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Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:30 am
by Tommaso
Zazou dans le Metro wrote:That Franju cover, mon coco, is a friggin' corker. Do we need the awful bracketed translation though?
I hope we really don't need it. It somewhat destroys the otherwise beautiful composition of the cover (and no-one knows that film as "Head against the wall" anyway). So I hope this is not the final version of the cover.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:25 am
by bearcuborg
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:13 pm
by FerdinandGriffon
Phew. That's an original design, right? Great job guys.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:13 pm
by colinr0380
I've got that as a poster on my bedroom wall!
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:45 pm
by TheGodfather
The Franju cover is absolutely brilliant! love it.
Zazou dans le Metro wrote:
Any news on extras...shorts/essays?
So far, this is mentioned on the site:
Special Features
• New high-definition transfer from pristine restored materials
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Original French theatrical trailer
• A new video interview with Jean-Pierre Mocky filmed in 2008
• A new video interview with Charles Aznavour filmed in 2008
• 48-page booklet containing newly-translated interviews with Georges Franju, newly-translated writing by Jean-Luc Godard, and an article by Raymond Durgnat (author of Franju).
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:31 am
by Paupau
Just checked the specs for Sunrise, and now the booklet has 68 pages. Is this definitive? Also, i'm happy the combo won't be a regular thing, a BD and 2xdvd seems overkill IMO.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:50 am
by stephan73
The 2 Murnau's have been announced. Spine number 84 and 85!
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:42 am
by Tommaso
I like that "Großherzog" cover art! Is that from an original poster or was it a lobby card or some other advertisement?
Now I'm keen to learn about the details of this edition. Any chance we might get that much-praised Kalat commentary for "Großherzog" that the Kino disc has?
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:04 am
by Sloper
Wow - both absolutely gorgeous covers, though I hope the font will be changed on the first one (kind of jars with the beautiful, creepy image), and I'm not sure about this '+' business.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:20 am
by peerpee
Sloper wrote:Wow - both absolutely gorgeous covers, though I hope the font will be changed on the first one (kind of jars with the beautiful, creepy image), and I'm not sure about this '+' business.
The typography is based on the original poster.
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Tommaso, yes the Kalat commentary will feature on our GROßHERZOGS.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:32 am
by Tommaso
Thanks Nick, you just made my day!
Divisa disc already in my 'to-be-put-onto-ebay' box.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:34 am
by Finch
I'd change the font on the Phantom cover as well - it doesn't really fit with the (very nice) image.
Nick, will there be any December releases this year or are Mankind and Soul Power going to be the last 2009 titles?
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:52 am
by denti alligator
Gorgeous covers--I like the font and the +
Thanks you MoC!
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:12 pm
by peerpee
Mr Finch wrote:Nick, will there be any December releases this year or are Mankind and Soul Power going to be the last 2009 titles?
We think that's it for 2009. Had to let a few things slip into 2010.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:54 pm
by der_Artur
Sloper wrote:Wow - both absolutely gorgeous covers, though I hope the font will be changed on the first one (kind of jars with the beautiful, creepy image), and I'm not sure about this '+' business.
I can't understand the problems with the font. But I understand the problem with the "+". A "&" might fit better, now it looks like a videogame where you have to use the "+" to shoot something through the big O in "Phantom" (imho).
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:57 pm
by Murdoch
Beautiful! That Phantom cover... wow! I need to buy it.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:39 pm
by Tommaso
I actually quite like the font and the '+', though perhaps it looks a little bit too modern for a film like "Phantom", which actually is set in a rather backward-looking small-town society. It might have been better suited to some of Lang's or Epstein's visual extravagancies (and too bad we don't seem to get the Epstein disc(s) this year), but that "Phantom" cover looks great, and after all I really care much more for the booklet than the cover anyway...
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:42 pm
by TheGodfather
Absolutely gorgeous covers. Magnificent!
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:28 am
by sidehacker
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:32 am
by domino harvey
Beautiful, but doesn't really capture the film. If I'd never seen it though, I'd pick that up off the shelf in a heartbeat
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:47 am
by zedz
I agree with domino, but that is a seriously great image (and now I've got Purcell running through my head).
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:50 am
by Saturnome
I guess it could be explained by the fact that they often use the poster as a cover, but
this time it was way better to use a still.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:53 am
by HerrSchreck
Yeah, that is a seriously ugly painting for sure. I agree that-- beyond the bland metaphor of water = sex, and the lead character sailing the seas of rebellious sex-- in terms of tone and aesthetic, the image couldn't be further from capturing anything of the essence of this wall-shaking film. But it looks nice nonetheless.
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:17 am
by peerpee
We can't decide about A NOS AMOURS.
Here's an alternate:
Re: MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:23 am
by denti alligator
They're both great, but the first one is sublime.
