Cover Box Synchronicity or Shamelessness?
Here we have two recent somber Italian dramas, both directed by people whose last names start with the letter C (Cristina Comencini and Sergio Castellitto). The DVD releases were put out by two completely different companies (Lions Gate and Wellspring). The original Italian titles are completely different, but the English translations come out to “Don’t Tell” and “Don’t Move”. The DVD covers are remarkably similar, with the male leads reaching for the female leads’ faces (an iconic type of image in the first place).
Verdict: synchronicity
Here we have two recent Chubby Checker films from the 1950s (”Twist Around The Clock” and “Don’t Knock The Twist”), both issued on DVD for the first time by Sony in a two-pack. Both use the same Photoshopped image of Checker in the same pose, only in the case of “Don’t Knock The Twist”, it’s supposed to look like he’s dancing “with” his co-star.
Verdict: shameless