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As far as Merry-go-Round goes, that's another Rivette film that I (sadly) haven't encountered either. Perhaps someone who's seen the film should try their hand at making a cover.

I have seen it and although I'm probably in a minority here, it is my absolute favorite Rivette film. I'll make a cover once I stop dreaming of encountering that L'Amour Fou cover in the "coming soon" section.

I have seen it and although I'm probably in a minority here, it is my absolute favorite Rivette film. I'll make a cover once I stop dreaming of encountering that L'Amour Fou cover in the "coming soon" section.

Thanks! I kind of feel like I'm the least suited to be making Rivette covers; I've only seen Bande des quatres, Secret Défense and La Belle Noiseuse, but they've all made such lasting impressions on me. I'm waiting for the Cinématheque Québecoise to bring some of those new prints in, though I'm not holding my breath.

I've only seen Bande des quatres, Secret Défense and La Belle Noiseuse

How in the hell did I ever forget to list Céline et Julie?

Both those L'Amour Fous are pretty compelling designs. If only Criterion would actually do that title. Rivette is among my top 5 filmmakers of all time. By the way, the BFI disc-set of CELINE AND JULIE is excellent, transfer-wise. When is that one coming to the states, one might ask.

DignanSWE wrote:

This is pretty nice. I haven't seen it so I have no idea if it's in line with the film, but it looks very classy.

The unfortunate lack of good quality press material or stills from the film make this come off looking more antiquated than I'd wanted; alternately, I really like the second image, but the source is somewhat compromised and doesn't lend itself to much variation beyond what you see and something would need something to fill in the empty space (which originally merged into another shot) at the bottom. I didn't simply want to toss a logo onto one of the poster designs, and being able to find anything else in full color would've been nice.

=;

Am I detecting the influence of swimminghorses?

Tarkavsky?

The cracked light bulb porthole is interesting.
But I'm in the middle of watching the film, so can't comment yet on the design in relation to the film.

It's an "O"

Tarkovsky's credit was the trickiest design decision, and one I'm still not comfortable with. Generally I think simpler (and clearer) is better, but in this case I took a chance.

Thanks for the comments.

Speaking of which... For forum members outside of Portland, you can see the interpretative poster-art here in the pictures gallery.

Cold Bishop wrote:Speaking of which... For forum members outside of Portland, you can see the interpretative poster-art here in the pictures gallery.

Yeah, like this guy could ever get a job at Criterion! Strictly amateur!

A proposal for Luchino Visconti's "Senso"

Toby Dammit wrote:A proposal for Luchino Visconti's "Senso"

Looks like a still from one of Godard's video works.

Great photo, but that font needs to change.

It's not a photo or a still. It's a detail of the painting Il bacio by Francesco Hayez.

kinjitsu wrote:It's not a photo or a still. It's a detail of the painting Il bacio by Francesco Hayez.

Are you sure? It looks like a photograph to me.

And it was the font that screamed Godard. Is there a font that screams Visconti?

Cold Bishop wrote:

This is excellent

justeleblanc wrote:

kinjitsu wrote:It's not a photo or a still. It's a detail of the painting Il bacio by Francesco Hayez.

Are you sure? It looks like a photograph to me.

Positive. It's hanging in the Brera.

Now go to Sala XXXVIII...

It's not a photo or a still. It's a detail of the painting Il bacio by Francesco Hayez.

Yes! it's "Il Bacio" (The Kiss) by Francesco Hayez. The image is reproduced in the movie with Allida Valli and Farley Granger



The painting represent a scene from Verdi's "Il Trovatore", the Opera in the beginning of the film

Well, it's perfect for Senso's cover. For mi is better than photography

And it was the font that screamed Godard. Is there a font that screams Visconti?

Maybe this?????:roll:

This would make me so happy. Does anyone else regard this film as a serious absurdist masterpiece, as I do? A.O. Scott, perhaps.

It's funny how much better this is than the actual cover.

I couldn't agree more... Looks like a good package though all in all. Might be a blind buy for me (or is it better to buy the R2 E trilogy set?)