MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on

[Jem]

Beautiful. Excellent choices.

[stepps]

very exciting, the most beautiful artwork I've seen from any label, though Fantastic Planet was also superb and MoC are always great (except Vengeance is Mine #-o ). having seen pandora's box and l'armee des ombres, 2 blind buys coming up

[Sparks]

Why has the MOC-banner changed colour on Spione and Onibaba?

[peerpee]

They've been repressed. Disc content is identical. The booklets are almost identical (ONIBABA now has a red booklet cover) and the banner has changed colour.

[hammock]

They've been repressed. Disc content is identical. The booklets are almost identical (ONIBABA now has a red booklet cover) and the banner has changed colour.

Will they have "Second Printing" printed on them?

[peerpee]

No, I think we'd only do that if the disc content changed.

[a.khan]

I like the revised banner colours. They are more consistent with the poster art now.

[jamie_summers]

v. nice

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[domino harvey]

wow, the hits just keep on coming!

[Anthony]

Nice cover.

[TheGodfather]

Really lovely!

[addz]

They've been repressed. Disc content is identical.

Will they have "Second Printing" printed on them?

No, I think we'd only do that if the disc content changed.

Don't wish to jump the gun on anything here, but I might as well ask - is this something that we can expect in the future?

Guess I'm just asking in what circumstances you'd change the disc content (i'm guessing if a major extra was uncovered or something like that). Also would there be a replacement scheme in effect for people who already splashed out on the initial disc?

[Bleddyn Williams]

Nick, is this MoC policy now? To change banner covers for each printing?

Love Silence de la Mer cover - lovely.

[denti alligator]

Customer review at amazon.co.uk for General Idi Amin Dada takes issue with the cover:

Why only four stars? I'd say that the use of such an unpleasant and grotesquely racist caricature as that which adorns the front cover is a huge let-down - a miscalculation bordering on disgrace. If you can get hold of the original Criterion DVD release you might want to do so - it's exactly the same film minus the nasty cover.

[a.khan]

Irony of all ironies: a culturally sensitive caricature of Idi Ami? (Not to generalise, but that comment is just fucking naïve, and totally not-in-context.)

I vote for a HUGE printout of this to be delivered to said customer…that'll make him view the MoC cover artwork in a new light.

[peerpee]

There's nothing racist about the caricature used on the MoC sleeve. If it's racist then all caricatures are racist. The amazon customer's political correctness is borderline hysteria.

[Awesome Welles]

What does everyone think of the Bellissima cover art?

The cover artwork reminds me of Don Bachardy's work, does anyone know the artist?

I think it's is ok, the kind of thing that might grow on me, it just doesn't seem to convey that darkness that it's the film. I don't think it should be explicit but subtle, more melancholic. I also think that the original title art 'Bellissima' doesn't go with the new artwork.

I found quite a nice poster:



Thoughts anyone?

[Sparks]

Silence

[TheGodfather]

Really, really beautiful =D> =D>

Criterion eat your heart out. This is how cover art should be done.

[Awesome Welles]

Great art work, I can't wait for this.

[Michael Kerpan]

When you have Miyagawa's cinematography to work with -- creating a striking cover should not be an overly difficult task.

all the same, good work MOC.

[hammock]

Love the latest additions but this one just looks nice and does not trigger me in any way. I have the same problem when Criterion use a still and do not "work it". Gonna buy it anyway as MoC movies never disappoint me!

[a.khan]

I like how Nick was able to include both the original Japanese and English film title on the "Silence" artwork, in a way that does them both justice.

[Tommaso]

Truly beautiful. If MoC ever decides to do merchandising a la Criterion (you know, t-shirts, hats etc.), this one should be released as a large poster. Can't wait to get the disc.

[jt]

I rarely care enough about cover-art to actually bother others with my opinion of it but these last few designs by MoC are of such a high standard, I can't help giving Nick and the MoC guys some virtual applause.

And to further Tommaso's suggestion, I would certainly pay good money for any posters of the UFA films MoC have been able to release. Unless I win the lottery, the original artwork for Asphalt, Die Nibelungen or Spione won't be on my wall any time soon...