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I prefer the BD artwork. And they've been doing that a lot lately, varying the interior/disc art.

Stagecoach DVD
Stagecoach Blu-ray

3-D interior artwork?

Napier wrote:3-D interior artwork?

That so discriminates against those of us with lazy eye...

Gorgeous package.

I assume that's some kind of Warhol Triple Elvis allusion, but it seems a little odd for this package.

I'm fond of the whole package, equal parts pop-art, 50s kitsch, and modernism. Very cool.

Yeah, obviously a Warhol reference, and pretty clever in my opinon. This is, after all, considered the first "modern" western, no? Perhaps the first "Pop" western?

Matt wrote:I assume that's some kind of Warhol Triple Elvis allusion, but it seems a little odd for this package.

I like the art, but I don't get it. I understand the ironist impulse to pierce the "Cowboys and Indians" bravado of John Wayne and the genre as a whole, but this is Stagecoach for chrissakes.

Tom Hagen wrote: I like the art, but I don't get it. I understand the ironist impulse to pierce the "Cowboys and Indians" bravado of John Wayne and the genre as a whole, but this is Stagecoach for chrissakes.

It is on the back of the cover paper, after all.

Selling this as some kind of kitsch product makes me want to vom all over those responsible

cdnchris wrote:Stagecoach DVD
Stagecoach Blu-ray

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that should put to rest the whining about this particular cover. As expected the shade of teal is much more natural/faded in person. that looks absolutely gorgeous, and I can't wait to own it! Love the Walkabout blu are too...and prefer the blu interior. for a film that's so vibrant the SD interior is far too bland.


I just have to figure out how i'm going to afford all of these releases in May and June. it's pretty ridiculous, and in may they are coming one a week

Stagecoach package is a horrible ugly mess.
This ranks up there with the pink cover for Viridiana as a failure.
Just looking at it gives me a headache.
Pop art post-modernism just doesn't work for Classicism.

I think a nice shot of Monument Valley would have worked well on the interior art. Regardless, I can't wait for this!

This is pretty much the best release ever. I'm going to get high and watch the artwork when I finally receive it.

While I "get" the artwork and think it's done well in the formal sense, I think it's completely inappropriate in relation to the picture. I'm surprised it's been received so warmly around these parts. Discounting domino's and godardslave's absurd hyperbole, of course.

With that said, yes, I can't wait to get this. It's not the interior artwork that I'll be watching on my TV screen.

aox wrote:This is pretty much the best release ever. I'm going to get high and watch the artwork when I finally receive it.

That's actually reasonably funny.
And it might just be the only way this artwork could make sense.

Anyone who doesn't like it is just jealous that they can't see what it looks like when you cross your eyes just right.

Spoiler

There are four John Waynes!

med wrote:Discounting domino's and godardslave's absurd hyperbole, of course.

Hey, leave my hyperbole alone! [-o<

Did Mr. Brainwash do the interior artwork? I mean, I like it, but I'm fully aware that I shouldn't.

med wrote: I'm surprised it's been received so warmly around these parts.

The forum has become afraid to be outspokenly critical of artwork in recent times!

What? No.

Don't you guys know? This is Russ Meyers' version of "John Ford's Stagecoach."

Wouldn't that interior be more appropriate for I Shot Liberty Valance?

By Brakhage Blu-ray Set

I apologize for the light in the photos. My wife loaned the camera out to someone and I had to use my cell phone. I'll take shots with a proper camera once I get it back.