Vertigo (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Black Barons Collection #12) [Czech Republic]

[Noodles]

Release date: June 20th, 2018
Purchase link: FilmArena
Price: 899 CZK
Group buy: hosted by carllenc

 

[cohelfer]

Surely this is going to be fixed before the final release, right?

I don't know, I left a message on facebook.

 

[ChrisIW]

Love it!

Hoping they also do Rear Window, Psycho, Rope... hell, do them all!

I'm hoping that someone else does them all - with WEA. Any potential FAC set is tainted straight away by such a poor looking steelbook used in this one.

 

[Paperinukke]

Red or orange, that fullslip is close to a bullseye - it's hard to go wrong with the iconic poster art. Would it make me want to pay the premium price for the release? Not really.

 

[ethnosax]

Red or orange, that fullslip is close to a bullseye - it's hard to go wrong with the iconic poster art. Would it make me want to pay the premium price for the release? Not really.

The slip is safe and predictable--which sometimes is exactly the right choice.

I think there's a @virkia around here somewhere who may have something to say about the red vs. orange issue...

 

[Hereticz]

I would love to have Hitchcock´s great films in premium editions, but not with FUGLY WWA steels inside which you can grab later alone in bin for 5 euro. But that bloody slip is frikin gorgeous but geez that abomination inside ....on the other hand steel can be always changed so I will probably get this anyway

 

[Noodles]

I'm hoping that someone else does them all - with WEA. Any potential FAC set is tainted straight away by such a poor looking steelbook used in this one.

I actually really like the artwork on these WWA steels... the only thing letting them down for me is the matte finish.

 

[ChrisIW]

I actually really like the artwork on these WWA steels... the only thing letting them down for me is the matte finish.

AND it's matte?! Oh my god it just gets worse

 

[Hereticz]

It literally can´t be any worse now lol, you are probably only one who like that steel Im aware of @Noodles but to each their own I guess

 

[ethnosax]

Might as well print the blue banner across the top of the front cover and throw a bunch of text onto the back cover.

I think @Noodles's account has been hacked.

 

[aj101097]

Fantastic slip!...as for the Steelbook...it’s so ugly...that I kind of like it.

 

[Lollard2002]

I'm getting worried. They think that steel is good enough to sale and I'm screaming "Feck off'

 

[el barto]

i just hope they dont release the booklet with a rear window image inside, that would frek me out. as for the slip, almost perfect ! could be another softer tone of red tho, more like the original poster, its too bloody dark

 

[paulboland]

i just hope they dont release the booklet with a rear window image inside, that would frek me out. as for the slip, almost perfect ! could be another softer tone of red tho, more like the original poster, its too bloody dark

Black Barons are aware of the mistake they acknowledged the mistake in a reply on facebook
I would assume they will correct it

 

[virkia]

you are probably only one who like that steel Im aware of

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Slip: Perfect classic image and the right colour to go with this interesting steelbook although could've been just as good/original in pale blue, lilac, yellow or green ... better to pick up on the colours of the floating "quavers".

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This poster of course considered to be THE poster for VERTIGO and which surprisingly happens to be the only Saul Bass poster used for a Hitchcock film ...

Only thing I'd have different for this slip would be the spine title arrangement - vertical not sideways print
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Yes, same slipcase design has been used before - only in orange instead of red ... just last year in fact ... but instead with a Criterion style Scanavo case and not with a steelbook ... from World Cinema Library:-

World Cinema Library ... with same Scanavo cases used for Criterion etc. Blu-rays with taller artwork capacity than Amarays.

Spoiler

. . . more WCL Hitchcock followed ... including THE BIRDS, PSYCHO, REAR WINDOW and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (remake):-

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[Last Lizard]

The booklet's image is from Rear Window with Grace Kelly

lol I personally always liked the connective tissue between both movies.. I like to think of Midge and her career (fashion designer) as the next logical step in the compromise in lifestyles made between Lisa and Jeff at the end of Rear Window. After his legs healed he's fully developed a taste for detective work. Then he gets fed up with the 'new' Lisa and starts chasing another blonde model. Just don't ask me how Shep and Gil in Bell, Book and Candle fit in.. I haven't stretched things that far yet.

Is this red then or orange as it should be?

 

[Noodles]

AND it's matte?! Oh my god it just gets worse

Well, I'm assuming it is, since Birds was.

I think @Noodles's account has been hacked.

 

[ethnosax]

If those World Cinema Library slipcovers fit steelbooks, I need you to just not tell me, okay? Those are really nice, and I don't need one more fancy-shmancy thing to collect. Could we get their design team over to one of the steelbook retailers?

 

[BluMan Chu]

I snagged one of these but I hope they opt for different art for the steelbook at the last minute. If they don't, well, I'll still end up with a lovely slip.

 

[kootezafra]

WTF... GB Closed

 

[CleverLoginName]

Well, I'm assuming it is, since Birds was.

The Birds has some nice spot glossed areas, actually.