Amazing Bootleg Movie Posters From Ghana.

With the growing popularity of videocassettes in the 1980’s, mobile cinema arrived in Ghana, West Africa. That is, someone with a VCR, a projector and a generator would set themselves up somewhere and screen bootlegs of Hollywood movies! Man, I love Ghana.

But what happens when the official Hollywood movie posters can’t be imported? How do you entice anyone along to your illegal screenings of classic after classic and “Waterworld”? It was no problem for Ghana. No problem at all! Because when that happened in Ghana, local artists were hired to bootleg the official posters and as you’ll see here, a lot of those artists hadn’t even seen the films never mind the original posters.

In Ghana, they just drew whatever the fuck they wanted.
And they didn’t even have to sit through “Waterworld”. YAY!

 

“Waterworld”. Remember that piece of shit?

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Amazing Fake Criterion Collection Custom Blu-Ray Covers.

From Wikipedia:
“The Criterion Collection (or simply Criterion) is a video-distribution company that sells “important classic and contemporary films” to film aficionados. The Criterion Collection is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality, with supplemental features that enhance the appreciation of the art of film. Criterion is noted for helping to standardize the letterbox format for widescreen films, bonus features, and special editions for home video.”

I’ve always said that the fans design better movie posters and covers for DVDs and Blu-Rays and today I’d like to prove it.

Click To Enlarge these Custom-Made Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Covers for films that aren’t even part of The Criterion Collection!

You can browse the actual Criterion Collection HERE.

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Gorgeous Portraits Of Movie Characters & Classic Shots.

I’d like to tell you all a little bit about the magnificent paintings of cinematic classics you’re about to see but unfortunately, I know almost nothing.

Here’s what I do know: The artist seems to be called Massimo Carnevale and…that’s it!

The Great Dictator (1940):

Some Like It Hot (1959):

The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967):

Serpico (1973):

JAWS (1975):

Taxi Driver (1976):

Saturday Night Fever (1977):

Alien !1979):

The Blues Brothers (1980):

The Elephant Man (1980):

The Shining (1980):

Back To the Future (1985):

Brazil (1985):

Full Metal Jacket (1987):

Point Break (1991):

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991):

True Romance (1993):

The Crow (1994):

The Green Mile (1999):

Death Proof (2007):

Bronson (2007):

Gran Torino (2008):

Machete (2010):

Django unchained (2012):

There are a HELLUVA lot more of these wonderful paintings and they can be viewed HERE.
The original artist seems to have a blog HERE.

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“Back To The Future” I & II Comparison.

Cinematic trivia utterly fascinates me. It’s mostly what I use the internet for and this little nugget from “Back To The Future: Part II” always impressed me:

“Claudia Wells (Jennifer in “Back To The Future“) was unable to reprise her role as she had stopped acting because her mother had been diagnosed with cancer. Elisabeth Shue was then cast as Jennifer, and all the closing shots of “Back To The Future” were re-shot for the beginning of this film.”

“Back To The Future” and “Back To The Future: Part II” were shot roughly 4 years apart and Michael J. Fox visibly aged a little.

Folks, we didn’t have Youtube while I was growing up but I’m glad we do now because…

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Graham Humphreys: “Zombie Flesh Eaters” Artwork.

Never in a million years would I ever show you one of my illustrations before it was finished.
It’ll never happen.

Apart from spoiling the magic of my work a little, the process would expose me as the pretend artist I actually am! That said, I love to see and learn from the works in progress of other artists and illustrators and today I’d like to show you Graham Humphrey’s new artwork, start to finish, for the 1979 Italian classic, “Zombie Flesh Eaters“.

You’ve all seen “Zombie Flesh Eaters” right?
You all remember the underwater scene where a ZOMBIE FIGHTS A SHARK don’t you?
I found these images through looking about for information on the new Arrow Films DVD print of “Zombie Flesh Eaters” and aside from being a pretend artist in my spare time, I also occasionally steal articles from other sites. Not in attempt to be interesting or because I don’t have my own shit to say you understand, but because I find it very interesting and educational and I think that a lot of other people may feel the same way.

…Which is why I have shamelessly lifted the following images from a WONDERFUL place called Death Waltz Recording Company who, as far I understand it, release rare and out of print horror movie soundtracks on newly pressed vinyl and I really hope that they don’t mind my doing so because images like the following ones are sure to help all of you young wanna-be pretend artists and illustrators.

I wish I’d seen something like these when I was 10 years old instead of 30.

Links:
* Death Waltz Recording Company
* Arrow Films

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