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

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#2551 Post by tenia » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:03 pm

soundchaser wrote:I'm confused as to why the characters' names on One Night in Miami... are so much larger than the actors'. Makes it look like a documentary.
It does look like a pure marketing trick, a way to manage to have more popular names on the cover in big bold font.

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#2552 Post by dwk » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:13 pm

The original poster does something similar
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#2553 Post by Ribs » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:22 pm

It's because the premise of the movie is "these four legends were together" - and the lettering is framed almost like a prize fight poster, even if the movies isn't really like "they're all fighting each other." It's not "these actors are together," it's the people they play that's what will draw people in (as much as I like the actors, not many people are desperately seeking new Aldis Hodge vehicles).

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#2554 Post by Shrew » Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:15 pm

Kracker wrote:Jeez, they’re inching closer to just taking the month of December off
During the 2000s they tended to have only 1 or 2 releases in December, or maybe a gift box set collecting previous releases (like the Great Adaptations box or the 4 Samurai Classics by Kurosawa box). December has historically been a bad month to release retail products (though Im sure online shopping has improved sales somewhat).

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#2555 Post by Matt » Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:42 pm

Manufacturing pipelines are very backed up right now. Paper, printing, shipping, and warehousing shortages are crippling the book industry, and I’m sure physical media companies are being affected by this too. Better to announce a light slate than to have product delays and shortages during the holidays (which might happen anyway).


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#2557 Post by cdnchris » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:33 pm

I kinda dig the "artwork" for The Celebration
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#2558 Post by ryannichols7 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:35 pm

cdnchris wrote:
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I kinda dig the "artwork" for The Celebration
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their Yeezus moment. it fits perfectly I think

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#2559 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:39 pm

The Celebration cover is immediately an all-time favorite. Fabulous.

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#2560 Post by swo17 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:43 pm

ryannichols7 wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:35 pm
cdnchris wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:33 pm
I kinda dig the "artwork" for The Celebration
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their Yeezus moment. it fits perfectly I think
Re:voir and Index have been doing stuff like this for years. It works here too of course

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#2561 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:44 pm

But with the Criterion branding and the context of the film it takes on a real gravitas that those couldn't possibly

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#2562 Post by JayAlmighty » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm

My takes on the covers:

TIME - It is pretty, but perhaps a bit too minimalistic.

DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD - I haven't seen the it yet, but from what I've heard this seems to match the tone of the pretty well. That said, my only issue is with the lettering; I know that the blackletter type matches the heavenly vibe of the cover, but in my opinion that text is just screaming to be in all caps.

THE PIANO - Beautiful and elegant. It might not be that daring but I think this represents the film perfectly.

THE CELEBRATION - This might be a hot take, but I think this is one of the best covers criterion has ever done. Yeah, I know it's not "really" a cover, more of a triumph of packaging. If I had to picture a library of Dogme 95 films, they'd probably all look like this: stripped down to the bare essentials, cold, intimidating and just daring you to watch them. Here's hoping that, if THE IDIOTS ever gets a release, they reuse this concept.

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#2563 Post by soundchaser » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:54 pm

Time is a nice piece of art by itself, but it feels like one of those fanmade Criterion covers that are totally inaccessible to anyone who hasn't yet seen the film.

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#2564 Post by swo17 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:55 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:44 pm
But with the Criterion branding and the context of the film it takes on a real gravitas that those couldn't possibly
I mean, I think this is just as contextually and functionally impressive, if not more so

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#2565 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:59 pm

These are all great covers/designs!

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#2566 Post by Boosmahn » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:00 pm

JayAlmighty wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm
Here's hoping that, if THE IDIOTS ever gets a release, they reuse this concept.
The "DOGME ... 1" seems to suggest they're planning a series of Dogme 95 releases. I bet they'll all have "covers" like this, but maybe with different-colored statements.

On that note, I love the packaging. Bold and, from what I know of the movement, brilliant.

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#2567 Post by swo17 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:03 pm

JayAlmighty wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm
Here's hoping that, if THE IDIOTS ever gets a release, they reuse this concept.
Actually something kinda like this might fit Dogville the best. But here's hoping they do release Idioterne!

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#2568 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:08 pm

Boosmahn wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:00 pm
JayAlmighty wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm
Here's hoping that, if THE IDIOTS ever gets a release, they reuse this concept.
The "DOGME ... 1" seems to suggest they're planning a series of Dogme 95 releases. I bet they'll all have "covers" like this, but maybe with different-colored statements.
The official Dogme films are all numbered, it probably just reflects that

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#2569 Post by Shrew » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:11 pm

The only problem with the Celebration cover is that it's giving me flashbacks to the horrible closed caption\ black box subtitles on the old DVD. Here's hoping that's not a Dogme requirement in the new release.


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#2570 Post by swo17 » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:14 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:08 pm
Boosmahn wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:00 pm
JayAlmighty wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm
Here's hoping that, if THE IDIOTS ever gets a release, they reuse this concept.
The "DOGME ... 1" seems to suggest they're planning a series of Dogme 95 releases. I bet they'll all have "covers" like this, but maybe with different-colored statements.
The official Dogme films are all numbered, it probably just reflects that
In fact, it was literally Dogme film #1, so the perfect film to present this way. But also the only film to present this way, as it's already pushing it with the gimmickry, and I fear repeating the trick would give it away

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#2571 Post by Pavel » Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:36 pm

Can someone explain to me, an idiot, what's pictured on the Time cover (I have seen the film)?

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#2572 Post by zedz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:52 pm

swo17 wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:03 pm
JayAlmighty wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm
Here's hoping that, if THE IDIOTS ever gets a release, they reuse this concept.
Actually something kinda like this might fit Dogville the best. But here's hoping they do release Idioterne!
Though Dogville isn't a Dogme film. In fact, it violates just about all of the principles of the movement. It was conceivable Von Trier just did this to be bloody-minded: Must be shot on location? NO LOCATIONS! No props? ALL PROPS!

But it would lend itself to a creative packaging design.

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#2573 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:54 pm

The Celebration’s cover is very creative, but The Piano’s is so overwhelmingly gorgeous that I immediately felt and acted on a compulsion to skip lunch and run out to my lib to grab the DVD for a revisit later. That’s some cover-of-the-year pull

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#2574 Post by Saturnome » Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:18 pm

I have very, very vague recollection of some obscure local dogme film (probably Dogme 41: Lonely Child) which had a similar dvd package. That was in a school library circa 2006. I'm not too sure of my memory here, but I had totally forgotten this film until I saw the packaging.

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#2575 Post by Walter Kurtz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:21 pm

zedz wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:52 pm
But (Dogville) would lend itself to a creative packaging design.
Clear case w/ Criterion logo and one large word stenciled on the front (same typeface and color as in the film)

CASE

No booklet.
The disc is the prop.

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