Fake Criterion Covers
- Svevan
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Don't say his name, he's like Beetlejuice.
- Alphonse Doinel
- Joined: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:42 pm
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He became an Auteur under one of his many aliases. I think they appreciated his 'art' more over there.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Under a misspelling of one of his aliases here. Brilliant.
- Cinephrenic
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:58 pm
- Location: Paris, Texas
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He took my Paris, Texas location. Fucker...
- matrixschmatrix
- Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 11:26 pm
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If we're bringing up locations, can I mention that every time I see swo's "SLC, UT" location my brain edits out the 'C'Cinephrenic wrote:He took my Paris, Texas location. Fucker...
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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I suppose that's better than editing in an 'N'.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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The Post With All the BBCode
You are Sucha Loud Crazy NUT, tho
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My contribution to this thread:
and a few others here at the Flickr Fake Criterion Collection Covers group.
and a few others here at the Flickr Fake Criterion Collection Covers group.
Last edited by kndy on Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- TheGodfather
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Those are some great covers! the image used on Infernal Affairs is pretty cliche, but the Going Hollywood and especially Ninotchka covers are stunning! I love the colour schemes on it. Would love to see them release the blu-ray with that cover.
And a Maya Deren set by Eclipse would be excellent.
And a Maya Deren set by Eclipse would be excellent.
- matrixschmatrix
- Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 11:26 pm
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I think Going Hollywood and Heavenly Forest stick out as the strongest there, with Safety Last being the weakest. Infernal Affairs does look nice, it's just that big floating heads is a pretty brutally overdone design element at this point.
- knives
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:49 pm
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I have no clue what Heavenly Forrest is, but you've sold me on it.
- zedz
- Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:24 pm
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Nice work! Though the Deren would have to be the first single-disc Eclipse set. You might as well throw Divine Horsemen in there and make it the Complete Works.
- aox
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Seriously. I got very excited based on that fake cover and less so when I began to read about the film this afternoon.knives wrote:I have no clue what Heavenly Forrest is, but you've sold me on it.
- knives
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:49 pm
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Reading the plot summary it sounds like a million comic books. If it was a comic it'd be the perfect gift for my sister. Still a beautiful cover though.
- liam fennell
- Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:54 pm
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this is a fun thread! a made a few of these a couple of months ago when I found this site.. I'm pretty happy with 2 of these 3, I can almost imagine them on my shelves...
- HistoryProf
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agreed...the texture of the surfaces along with the color add to the composition to make it a near perfect cover design. bravo.knives wrote:I have no clue what Heavenly Forrest is, but you've sold me on it.
and i've also never heard of it.
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Hi everyone, here are a few more. Thanks for the comments.
Similar to "Going Hollywood", the process was a bit time consuming since both were derived from black and white photos and required coloring.
An older one... Sometimes a photo is just enough without much manipulation...
Similar to "Going Hollywood", the process was a bit time consuming since both were derived from black and white photos and required coloring.
An older one... Sometimes a photo is just enough without much manipulation...
- Matt
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:58 pm
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I know this is a fun, "harmless" thread, but we're getting too many people signing up recently just to post fake covers. I'm closing it down for the time being. If you're reading this and want to post some fake Criterion covers somewhere, try this thread at Mubi: http://mubi.com/topics/2132" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. You're bound to find a much more supportive and appreciative audience for that kind of thing there anyway.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
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Swimminghorses (or his non-union Mexican equivalent) resurfaced on Reddit and gained literally thousands of idiot fawners with no concept of graphic design
- perkizitore
- Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:29 pm
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Now that the thread is finally open again, I am waiting for the inevitable swimminghorses post featuring a potpourri of his last decade of 'creations'.
- Big Ben
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That's an incredibly phallic cover for Darkest Hour.
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I knew all the nominees and still could not decipher what Lady Bird’s cover said
- Grand Wazoo
- Joined: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:23 pm
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I've seen people in love with these on Twitter and I don't know how to handle it.
- soundchaser
- Leave Her to Beaver
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I'll admit to kind of liking the one for Get Out, in some perverse way (it's not legible in the slightest, of course). But holy hell, some of those are astonishingly ugly. Three Billboards, especially.
- Luke M
- Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:21 pm
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I thought Dunkirk was pretty much what Criterion would do with it