Fake Criterion Covers

[CSM126]

[Tribe]

Nice job, CSM126 on the Bergman.

[Oggilby]

[life_boy]

hey this is my first time posting just looking for some feedback hope you enjoy

(Phantom Phallus.)

[Sloper]

Something I thought might be of interest to those who read this thread: posters for classic movies on the TCM site. Most of them are at least a little bit naff, but some are quite nice - I get a kick out of the Jekyll and Hyde poster.

[Feego]

Something I thought might be of interest to those who read this thread: posters for classic movies on the TCM site. Most of them are at least a little bit naff, but some are quite nice - I get a kick out of the Jekyll and Hyde poster.

After looking at that "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" poster, I now know where Criterion got the idea for their "My Dinner with Andre" cover. Or maybe it's vice versa?

[Cinephrenic]

[Feego]

[Oggilby]

[kaujot]

The font seems more suited for, say, a Peter Sellers movie.

[HarryLong]

It's an interesting font, though.
What's it called?
And did you manipulate it to get that shaved-off side of the H?

[Person]

The font seems more suited for, say, a Peter Sellers movie.

Indeed. Mixing uppercase with lowercase for a Kubrick joint is also a no-no.

[Oggilby]

I lifted the typeface from one of the original posters...



Here's a re-do using the style used in the main titles...

[bearcuborg]

Wow, it looked better before.

[ehimle]

Wow, it looked better before.

agreed. don't listen to the others.
keep the original.

[kaujot]

Well, the artist who did the original poster didn't have much sense picking out the font then. Though I believe it's actually hand-lettered. I'm not sure which is worse!

I think a sans-display font would work nicely. Serifs are too refined, especially with the screen you've chosen. That serif isn't Calluna, is it?

[HarryLong]

Wow, it looked better before.

agreed. don't listen to the others.
keep the original.

Seconded ... er, thirded, rather.

[Sloper]

I liked the first cover too, especially the shot you've chosen - it has an authentic, grainy, period quality. You almost don't recognise Kirk Douglas.

[Person]

Sans serif capital lettering seemed to be SK's preference. It suits the aesthetics of his films very well.

[HerrSchreck]

Agreed. Even his more "classical" works like PATHS have that Kubrickian aspect about them that blends better with a sans serif font, which tends to have a more modernist look.

[dekadetia]

[oldsheperd]

Has anyone done a C cover for one of the films most deserving of the CC treatment: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?

[Harmonov]

Great cover.

[dekadetia]

[Cosmic Bus]

I have some other ideas for this one, but the most straightforward was, of course, the easiest to knock out. Wish I could've gotten the picture in color, and my laptop doesn't want to read the disc I burned of the recent IFC broadcast...