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

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#476 Post by **cdnchris** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:43 am

David Lynch: The Art Life

#477 Post by **swo17** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:15 pm

Never Cursed · #478 Post by **Never Cursed** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:29 pm

They all look pretty good!

#479 Post by **mfunk9786** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:41 pm

Election's cover is as all-time bad as Monterey Pop's is all-time great

Luke M · #480 Post by **Luke M** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:56 pm

The Election cover angers me like no cover before. Hard to describe how repulsed I am from it. Didn’t think I’d ever feel so strongly about a cover but Jesus Christ.

Cremildo · #481 Post by **Cremildo** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:57 pm

The Election cover is perfect for the movie. One of Criterion's best this year.

TheGodfather · #482 Post by **TheGodfather** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:00 pm

Yeah that cover is pretty terrible indeed.
Great to see Monterey being re-released, let`s hope they make it as beautiful a box set as the dvd version

John Shade · #483 Post by **John Shade** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:14 pm

Somehow I'm not sure how I feel about the Election cover. Strong reactions so far. I do feel like it looks like mustard has been used on the cupcake, which is unappealing.

#484 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:17 pm

That Election covers sucks BUT it is an accurate recreation of the late 90s aesthetic

#485 Post by **swo17** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:19 pm

It's clearly designed to make you feel like Tracy Flick makes people feel.

Luke M · #486 Post by **Luke M** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:43 pm

domino harvey wrote:That Election covers sucks BUT it is an accurate recreation of the late 90s aesthetic

It does remind me of this 1997 classic.

CSM126 · #487 Post by **CSM126** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:44 pm

I've never seen Election, but I kind of love that cover, for whatever that's worth.

TraverseTown · #488 Post by **TraverseTown** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:16 am

I love the Broderick inside Witherspoon's mouth poster so much, I was doomed to hate anything they came up with.

Morbii · #489 Post by **Morbii** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:52 am

Came to post that Election's cover sucks.

#490 Post by **domino harvey** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:53 am

Minkin · #491 Post by **Minkin** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:22 am

I'm really happy that they went this direction with the artwork for Monterey Pop, as opposed to these alternatives they had available.

Graphist · #492 Post by **Graphist** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:45 am

mfunk9786 wrote:Election's cover is as all-time bad as Monterey Pop's is all-time great

While the illustration for Election has the 90s feel overall for sure, there is a problem with the hierarchy in my opinion. Is it “Election,” “Pick Flick” or “Election Pick Flick”? Complete Monterey Pop is really good, even though they could have played a bit more with the type choices. It is so much better than the original one.

Graphist · #493 Post by **Graphist** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:52 am

And notice the Olympic Films cover has no Criterion branding, apart from the Blu sticker. It must have been one of the Olympic Committee’s conditions.

Morbii · #494 Post by **Morbii** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:01 am

The E in Election looks like it has a Prince Albert or something.

Am I the only one that likes the original Monterey Pop cover (even though I am not at all interested in the films)?

Bumstead · #495 Post by **Bumstead** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:15 am

Sorry, Criterion. You failed.

#496 Post by **swo17** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:06 am

Graphist wrote:And notice the Olympic Films cover has no Criterion branding, apart from the Blu sticker. It must have been one of the Olympic Committee’s conditions.

It's a massive box. The featured artwork is just from the one boring side that tells you the collection's name. There will be branding on the opposite side.

felipe · #497 Post by **felipe** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:22 am

Election is awful.

aox · #498 Post by **aox** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 1:24 pm

I might like the original Idi Amin cover better

Bumstead · #499 Post by **Bumstead** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:03 pm

aox wrote:I might like the original Idi Amin cover better

And you'd be right.

#500 Post by **cdnchris** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:32 pm

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