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

[Fred Holywell]

Not crazy about The Philadelphia Story cover. Primarily because of the color scheme. It doesn't work.

I'm not too crazy about it, either. Kinda... meh. I wonder if they didn't start with the original MGM promo art by Kapralik -- same basic design idea. Maybe they should have just gone with the original, as they did with their "Woman of the Year" cover.

[domino harvey]

That's fucking terrifying

[cdnchris]

Certain Women

[Rayon Vert]

Every single part of me wants to hate that Philadelphia Story cover but it's just so eye-catching that I can't

The fellow on the left looks a lot more like Robert Taylor or Robert Montgomery than Cary Grant.

The mouth and jaw are Grant's, the eyes definitely not.

[Morbii]

That's fucking terrifying

It's as bad or worse than Woman of the Year, to be sure.

[cdnchris]

Rebecca

[FrauBlucher]

Rebecca

I like the pic on the leaflet/booklet. I can't make out what the inside is suppose to be with the writing.

[cdnchris]

Yeah, the reflection was hard to mange but is writing. It's Rebecca's note:

I'll spend the night there and leave the door open for you. I've got something very important to tell you.

Rebecca

[Graphist]

Is it a foldout or a brochure?

[cdnchris]

It comes with a booklet

[Graphist]

It comes with a booklet

I thought bound booklets didn’t fit in the plastic cases, only stapled brochures.… Still better than a foldout.

Another thing is that (and correct me if I am wrong) it seems like they could not get the rights to Notorious and Spellbound at the same time, otherwise they would have probably re-released the box set. If and when they release all three, the films might get the same treatment as the other four Hitchcock films.

[cdnchris]

My understanding is that the Hitchcocks and Straw Dogs are part of a package so they do have them. They're probably just spreading them out.

[Robespierre]

Are Eclipse sets slowly going OOP? The Late Ozu set is listing at nearly 200$ on Amazon.

[Graphist]

Are Eclipse sets slowly going OOP? The Late Ozu set is listing at nearly 200$ on Amazon.

Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu (Early Spring / Tokyo Twilight / Equinox Flower / Late Autumn / The End of Summer) (The Criterion Collection) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OPPAF6/re ... Mzb74HJB5P" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HitchcockLang]

That's bizarre. The Amazon Prime listing says ships in 1-3 weeks, and then the cheapest third party new copy is going for around $400. Probably just low stock and the third party is using an algorithm that ridiculously inflates the price. It's still in stock on the Criterion site and for only $55.

[domino harvey]

Plenty of new and used copies on eBay for less

[aox]

Plenty of new and used copies on eBay for less

That may be true, but my copy is $400.

[Ashirg]

Maybe it's between printings..

[Cinephrenic]

Maybe a box set of all his existing films on blu?

[cdnchris]

Festival

[cdnchris]

The Piano Teacher

[Never Cursed]

Anyone else notice that the cover for The Philadelphia Story on the website was grayscaled so that the bluer parts of the cover are now grayish black?

[swo17]

It's practically black & white now:

[Ribs]

Huh, certainly puts it right in line with His Girl Friday. Would not be surprised at all if this hand-drawn monochrome style appears on the Awful Truth & Bringing Up Baby too.

[Luke M]

I like it a lot better.