All That Heaven Allows (1955)

[filmmusic]

I LOVE this film! I watch it around Christmas every year for 3 years now, since I first saw it!

Good for you widegambler that you're watching old films!!!
Many dismiss them and it's a pity because they're missing great films!

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I LOVE this film! I watch it around Christmas every year for 3 years now, since I first saw it!

Same here I watched it around Christmas this past year and Written on the Wind is my summer Sirk

[Rizor]

The new cover art is pretty weak compared to the old DVD one.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Rizor

The new cover art is pretty weak compared to the old DVD one.

I was going to post just now what everyone thinks of the new cover!
Yes, I agree.
I like the painting type, but the faces - especially wyman's - seem a bit off.

Of course the movie is what counts.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by Rizor

The new cover art is pretty weak compared to the old DVD one.

Old cover is great, but does it really fit the movie? The new cover atleast matches the boldness of the technicolor.

[Get2Me]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Old cover is great, but does it really fit the movie? The new cover atleast matches the boldness of the technicolor.

Yes, I agree. I love the vintage painted feel to the new Blu-ray cover art. Plus, the color scheme is downright BEAUTIFUL! It just SCREAMS autumn in New England.

Well done, Criterion!

[KMR]

Originally Posted by Get2Me

Yes, I agree. I love the vintage painted feel to the new Blu-ray cover art. Plus, the color scheme is downright BEAUTIFUL! It just SCREAMS autumn in New England.

Well done, Criterion!

I also agree. The photorealist painting style for the images of Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman just SCREAMS 1950s magazine illustration. The font style for the title, and the autumn color scheme, are so evocative of the visual feel of the film overall. While the DVD cover was beautiful, it did not really match the overall visual style of the film.

[Todd Tomorrow]

I too think the illustration is a lot more fitting and stylish than the film still. People really seem to hate commissioned illustrations as covers these days and which is reflected by the decline of art for film posters. Instead of the stylish graphic designs and illustrations we got till the 80s, it's now all photos and badly photo-shopped at that. Apparently audiences can't make the mental leap anymore that a painting or drawing doesn't represent an animated film or is simply considered old fashioned.

[Rizor]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Old cover is great, but does it really fit the movie? The new cover atleast matches the boldness of the technicolor.

It's been a while since I've seen the film, but I do find the DVD cover rather evocative of its love story and themes. While the film was shot in technicolor, I recall its lighting as more expressionistic than Criterion's new bland Blu-ray art.