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iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

Criterion has them all listed on their site.

oh, thanks Beta Man

i'm reallllllly loving the new artwork for Solaris. especially the colors

i enjoy the artwork for the DVD CC release (which is honestly part of what made me interested in seeing it when i saw it on amazon years ago), but i think i like the blu-ray edition more. can't wait to own it.

although... do i buy it day 1, or wait for the july CC B&N sale?!

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

I like the Solaris artwork very much. Gives it a real 70's tacky feel, which it is. Got an album feel to it. I just hope we get that for more films instead of trying to prep it up.

this comment made me 'lol' quite a bit spider

SpiderBaby · 02-14-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

this comment made me 'lol' quite a bit spider

But it doesn't mean I don't like it.

bugsy_pal · 02-14-2011, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

oh, thanks Beta Man

i'm reallllllly loving the new artwork for Solaris. especially the colors

i enjoy the artwork for the DVD CC release (which is honestly part of what made me interested in seeing it when i saw it on amazon years ago), but i think i like the blu-ray edition more. can't wait to own it.

I also like the artwork for Solaris. I've been holding off on the DVD for ages, and I'm kinda glad I did now.

I have to say though that The Great Dictator cover is the worst I've seem from Criterion in quite some time. It pains me to say it, as I have never felt comfortable with much of the criticism thrown at Criterion's cover designs in the last couple of years - I think they've generally done a fantastic job with their team of designers in giving the collection a fresher look, and the general quality of the cover designs is far better than it was 5 or more years ago. But I'm sorry - The Great Dictator cover is a shocker.

ChadFL · 02-14-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Iggy

I hope Steven Spielberg's first film Duel (1971) will soon be added to the Criterion Blu-ray collection.
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That is possibly my favorite Spielberg film and his most underrated. I'd love for Criterion to release it.

ccfixx · 02-14-2011, 11:23 PM

It's looking like Criterion's site is getting some UI overhaul... especially on the searching for film pages.

http://www.criterion.com/library

CC

octagon · 02-14-2011, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

But it doesn't mean I don't like it.

Your tone is sometimes hard to pick up but...

A) I didn't take that as slam.

B) My immediate reaction was 'the seventies album feel is a pretty good call although I don't think tacky is the right word'.

C) I still haven't come up with a better word than tacky.

SpiderBaby · 02-14-2011, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by octagon

Your tone is sometimes hard to pick up but...
C) I still haven't come up with a better word than tacky.

That's why I said tacky too.

I love the 60's-70's (surprise), so right when I looked at the cover, I was thinking Journey mixed with disco letters. lol.

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

But it doesn't mean I don't like it.

i never got the impression you were slamming it or anything, just that the comment was so perfect it made me lol quite loudly. lucky though, i was home so i didn't look like a weirdo just bursting out in laughter (like so often happens at work or some public area lol)

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:38 PM

hmm... with all this talk of a lackluster / bad cover for Great Dictator, i wonder how the feelings were when Last Year at Marienbad was first released

now that seems like a cover that is boring, plain and generic, but maybe it's shiny or something. i'll know first hand when it arrives tomorrow, but i've never seen a cover that is all white and just has the name of the film written on it. that, to me, seems kind of "blah" but i wonder what impressions were / are, on it.

at least Great Dictator has a picture!

which leads me to a question: anyone have a favorite Criterion (blu-ray) cover art?

Beta Man · 02-14-2011, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

hmm... with all this talk of a lackluster / bad cover for Great Dictator, i wonder how the feelings were when Last Year at Marienbad was first released

I don't care much either way about cover-art, etc.... but I seem to remember most people really liked the embossing etc. with Marienbad when it came out.

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

I don't care much either way about cover-art, etc.... but I seem to remember most people really liked the embossing etc. with Marienbad when it came out.

i kind of had the impression that the cover was / is embossed. don't know why.
i'm anxious to see for myself soon enough, and of course, also watch the film again

Beta Man · 02-14-2011, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i kind of had the impression that the cover was / is embossed. don't know why.
i'm anxious to see for myself soon enough, and of course, also watch the film again

It "was" embossed with the digipack..... it's not with the plastic case..... so it depends on what one you're getting.

octagon · 02-14-2011, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

leads me to a question: anyone have a favorite Criterion (blu-ray) cover art?

I like a lot of their covers (though no, The Great Dictator isn't going to be one of them).

Of the titles I own Repulsion, The Third Man and M are probably my favorites.

The Sweet Smell of Success will change that in a couple weeks though.

In fact, people make fun of all the packaging talk but the article about creating that cover that was posted a few weeks ago really amped up my enthusiasm for this release.

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

It "was" embossed with the digipack..... it's not with the plastic case..... so it depends on what one you're getting.

i was just about to look up if this was "re-issued" in plastic or if it ever was a digipack release, but that answers my question.
thanks in advance Beta Man

either way i'll be happy, but i'd be shocked if amazon still has any digipacks in stick. unless Criterion still readily sells both... which i don't think is the case.

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by octagon

I like a lot of their covers (though no, The Great Dictator isn't going to be one of them).

Of the titles I own Repulsion, The Third Man and M are probably my favorites.

The Sweet Smell of Success will change that in a couple weeks though.

In fact, people make fun of all the packaging talk but the article about creating that cover that was posted a few weeks ago really amped up my enthusiasm for this release.

i really like Revanche, The Thin Red Line and... crap. can't remember some of the others

i also really like The Double Life of Veronique

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i'm a big fan of blu-ray / CC packaging.

now, while i would never not purchase something because of 'different' packaging like i know a number of people on the site do (which boggles my mind in all honesty), i love seeing new artwork for catalog titles and not just rehashed dvd covers. - although some dvd / vhs covers are better than their blu counterparts.

i like when studios put effort into something and give it something a lil extra. i understand why they don't (they don't care, costs, customers will buy it if they like it - no matter if it has a big effin' picture with a thousand explosions on it or the title written in size 24 times new roman font) but when they do it is much appreciated by me.

iam1bearcat · 02-14-2011, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Marienbad would be difficult to sum up with one image. That's almost counter to what the film is about. At any rate, once you see the opening credits the cover art will make more sense.

i've seen the film before (one time and it was many months ago) but i don't recall the connection.

i do agree that selecting one image would be difficult for the type of film that Marienbad is, i think selecting one of the garden / porch views that are showed numerous times in the film would have been another choice. but at either rate, i'm not gonna squabble about a release that's been out for a long time now. just interesting that it's the only title without a pic.

one of the very few films (blu or dvd) that i've seen to do that.

octagon · 02-14-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i like when studios put effort into something and give it something a lil extra.

So do I and it can be really little too. People slam The Maltese Falcon cover. I kind of liked it when it was announced but didn't really have strong feelings until I saw the way it was tied into the main BD menu. That completely won me over.

A tiny touch but I really liked it.

Belloche · 02-14-2011, 11:59 PM

I think Blowout is my favorite Criterion Blu-ray cover so far. On the DVD side I always loved the cover to the Hidden Fortress.

SpiderBaby · 02-15-2011, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i kind of had the impression that the cover was / is embossed. don't know why.
i'm anxious to see for myself soon enough, and of course, also watch the film again

Hopefully you keep the digi. The plastic replacement case sucks. The embossed digi is one of the best packages Criterion has done.

02-14-2011, 11:38 PM	#25450
iam1bearcat Blu-ray Knight Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Club Loop Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:54 DVD collection:28 Trading Score:29	hmm... with all this talk of a lackluster / bad cover for Great Dictator, i wonder how the feelings were when Last Year at Marienbad was first released now that seems like a cover that is boring, plain and generic, but maybe it's shiny or something. i'll know first hand when it arrives tomorrow, but i've never seen a cover that is all white and just has the name of the film written on it. that, to me, seems kind of "blah" but i wonder what impressions were / are, on it. at least Great Dictator has a picture! which leads me to a question: anyone have a favorite Criterion (blu-ray) cover art? Last edited by iam1bearcat; 02-14-2011 at 11:43 PM.

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