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

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#1176 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:27 pm

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Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:26 pm
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Wow, those are all good. Especially the Burnett

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#1177 Post by KJones77 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:31 pm

Very good month but no obvious sale anchor title. Interesting.

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#1178 Post by Big Ben » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:33 pm

I really like Death in Venice and To Sleep With Anger.

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#1179 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:34 pm

KJones77 wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:31 pm
Very good month but no obvious sale anchor title. Interesting.
Those in the know could tell you To Sleep With Anger is one of the most important rescues this label has ever made. This is an anchor title for the entire Criterion Collection

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#1180 Post by KJones77 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:37 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:34 pm
KJones77 wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:31 pm
Very good month but no obvious sale anchor title. Interesting.
Those in the know could tell you To Sleep With Anger is one of the most important rescues this label has ever made. This is an anchor title for the entire Criterion Collection
Oh sure of course.

I just expected something to draw in more casuals is all. Great set of titles, but I figured there would be something more popular for the sale.

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#1181 Post by Big Ben » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:43 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:34 pm
KJones77 wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:31 pm
Very good month but no obvious sale anchor title. Interesting.
Those in the know could tell you To Sleep With Anger is one of the most important rescues this label has ever made. This is an anchor title for the entire Criterion Collection
Could you explain?

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#1182 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:48 pm

See the dedicated thread for testimonials. It's one of the greatest films ever made and it never even had a DVD release in the United States. It came out at a time when black cinema began to be defined by different approaches than what Burnett offered and it's been criminally overlooked for the entirety of its existence. This is a release that will finally right a great wrong, and it's fine if you think no film could possibly merit this degree of hyperbole, because it does anyways

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

#1183 Post by movielocke » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:49 pm

domino harvey wrote:
KJones77 wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:31 pm
Very good month but no obvious sale anchor title. Interesting.
Those in the know could tell you To Sleep With Anger is one of the most important rescues this label has ever made. This is an anchor title for the entire Criterion Collection
It’s been on my radar since 2003, but not one I ever strived to track down, excited to cross it off the “watch that some day” list.

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#1184 Post by Big Ben » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:51 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:48 pm
See the dedicated thread for testimonials. It's one of the greatest films ever made and it never even had a DVD release in the United States. It came out at a time when black cinema began to be defined by different approaches than what Burnett offered and it's been criminally overlooked for the entirety of its existence. This is a release that will finally right a great wrong, and it's fine if you think no film could possibly merit this degree of hyperbole, because it does anyways
I very much value your opinion and if you think it's worthy of this much attention I'll be happy to check it out. The premise sounds great and I'm on board. Thank you for the clarification/explanation.

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#1185 Post by swo17 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:53 pm

domino is of course being a little hyperbolic, but not that much

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#1186 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:57 pm

I have to stay on brand, you know

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#1187 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:58 pm

And I thought you would save the hyperbole for Wanda

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#1188 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:59 pm

Wanda is the second-best film of the 70s with the name "Wanda" in the title

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#1189 Post by Yaanu » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:02 pm

Have there been any four-disc BD-height Scanavo cases used in past releases?
If not, I wonder what the packaging for Berlin Alexanderplatz will be like.

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#1190 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:03 pm

Considering the elaborate digipak of the DVD, there's no reason to think the Blu-Ray won't be similarly packaged

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#1191 Post by FlickeringWindow » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:40 pm

Yaanu wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:02 pm
Have there been any four-disc BD-height Scanavo cases used in past releases?
If not, I wonder what the packaging for Berlin Alexanderplatz will be like.
Not by Criterion, but Flicker Alley used a 4-disc variant for their Masterworks of Avant-Garde Cinema. It's as thick as the old 2-disc cases Criterion used to use years ago for DVD, but with two discs stacked on each side and plenty of space in-between for a booklet.

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#1192 Post by DarkImbecile » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:45 pm

Wow, what a good month of covers... not that I wasn't already buying all of these, but it sure doesn't hurt.

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#1193 Post by DRW.mov » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:56 pm

FlickeringWindow wrote:
Yaanu wrote: Have there been any four-disc BD-height Scanavo cases used in past releases?
If not, I wonder what the packaging for Berlin Alexanderplatz will be like.
Not by Criterion, but Flicker Alley used a 4-disc variant for their Masterworks of Avant-Garde Cinema. It's as thick as the old 2-disc cases Criterion used to use years ago for DVD, but with two discs stacked on each side and plenty of space in-between for a booklet.
Knowing Criterion, you can expect a digipack around the same size as the Dekalog or Lone Wolf and Cub which will happily be about half the size or less of the DVD set.

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#1194 Post by knives » Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:33 pm

That Burnett cover is a real test of the it could come in a paper bag phrase. It makes the film look like a bad Arrow slasher pic. Still, one of the best films ever gets released so I should hold me complaints.

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#1195 Post by domino harvey » Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:42 pm

The painter, Charly Palmer, is well-known as a vocal advocate for "Black Art" as a conscious concept (which I was coincidentally just reading about), and his work embodies that. This cover is wholly within his style and approach, and a smart choice for Criterion's release

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#1196 Post by knives » Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:43 pm

I didn't know that, but at the same time that doesn't stop it from looking like a bad Arrow cover.

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#1197 Post by DarkImbecile » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:04 pm

The more I look at these, the more I like how simply and cleanly La vérité adapts and improves on the original poster — which I just happened to see and be intrigued by a few times in college, without ever actually having seen the film — by focusing on the (obviously) most striking element.

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#1198 Post by Graphist » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:21 pm

knives wrote:That Burnett cover is a real test of the it could come in a paper bag phrase. It makes the film look like a bad Arrow slasher pic. Still, one of the best films ever gets released so I should hold me complaints.
Thank you! I thought I was the only one high-browing the cover design. Because everyone is going ga-ga about it. 🤷‍♂️

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#1199 Post by Graphist » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Also, unfortunately many talk about the bizarre, uncanny resemblance of the rendered character to OJ Simpson (with a big knife)! Most likely the cover will go through a revision.

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#1200 Post by Cremildo » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:56 pm

Agreed - that looks very little like Danny Glover.

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