The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers

Here’s a cover for an earlier challenge idea: Remakes of films that should never be remade. This is basically an exercise in cinematic sacrilege, but it’s pretty fun nonetheless. After toying with the idea of James Cameron’s 2001 and Zach Braff’s The Bicycle Thieves, I finally settled on this, which is what you would get if you stripped the original of its central message or any redeeming qualities:

Synopsis: After failing to control its country’s Islamic extremists, the government of Algeria asks for help from the US military. After serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Colonel Jack Matthews (Ed Harris) and an elite team of commandos infiltrate the old city of Algiers to root out the diabolical leaders of its bomb network, Jaffar (Yigal Naor) and Ali La Pointe (Art Malik). Things get complicated when a young sergeant under Matthews’ command (Ryan Reynolds) unwittingly falls for one of the terrorists (Eva Mendes). This action-packed update to the classic Pontecorvo film will leave you breathless until its stirring conclusion. No subtitles! Kick-ass explosions! Commandos = Good! Terrorists = Bad! Rock the Casbah!

Yeah, I would be moved to commit a violent crime if this were ever given the green light.

^^^why does that make it look like a musical?

Hahaha

and a comedy!

Holy shit Josh, I just saw your Trial cover. That is fantastic (puts mine to shame)!

Erik: that’s your best one yet, IMO.

Connor: Is that O Lucky Man cover your original artwork?

Sorta. I got it from fiddling around with this picture:

Erick Villasenor, your two Scorsese’s are greats, and Taxi Driver cover is very original.

Connor: Fucking brilliant work on that one. You took a perfectly iconic image from the film and did something extraordinary with it.

Hat’s off, bro. Keep em comin.

This is a great page so farrr…

Nice work, you two.

I am voicing appreciation of Josh’s The Trial cover and Connor’s Inland Empire cover.

thanx josh and the rest of you. I’m kinda new at these so your support helps

Erik: small tip: Try putting a thin border around white covers. Helps them stand out against the white background.

okay I’ll try that next time josh

So far this page is awsome!!! Im gona post my videogame movie but its not gona compare…this thread is starting to pick up again!!

The O’ Lucky Man is one of the best the thread has produced. Superb work!

O Lucky Man is brilliant! anyway this is for the challenge i guess…

That cover is great, although I would choose to use white on Coppola’s name for some contrast. I like the font especially.

Sekzee: Damn, dude. You went and did something awesome.

Everybody better watch what they post on this page, cause this is one for the books.

Thanks Josh, Mike, Law, and Samantha.

Here are a couple that are a bit more straightforward. It’s basically my dream Eclipse set…

thanks guys!! Ill definately change it to white it would totally stand out more

That’s good too. Keep them coming!

Oh my God, now that I finally see the whole set, I love it even more. Brilliant!