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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:47 am
by hammock
I watched Mafioso last night and have to admit the cover turned from one I disliked to actually loving it. It captures two very important things from the plot: the black hat (making him Sicilian again) and the golden heart (the item that makes him connect with the mafia). Good job Criterion!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:52 pm
by kaujot
The one squibble I have with the Patriotism cover is the soldier's transparency. It's fine if the text/handwriting is, but I really wish he wasn't.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:47 pm
by reno dakota
kaujot wrote:The one squibble I have with the Patriotism cover is the soldier's transparency. It's fine if the text/handwriting is, but I really wish he wasn't.
The soldier is transparent? As far as I can tell, the red circle is transparent and in front of the soldier, not the other way around.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:08 pm
by souvenir
Probably best discussed over here, two of the William Klein covers have been changed.
Polly Maggoo original versus revised:
Model Couple original versus revised:
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:04 pm
by kaujot
reno dakota wrote:kaujot wrote:The one squibble I have with the Patriotism cover is the soldier's transparency. It's fine if the text/handwriting is, but I really wish he wasn't.
The soldier is transparent? As far as I can tell, the red circle is transparent and in front of the soldier, not the other way around.
You know, now that you mention it, you're right.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:46 pm
by Saturnome
Thematic colors changed also on these covers. The new Polly Magoo got a great pic, but I can't tell about Model Couple. The original certainly have something more "delirious" about it. Presence of the original posters in the small pics is a great touch I think.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:22 am
by Jeff
Thanks to Cronenfly for digging up the artwork for:
Vampyr
Mon oncle Antoine
High and Low
Trafic
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:29 am
by Alonzo the Armless
Aside from the cover for Mon oncle Antoine, which is okay, I love the rest!
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:30 am
by Tribe
You're a cruel man, Jeff...stirring the shit knowing the hordes will descend into relentless criticism of the covers. Does this make you happy?
Tribe
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:35 am
by arsonfilms
Well, I think they're all great, High & Low and Trafic in particular. I'm kind of getting excited about these.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:36 am
by Jeff
Tribe wrote:You're a cruel man, Jeff...stirring the shit knowing the hordes will descend into relentless criticism of the covers. Does this make you happy?
Yes!
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:38 am
by kaujot
The Trafic cover looks shopped.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:40 am
by Jeff
kaujot wrote:The Trafic cover looks shopped.
They all have crappy resolution which gives that vague 'shopped feel. I'm sure high res versions will be up tomorrow.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:41 am
by kaujot
The others don't suffer nearly as much. I think part of it is the horrendous yellow of the sidebar.
On another note, whilst I like the High and Low cover, I hate how the wacky-C keeps interfering with either text or design elements on many of the covers.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:44 am
by Jeff
Note that the "bullseye" target on High and Low is an inverted "Wacky C."
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:47 am
by Cronenfly
To steal from domino harvey: mind=blown
And Trafic's cover is SO '70s; I love it.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:53 am
by souvenir
The High and Low bullseye looks more like some sort of pulsating vibrations or waves. I keep waiting on Mifune to pull the phone back away from his ear.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:54 am
by domino harvey
Now these are Criterion covers! =D>
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:21 am
by mogwai
They're all quite nice, but, man do I ever love that Vampyr cover!
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:58 am
by miless
okay, so all of those titles are amazing... I'm especially amazed with the High & Low cover (it almost makes me want to buy the film, even though I've never seen it)
The Vampyr cover, too, may well be one of the most elegant covers in the recent past.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:28 am
by Antoine Doinel
The Trafic cover is fantastic. The others are solid as well. Great design for July.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:40 am
by a.khan
I think we can all agree that Criterion's art department really knocked it out of the park this month. Love all of them, and especially "Vampyr" and "Trafic."
Pure fucking joy!
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:44 am
by backstreetsbackalright
Wow, no kidding, huh? I think I just blew four solid minutes gazing at the Trafic cover. All four are straight-up gorgeous.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:00 am
by Svevan
this proves to Criterion that we can be positive about their cover designs
now change that fucking Mishima cover
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:40 pm
by foggy eyes
Not that I want to take the contrarian view, but Vampyr looks a bit too much like a bad metal t-shirt to me (perhaps it's the font and scythe silhouette). MoC's cover was genuinely elegant. Trafic and High and Low, however, are incredibly striking - bold decisions that really pay off.