how they look like and where they are situated.
But again, you're right about the coating and the better technology overall about it. I'm quite certain DVDs with such scratches would have playback issues.