MoC Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on

[Flike]

Can anyone point me to some packaging photos for City Girl? [-o<

[cdnchris]

Can anyone point me to some packaging photos for City Girl? [-o<

City Girl

[Flike]

Brilliant. Thanks, Chris.

[What A Disgrace]

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

Re Grand Jeu..Great stuff. Is this just a port of the Pathé or can we expect some extras I wonder?
I tried before but will run this past you again..Any chance of getting Vanel's Dans la Nuit?

[jamie_atp]

stunning cover, love it.

[Tommaso]

Blind buy for me, not just because of that cover.

[swo17]

Was that cover designed by Dave Longstreth?

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

Was that cover designed by Dave Longstreth?

Possibly, was he working in Paris in the mid 1930's?
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[TMDaines]

Covers like that make me want to buy it just for the cover.

[Finch]

Some people feel MoC take the easy road by using original poster artwork for their covers most of the time (and it backfires sometimes like with the cover for the third Mabuse flick) but when it looks as wonderful as this, you can't complain.

[Der Spieler]

(and it backfires sometimes like with the cover for the third Mabuse flick)

Haha, so true.

Gotta be one of the worst MoC covers ever.

[doc mccoy]

I actually thought that The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse cover was really good (although not as impressive as the first two) - it looked like the cover of those post-WW2 spy thriller books, which was apt for the film.

I don't think MoC can be accused of taking the easy route with regards to cover art - if anything, the posters and art work of the past only serve to show the banality and lack of creativity of the present day efforts. For instance, can you imagine anyone nowadays attempting to come up with a poster like La Tete contre les murs for new cinema releases? Let's also consider the covers with stills - is there a poster for a modern film which contains a still which captures the mood perfectly as in the case of Chikamatsu Monogatori and Kwaidan? What about MoC's forthcoming release of A nos amours - look at the responses when people on this forum first saw the still that was eventually chosen for the cover; can you ever remember people raving about a new film poster - I certainly cannot.

[TheGodfather]

That`s a stunning cover! makes me wanna buy it just for the cover alone

[triodelover]

I actually thought that The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse cover was really good (although not as impressive as the first two) - it looked like the cover of those post-WW2 spy thriller books, which was apt for the film.

I don't think MoC can be accused of taking the easy route with regards to cover art - if anything, the posters and art work of the past only serve to show the banality and lack of creativity of the present day efforts. For instance, can you imagine anyone nowadays attempting to come up with a poster like La Tete contre les murs for new cinema releases? Let's also consider the covers with stills - is there a poster for a modern film which contains a still which captures the mood perfectly as in the case of Chikamatsu Monogatori and Kwaidan? What about MoC's forthcoming release of A nos amours - look at the responses when people on this forum first saw the still that was eventually chosen for the cover; can you ever remember people raving about a new film poster - I certainly cannot.

Remember too that in the Mizoguchi series, MoC provided us the ability to reverse the covers to the original Japanese poster art for each film. I believe that's been done for a few other releases but which ones escape me at the moment.

[Der Spieler]

I know "Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler" has a reversible cover.

Does "Asphalt" have it too?

[TMDaines]

I love original posters being used as cover art for DVDs. It's part of the reason I want so many of the Ripley's Home Video titles. The old poster style artwork just piques my interest.

[triodelover]

I know "Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler" has a reversible cover.

Well, you would know that, wouldn't you.

Does "Asphalt" have it too?

Just checked my copy. Nope. I think Michael does, though.

[Finch]

Re: MoC taking the easy road with poster artwork: I agree with that sentiment only in the sense that using original artwork takes less work than starting from scratch which is what Criterion seem to be doing most of the time. I'll be the first one to admit that Criterion's approach is very hit and miss (though their 2010 output has been superior to 2009 so far and their Make Way cover + package is at least as beautiful as MoC's best work) and that MoC's choices are so consistently good that one's starting to run out of superlatives to describe their covers (the latest Franju had awesome artwork so good call on that one) - that applies to their film stills as well: I'm very fond of their Kwaidan work and I liked all three choices for A Nos Amours as well as their cover for the Bruno Dumont pic.

I don't think MoC can be accused of taking the easy route with regards to cover art - if anything, the posters and art work of the past only serve to show the banality and lack of creativity of the present day efforts. For instance, can you imagine anyone nowadays attempting to come up with a poster like La Tete contre les murs for new cinema releases?

I agree the vast majority of today's posters are appalling and I think it is telling in that respect that MoC chose a still for Mad Detective and the Dumont, and as I said above, they usually make the right decisions with their stills (though the artwork for the final Pialat is a bit meh - perhaps it'll look better when you actually hold it in your hands).

[merch]

I think original poster art should be used for every release. When studios try to make up new artwork for re-releases and BDs, they almost always fail miserably. The Star Wars DVD covers are terrible (yet they use original poster art for the disc art?!). Something like the new Minority Report or Collateral covers for the BDs are just awful.

When there are such iconic posters for classics (both golden age and modern), if baffles me why they would change it. Why is the Ghostbusters BD on a blue "slime" background, when the logo on black looks so bad ass!?

I ordered the MoC M BD, which I can't even play, because it is the coolest cover art I have seen for a release in a looong time. I must have it in my collection. Kudos, Nick (or whomever chose that) for that cover! On the other hand, the Criterion cover (either of them) is weak as hell, no matter how awesome Peter Lorre is.

[Cinephrenic]

While the 90% of the time people complain about Criterion's covers, the opposite can be said here. Good job Eureka for your wonderful cover art and remaining true to original poster art. Criterion should use more original poster art for their covers.

[bearcuborg]

While the 90% of the time people complain about Criterion's covers, the opposite can be said here. Good job Eureka for your wonderful cover art and remaining true to original poster art. Criterion should use more original poster art for their covers.

Well said, Criterion art work does not age well either, it's a sham the best overall DVD company in the world isn't the best at everything DVD related.

[zitherstrings]

I received my first MoC Blu-rays today. As much as I like many of their covers, their packaging pales in comparison to Criterion. They use of blu cases aside, it doesn't bother me, the quality and overall effort on Criterion's part is much greater. Their releases are much more coherent and beautiful from front to bank. Tokyo Sonata, for instance, use the original poster on the disc but that poster is ugly. It also clashes directly with the cover (much more subtle).

[TMDaines]

Too be honest, I'd say the opposite and I know a lot of others will concur with me. Unless Criterion have gone all out and done an great digipak like for Berlin Alexanderplatz, I much prefer MoC's covers and packagaing. As for Criterion's covers... meh, they'll come up with something great every few months but otherwise I'd take the original poster art everytime.

They'll always be different strokes over something subjective.

[zitherstrings]

Why the blanket preference? It's not like marketing department's are always spot-on. Sonata's poster is horrid and completely wrong for the film. And MoC didn't even use it for the cover!