Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.4
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Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.4
Please post and discuss cover art in this thread only. Posts of cover art and discussions of cover art in other threads may be moved to this thread or deleted.
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Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.1
Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2
Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.3
Previous versions of this thread:
Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.1
Criterion Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.2
Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.3
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The artist is Caitlin Kuhwald. There is some discussion of her beginning here.Via_Chicago wrote:Is the guy who designed the Amarcord cover responsible for Thief of Baghdad? The faces look identical.
On that topic, I like its layout and cover scheme, but I think the drawings themselves suck.
They chose not to credit any of the directors on the cover of Thief of Bagdad, and went with "An Alexander Korda Production" instead.
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Same designer from Amarcord, no?
I would have preferred the original French title, Le fou follet.
The info in Les Amants had the details for Before the Rain.
Probably ecsthetic reasons:Jeff wrote:They chose not to credit any of the directors on the cover of Thief of Bagdad, and went with "An Alexander Korda Production" instead.
The good thing about the Malle covers is that we can play Tik-Tak-Toe with them.Directed by
Ludwig Berger
Michael Powell
Tim Whelan
Alexander Korda (uncredited)
Zoltan Korda (uncredited)
William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)
I would have preferred the original French title, Le fou follet.
The info in Les Amants had the details for Before the Rain.
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I would have gone with "A film by Michael Powell (and some other dudes)"Cinephrenic wrote:Probably ecsthetic reasons:Jeff wrote:They chose not to credit any of the directors on the cover of Thief of Bagdad, and went with "An Alexander Korda Production" instead.
Directed by
Ludwig Berger
Michael Powell
Tim Whelan
Alexander Korda (uncredited)
Zoltan Korda (uncredited)
William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)
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I really like the simplicity of the Malle covers. I don't think I'll ever come around to appreciating Caitlin Kuhwald though. I guess she's to the go-to artist for whimsy. Thief of Bagdad needs brighter colors. It should verge on garish.
Another month where I won't be buying anything, though. Criterion is saving me a ton of money this year.
Another month where I won't be buying anything, though. Criterion is saving me a ton of money this year.
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Just not a big fan. It's not like like I think Criterion is wasting their time... it's just not to my tastes. I prefer Resnais to any of the other "French New Wave" (despite the fact that neither Malle nor Resnais belong to the "french New Wave")Cinephrenic wrote:Why pass on Malle?
Mostly, people have a narrow view of "new wave". A lot of people (on these boards, and not) count Resnais, Malle, Marker and Varda as something as other than typical "French New Wave".LightBulbFilm wrote:I disagree. What makes you think they don't?miless wrote: (despite the fact that neither Malle nor Resnais belong to the "french New Wave")
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I like them all too. For the Malle, simple's not a bad thing. Just because the amateur can only detect two elements and thinks they could have done that themselves doesn't mean they were phoned in. Why, I can see at least three elements present. The Thief of Bagdad, it's ostensibly cute but I also find it disturbing which makes for good contrast. Sort of like when people start discussing what is or is not New Wave in what's supposed to be one of our most brain dead threads. Blows my mind.
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Quai des OrfevresSaturnome wrote:I know this is quite individual thinking, but I'd would like French releases to have their original titles, for the only reason that I know them better by those. I almost skip some titles sometimes (and I may have skipped some) because of it.
Pepe le moko
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Hiroshima mon amour
Le cercle rouge
Le corbeau
Touchez pas au grisbi
Tout va bien