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hammock · #251 Post by **hammock** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:03 am

Klaylock, that is amazing. Best disc art ever and the cover itself is way up the list too. I was not a big fan of the film but your fan art had med wanting to see it again - great job!

Rupert Pupkin · #252 Post by **Rupert Pupkin** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:04 am

wow!

fantastic cover! If Criterion's thinking about re-releasing a remastered edition of Alphaville they have to look here!

I have the original Criterion and I'd like to "refresh" this edition... Could it be possible for you to post a 300dpi cover so I can print a pristine new artwork ? (I like both, the one with Anna Karina and Lemmy Caution cover and the Brazil-2001-red-eye (I think about Brazil because of the neon... But in many Godard's movies, I've seen that he tends often to use the neon (in Detective for instance...)

a.khan · #253 Post by **a.khan** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:18 am

Both versions are great, but I feel the one with the actors' faces is better. Once again, an excellent effort. Are you taking requests?

Jean-Luc Garbo · Mon May 05, 2008 11:41 pm

I too love that cover. The first with the faces is great because it's a bit more ghostly. The second is great because it's more stark which is appropriate to that film. It'd be great to see it on a Criterion because this is the best fan cover I've seen in awhile. =D>

CSM126 · #255 Post by **CSM126** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:51 am

The fruit of my boredom (and lacking photoshop skills)

(Admittedly derivative of that rejected Schizopolis cover on the ol' Dungeon site)

#256 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:16 am

I'm staying out of actually commenting on the fake covers, but I will say that I was just thinking a couple weeks ago about what a dream release a Brain Candy Criterion would be, considering that there's a whole forty percent of the movie missing and reshot that still exists in bootleg form. Add to that the now-friendly Kids' willingness to provide audio commentaries and potential for numerous hilarious extras. I mean, it IS a Paramount release, it's possible but.... I know it'll never ever happen. But man, if it did, I would spring for a free pizza party for the entire Criterion office staff. YOU HEAR THAT STAFFERS WHO LURK ON THIS BOARD? PIZZA PARTY!

miless · #257 Post by **miless** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:32 am

I'll supply the ice cream.

CSM126 · #258 Post by **CSM126** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:58 am

domino harvey wrote:I know it'll never ever happen. But man, if it did...

Well, the old Paramount disc did go out of print recently...

souvenir · #259 Post by **souvenir** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:58 pm

CSM126 wrote:
domino harvey wrote:I know it'll never ever happen. But man, if it did...
Well, the old Paramount disc did go out of print recently...

So did Anthony Mann's The Tin Star, which isn't related to Brain Candy, but is probably about as likely (or more) to get released by Criterion.

pianocrash · #260 Post by **pianocrash** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:00 am

That red light on the fan-favorite Alphaville cover does look coincidentally like a dose of Gleemonex, dot dot dot.

Lemmy Caution · #261 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:21 pm

For comparison:

Two Japanese covers of Alphaville:

The purples and greens are a little brighter on the Dvd's I've seen, and look better than the image here.

And a Japanese VHS cover of Alphaville:

I like the curved title font, but otherwise a bit of a mess.

klee13 · #262 Post by **klee13** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:35 am

As far as requests go, sure I might take a few if I've seen the film. I usually get ideas for covers while I'm watching movies though.

A 300 dpi may be problematic since I didn't originally make it that big. Indeed, even the original screen caps don't look very good when magnified that much. However, it might be a good project for the future. Besides, I think it would be cool to make a full cover version sometime.

In the mean time, I made a cover for Week-End. It might not look as cool as Alphaville's, but I was trying to go for something different with this one. As for the fact that I did two Godard films in a row, it is a mere coincidence. Or perhaps not. There is that Film Forum festival going on after all.

PimpPanda · #263 Post by **PimpPanda** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:24 am

I made this in around five minutes so it's not that great:

I stole the logo and etc. from The Burmese Harp cover.

Feego · #264 Post by **Feego** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:42 am

As you can see, I like working with still photos and monochrome.

Oggilby · #265 Post by **Oggilby** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:20 am

mrschroeder1982 · Sat May 24, 2008 10:17 am

Yes! It's about time we got another fake cover of a movie that will never be in the Collection! And it's a hell of a cover, too!

broadwayrock · #267 Post by **broadwayrock** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:12 pm

miless · #268 Post by **miless** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:51 pm

that's a really wide American flag

HerrSchreck · #269 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:22 am

Thats pretty bad.

klee13 · #270 Post by **klee13** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:26 am

#271 Post by **Jeff** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:33 am

New Rule: Only Klaylock is allowed to post in this thread.

Saturnome · #272 Post by **Saturnome** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:38 am

Agreed!

It's just like the film. I'm just not sure about the the position of the text. The discs are fantastic too.

kaujot · #273 Post by **kaujot** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:51 am

Can't say that I like the choice of font, mainly because it's the same used by Kino and RusCiCo. (At least it is, fresh off my memory)

HerrSchreck · #274 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:47 am

What gets me the most is the standard "charcoal art effect" on the stalkers head... very 1a Photo-shooop.

#275 Post by **swo17** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:54 am

That Stalker art is making me drool...

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