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

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#576 Post by CSM126 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:34 am

SOTL is ok, I guess but it’s too cute for my tastes. A Rorschach blot made of blood doesn’t even seem to connect with the film (unless we just assume Lecter used Rorschachs on his patients, I guess?). I would’ve preferred either the poster art or even criterion’s simple-but-effective laserdisc cover art (Clarice looking through the glass with Lecter reflected so he seems to be peering over her shoulder).

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#577 Post by Big Ben » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:21 am

It's meant to be the death's-head hawkmoth from the film mixed with blood. It's one of the most astoundingly simple things Criterion could have done. Unless someone wanted lambs with duct taped mouths as the cover.

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#578 Post by What A Disgrace » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:27 am

You know you've been spoiled by Arrow Video when you look at the specs for Night of the Living Dead and go "where's the 100 page hardback book?!"

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#579 Post by Malickite » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:38 am

Boosmahn wrote:
Ribs wrote:Night of the Living Dead is surely a digipak, right?
Both Night of the Living Dead and Silence of the Lambs will be.
Goddammit.

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#580 Post by dwk » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:30 pm

Here is Sean Phillips interior and booklet cover art for Night of the Living Dead:

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#581 Post by Glowingwabbit » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:13 pm

dwk wrote:Here is Sean Phillips interior and booklet cover art for Night of the Living Dead:

Image 1

Image 2
Image 2 would have been a better cover.

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#582 Post by CSM126 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:23 pm

Big Ben wrote:It's meant to be the death's-head hawkmoth from the film mixed with blood. It's one of the most astoundingly simple things Criterion could have done. Unless someone wanted lambs with duct taped mouths as the cover.
I’m aware. I still think it’s too cute.

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#583 Post by bearcuborg » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:30 pm

I’ve come to accept that most Criterion art is gonna be terrible, and while this new batch is no exception for the most part, I feel like it should only be Ben and Barbara on the Living Dead cover.

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#584 Post by swo17 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:33 pm

In contrast, I think it would be better with just the hands.

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#585 Post by Feego » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:51 pm

This FTW:

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#586 Post by Finch » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:33 pm

Glowingwabbit wrote:
dwk wrote:Image 2
Image 2 would have been a better cover.
Image 2 is just perfect. By comparison the actual cover feels very cluttered.

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#587 Post by swo17 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:37 pm

Image 2 is basically the cover for the Mill Creek Blu-ray that just came out.

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#588 Post by felipe » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:23 pm

Silence of the Lambs is awful. That could've been the poster for a dozen cheap horror movies, or maybe a new season of AHS, but it's just not SOTL.

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#589 Post by Feego » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:34 pm

dwk wrote:Here is Sean Phillips interior and booklet cover art for Night of the Living Dead:

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Image 2
Even Image 1 would have made a pretty snazzy cover if cropped correctly:

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#590 Post by swo17 » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:57 am

That looks great!

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#591 Post by Morbii » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:58 am

Agreed. Someone email Mulvaney stat!

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#592 Post by Graphist » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:56 pm

CSM126 wrote:SOTL is ok, I guess but it’s too cute for my tastes. A Rorschach blot made of blood doesn’t even seem to connect with the film (unless we just assume Lecter used Rorschachs on his patients, I guess?). I would’ve preferred either the poster art or even criterion’s simple-but-effective laserdisc cover art (Clarice looking through the glass with Lecter reflected so he seems to be peering over her shoulder).
Yes, I agree with another poster about it being a death’s-head hawkmoth, but with a twist depicting it as a Rorschach ink drawing to echo the psychological undertones in the film. It is one of the best recent covers, though the type could have been a bit smaller in relation to the illustration. (I wonder if a black background would have looked much better though.)

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

#593 Post by Graphist » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:02 pm

I like the inside drawings much better than the cover one.

The Tom Jones cover feels unfinished and that typeface goes neither with the film nor with that particular drawing.

A bit upset Malle’s film did not get a new cover.

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#594 Post by geoffcowgill » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:56 pm

Graphist wrote:
CSM126 wrote:SOTL is ok, I guess but it’s too cute for my tastes. A Rorschach blot made of blood doesn’t even seem to connect with the film (unless we just assume Lecter used Rorschachs on his patients, I guess?). I would’ve preferred either the poster art or even criterion’s simple-but-effective laserdisc cover art (Clarice looking through the glass with Lecter reflected so he seems to be peering over her shoulder).
Yes, I agree with another poster about it being a death’s-head hawkmoth, but with a twist depicting it as a Rorschach ink drawing to echo the psychological undertones in the film. It is one of the best recent covers, though the type could have been a bit smaller in relation to the illustration. (I wonder if a black background would have looked much better though.)
It strikes me as a less successful version of the Don't Look Now cover's approach.


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#596 Post by Ribs » Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:31 pm

Hoo boy, Election's a *real* miss altogether.

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#597 Post by Never Cursed » Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:39 pm

Monterey Pop, however, is even better than I thought. The liner art reminds me of the freakout scene from Belladonna Of Sadness.

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#598 Post by cdnchris » Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:04 pm

Ribs wrote:Hoo boy, Election's a *real* miss altogether.
This is one where it's even worse when you have it in your hands.

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#599 Post by kcota17 » Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:09 pm

Is Election a booklet or fold out?

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#600 Post by cdnchris » Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:35 pm

It's a fold out

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