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

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#26 Post by McNulty » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:46 pm

Minkin wrote:Has anyone seen the new Zatoichi set? Is it in a plastic case now or still in the old configuration? If the latter: does it have the Exact dimensions of the old box?
Someone on reddit posted a pic of it sealed


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#28 Post by jwo17 » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:15 pm

Just in time for the flash sale!

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#29 Post by Ashirg » Wed Sep 28, 2016 3:22 pm

I guess October is Robert Altman month at Criterion - one of his films is getting a release for the first 3 weeks...

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#30 Post by dwk » Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:36 pm

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#31 Post by domino harvey » Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:38 pm

Looks like a tip-on vinyl record box

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#32 Post by tenia » Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:25 pm

I just hope it doesn't use sleeves.

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#33 Post by dwk » Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:29 pm

tenia wrote:I just hope it doesn't use sleeves.
Unfortunately, I believe they said it is going to be the same as the Zatoichi set. At least the individual releases in Scanavo cases are available.

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#34 Post by tenia » Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:20 pm

dwk wrote:
tenia wrote:I just hope it doesn't use sleeves.
Unfortunately, I believe they said it is going to be the same as the Zatoichi set.
And it definitely look the same from the outside, hence my apprehension.

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#35 Post by Moe Dickstein » Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:11 pm

Mulvaney has confirmed sleeves. I'm sticking to individual releases for unspined boxes.


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#37 Post by domino harvey » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:46 pm

That is one impractical box set! Sleeves aren't a big deal for Blu-rays like they are for DVDs thanks to the coating, but that Isolation Drills packaging is a bit silly!

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#38 Post by cdnchris » Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:39 pm

I got it in today as well and it looks nice, but getting the discs out isn't all that fun.

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#40 Post by tenia » Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:23 am

We'll now see if Criterion indeed make available the packaging and the book for sale separately, as Mulvaney said in the past.

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#41 Post by TheGodfather » Tue Oct 04, 2016 5:17 pm

Let`s hope they do because it`s looks great. Too bad about the way you have to take out the discs, though

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#42 Post by cdnchris » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:14 pm

I posted a handful of photos of the "del Toro" set's book over on Facebook. You shouldn't need an account to view.

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#43 Post by tenia » Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:35 pm

Chris, could you tell which part of the content of the book isn't in the individual booklets in terms of what and how much ? I haven't been able to find out yet.

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#44 Post by cdnchris » Sat Oct 08, 2016 2:14 pm

It's sort of spread out. The intro is unique and then the rest of the book is divided into 3 parts, one for each film. Cronos has the essay and director notes. Devil's Backbone has the essay and then a sampling of the storyboards that appear as an extra on the disc (the storyboards weren't in the individual insert for that film). I can't compare to the individual Pan's Labyrinth yet as I don't have it, but that part has the essay and then a number of production sketches and drawings, which are also scattered about in the features on the disc. Other sketches and drawings are then dispersed around the book. The final few pages are then credits for the release, notes on the transfers, etc. It's 100 pages long.

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#45 Post by swo17 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:10 pm

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#46 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:11 pm

(His Girl Friday) Love it! One of their best efforts for a Sony license for sure

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#47 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:15 pm

All great covers so far, and great titles

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#48 Post by TheGodfather » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:04 pm

His Girl Friday, excellent! and another Fassbinder as well.

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#49 Post by zedz » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:10 pm

domino harvey wrote:All great covers so far, and great titles
Yes indeed, a very nice month. I must say, the extreme simplicity of the Black Girl cover works like crazy.

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#50 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:53 pm

All covers are very solid. Black Girl is perfect and better than the BFI version. His Girl Friday is the best old Hollywood cover Criterion has done.

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