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

[Bumstead]

Disregarding Criterion or Kellerhouse's involvement, on its own merits, that cover belongs in the Twilight Time thread. (I'm gonna stop now.)

[Graphist]

Why would a film so profound and transcendent require a layered collage and playful typography? The cover needs a simple and understated treatment.

[domino harvey]

The typography is the only thing I like about it

[cdnchris]

Au hazard Balthazar
Midnight Cowboy

[Boosmahn]

I just now noticed that a scuba-suited Benjamin is visible on the left side of The Graduate's Blu-ray. I've had this release for five months.



Since this isn't shown in the Criterion Forum packaging shots, I figured this slipped by some people (including me). It's only visible in certain lighting, so apologies for the low-quality picture.

[dwk]

Tree of Life has a new cover


And Criterion has started a new series called Studio Visits and the first one is with Riccardo Vecchio on his cover for Certain Women

[Altair]

So Criterion does read this forum, after all!

[domino harvey]

Are you kidding, it's infamously our fault that they changed the Viridiana cover!

[Altair]

But we need constant affirmation of our importance though.

[domino harvey]

I read that as "impotence" and it still works

[DarkImbecile]

That's such a massive improvement, I felt an almost physical relief on seeing it here. Because of how excited I was for the rest of the actual content, I didn't realize how invested I was in the cover changing until it happened.

[FrauBlucher]

Interesting. Such a dramatic change. I do like it. Has there ever been such a big switch before?

[Boosmahn]

Interesting. Such a dramatic change. I do like it. Has there ever been such a big switch before?

Sundays and Cybèle, I think.

[swo17]

We just had this discussion last month when they changed sex, lies, and videotape

[FrauBlucher]

Must have missed that. Didn’t even realize Sex, Lies and Videotape had a change in cover.

[Feego]

Interesting. Such a dramatic change. I do like it. Has there ever been such a big switch before?

In addition to the aforementioned Viridiana and sex, lies and videotape, there was also A Christmas Tale, which went from
to

[pzadvance]

the upside down beach is a little odd, but this is such a massive improvement over the old cover that i cant really complain. looks even nicer with the spine:

[Werewolf by Night]

So Criterion does read this forum, after all!

I saw much more savage mockery of the original cover on Twitter than on here.

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

The Element of Crime also underwent a pretty big change from its original cover:

[KJones77]

Absolutely love the new cover for The Tree of Life. I was going to buy it regardless, but after waiting so long, it was a bit anticlimactic it had such a terrible cover. Love that they responded to the customer complaints and delivered a much needed improvement.

As an aside, what's the story behind the Viridiana cover change referenced here?

[black&huge]

I think I'm the only person on this forum who liked the first cover for Tree of Life.

[Luke M]

The new cover reminds me a bit too much of Gone Girl. It’s an improvement though.

[denti alligator]

As an aside, what's the story behind the Viridiana cover change referenced here?

I don't remember the details, but the original was pink, and everyone here flipped out. The made it black and white. Everyone calmed down. It was pretty obviously in response to the uproar on the forum.

[Omensetter]

As an aside, what's the story behind the Viridiana cover change referenced here?

Here's the thread: http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/vie ... f=2&t=3502

[Graphist]

So happy to see the new and improved cover artwork. It is exactly what I hoped it would be! And it is a digipak too!