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The Fountain DVD Art

post #1 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:23pm
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I know it didn't do well in theatres but c'mon!

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post #2 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:26pm
Ugh. Someone's gotta make a better cover that we can print out and throw in there.
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post #3 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:28pm
Hmmm...seems a bit too typical, and given that The Fountain is very a-typical, it doesn't quite work. Obviously, I'm still buying it because that was the best movie last year.

I hope for the special edition, the cover looks like the cover of Izzie's book. Plain, simple with 'The Fountain' scrawled in beautiful script.

When's this coming out?!?!!
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post #4 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:39pm


"Please don't be upset, my love. I left the last piece of Broccoli for you. It tastes absolutely divine."
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post #5 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:49pm
This or the cover for Children of Men, I dont know which is worse...
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post #6 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:52pm
Holy Christ. TERRIBLE.
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post #7 of 68
3/10/07 at 3:58pm
Wonderful. Kinda captures what the movie is all about. A Romantic historical epic in the spirit of The New World.
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post #8 of 68
3/10/07 at 4:08pm
They really want to make sure nobody rent this, do they ?
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post #9 of 68
3/10/07 at 4:19pm
On the contrary, many more of the average audiences who didn't see it theatrically, put off by the high concept, LOVE romantic movies.

They will, of course, HATE it, but first they have to rent it.
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post #10 of 68
3/10/07 at 4:59pm
Not even a Devin quote, I'm absolutely disgusted!

Well I remember Aronofsky mentioning a Criterion edition later down the line, so nothing to worry about.
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post #11 of 68
3/10/07 at 6:39pm
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Originally Posted by cognizant
This or the cover for Children of Men, I dont know which is worse...
This one.



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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
A Romantic historical epic in the spirit of The New World.
It does look about as good as The New World DVD art. Shameful.
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post #12 of 68
3/10/07 at 6:44pm
Was this designed by the same genuises who put together the Serenity box art?
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post #13 of 68
3/10/07 at 6:51pm
Pretty icky, though if Criterion talk is true (can it be?), then that's pretty neat. I really hadn't seen a movie so undeservedly savaged by the critics as much as this one.
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post #14 of 68
3/10/07 at 6:51pm
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Originally Posted by Andrew Collins
This one.
Although take into account I meant the UK region 2 Children of Men. I wonder what the region 2 of The Fountain will look like...

It looks like Hugh is leading the Mayans into battle.

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Originally Posted by KABONG
though if Criterion talk is true (can it be?), then that's pretty neat.
I think he mentioned it in a Devin interview, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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post #15 of 68
3/10/07 at 7:11pm
If the goal is to rent and sell DVDs, playing devil's advocate, this probably achieves that better than the theatrical artwork. Yes, it's going to look like ass in your collection, but the theatrical poster didn't really meet prospective audiences halfway. This one actually shows you who's in it, which, for those browsing the rental shelves, is sort of important.
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post #16 of 68
3/10/07 at 7:29pm
I actually don't mind it these days when the first edition out has a crappy cover. It means they'll probably use one of the brilliant posters for the Better Edition.

And I hadn't heard about the Criterion Fountain thing, but it just made my morning. Cheers for that!
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post #17 of 68
3/10/07 at 7:41pm
A five minute google on Aronofsky and Criterion only got me this myspace message from the director:

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1. I do believe there is going to be an HD-DVD, and because it has more storage space it will have some additional extra things.

2. To be clear, there is no pre-pg-13 cut. The cut that was in the cinema was MY FINAL CUT. I made all the decisions on it (with my team of course) but creatively it was the filmmaker's vision. This is the same cut you will all see on DVD and the HD-DVD. What happened is this: originally we were given an R rating. I went back to the MPAA and with a little negotiating the film got a PG-13 rating. This was the rating I had always wanted for the film and so I made an effort to get it. But the film was in no way creatively effected. So to be clear, there was NO studio pressure it was purely my choice to try to get a PG-13 rating. Many teenagers were writing asking for me to help them out. So what you saw in the cinema and what you will see at home is the DIRECTOR'S FINAL CUT.
A five minute Chud search got me this Devin interview excerpt:

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What can we expect on the DVD for this film? I was watching the movie last night and I couldn’t decide if I wanted a commentary that would give away every bit of symbolism and meaning or not.

There is no commentary. Warner Bros was not interested in it, so I did not push it. My whole thing is that I realized… Criterion was interested in Pi and Requiem, but because I put everything out on [the original DVDs], they didn’t really find a reason to do them. So when Warner Bros said they weren’t interested, I said, hey I’ll keep this in my pocket and eventually… I enjoy it because I got so much out of commentaries from other films I learned a lot.

So you’re telling me you want to do The Fountain as a Criterion DVD?

I’d love to.
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post #18 of 68
3/10/07 at 7:56pm
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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin
I hope for the special edition, the cover looks like the cover of Izzie's book. Plain, simple with 'The Fountain' scrawled in beautiful script.
That's an awesome idea. I was thinking they should just use one of the posters, but your idea is something I'd much rather see.

Maybe we'll get really lucky and Best Buy (or someone) will put out a special cover for the film like they did for The Departed. But I'm not holding my breath...
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post #19 of 68
3/10/07 at 8:44pm
Just going by the above quote, all this talk of a Criterion edition is sounding very Oh Don Piano.
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post #20 of 68
3/10/07 at 10:38pm
Best Buy put out a special cover for The Departed? Nice.
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post #21 of 68
3/10/07 at 11:43pm
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Originally Posted by SarahLynne
Just going by the above quote, all this talk of a Criterion edition is sounding very Oh Don Piano.
I agree. I mean, I'm sure every director out there would love to have their movie as part of the Criterion collection, but it's a lot more complicated than just filling out an application and hoping that they want to. As for the cover........the less said the better. I doubt a Best Buy DVD will do much to improve it (and that's assuming they even bother, which I doubt they will).
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post #22 of 68
3/11/07 at 7:26am
....its ass, but I'll still be buying and then buying the Criterion as well.

It's worth the double dip.
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post #23 of 68
3/11/07 at 1:15pm
Nobody told me there was swordplay in this movie! I'm totally renting this.
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post #24 of 68
3/11/07 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin
Best Buy put out a special cover for The Departed? Nice.
Yeah, and it's much nicer than the normal cover art. This isn't just a paper insert, the entire cover has a gunmetal look & feel to it. The art for the discs is the same as the two disc editions, though.



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Originally Posted by Desert Squirrel
I doubt a Best Buy DVD will do much to improve it (and that's assuming they even bother, which I doubt they will).
Normally I'd agree with you, but they did a hell of a job with the above cover. The two disc edition isn't that bad, but still like the Best Buy version better than both by a long shot.

Unfortunately, The Fountain won't get this treatment, but it would be nice if it did...

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post #25 of 68
3/11/07 at 8:35pm
This should have been the cover:
LL
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post #26 of 68
3/11/07 at 9:40pm
That image would have been much better.

I saw the Making-of doc - very, very good. Worth the purchase of the DVD alone, regardless of cover art.
Don't hold your breath on a Criterion anytime soon, though.
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post #27 of 68
3/12/07 at 1:34am
Thats a great picture and should have been the cover.

As for the legitimate and weak cover art oh well the movie is awesome so i'll be getting it.
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post #28 of 68
3/12/07 at 10:22am
Apparently, this is the spanish theatrical poster:

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post #29 of 68
3/12/07 at 10:30am
Well, when is this art piece out ?

And could we get myers87 to try to make a cover for The Fountain ? It cannot be worse.
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post #30 of 68
3/12/07 at 10:42am
That Best Buy version looks like it's for a remake of Mean Streets.
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post #31 of 68
3/12/07 at 6:31pm
My opinion. Darren should call up Criterion, release a proper DVD, and have the artwork be in the design of the leatherbound notebook in the film. Would be brilliant, but alas, I'm merely dreaming I think.
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post #32 of 68
3/12/07 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by Detonathor
This should have been the cover:
That would have been lovely too.
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post #33 of 68
3/12/07 at 7:51pm
I temped for a month in Warner Home Video's creative arts department. These are the same people who created the shit Superman covers (No Richard Pryor on Superman III case). They're dumber than retarded goats.
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post #34 of 68
3/13/07 at 12:28pm
yikes. I hate to say it, especially since Devin brought up the exact same issue, but that really does put me off getting the DVD.
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post #35 of 68
3/13/07 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by tezmo
yikes. I hate to say it, especially since Devin brought up the exact same issue, but that really does put me off getting the DVD.
I see you live in the UK. Most likely your cover art will be much more innovative than ours.
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post #36 of 68
3/13/07 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by damimegood
I see you live in the UK. Most likely your cover art will be much more innovative than ours.
I used to think that way too, but these days its becoming more like a lottery. I prefer the region 1 of Children of Men, the one where Clive is trying to hide behind a wall to cover his humiliation of being on the cover.
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post #37 of 68
3/14/07 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by damimegood
I see you live in the UK. Most likely your cover art will be much more innovative than ours.
fingers crossed......very likely in vein - assuming that is they pony up a release this calendar year.

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Originally Posted by cognizant
I used to think that way too, but these days its becoming more like a lottery. I prefer the region 1 of Children of Men, the one where Clive is trying to hide behind a wall to cover his humiliation of being on the cover.
to be fair, theyre both pretty shitty.
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post #38 of 68
3/17/07 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by cognizant
I used to think that way too, but these days its becoming more like a lottery. I prefer the region 1 of Children of Men, the one where Clive is trying to hide behind a wall to cover his humiliation of being on the cover.
The Embryo one sheet would have been a nice one too. Simple yet evocative.
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post #39 of 68
3/17/07 at 5:14pm
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Originally Posted by damimegood
The Embryo one sheet would have been a nice one too. Simple yet evocative.
Any one of the teaser posters would have been great, embryo or the 'turn the lights off' one. It is frustrating seeing so many excellent teaser posters for films that eventually get a really shitty DVD cover; makes no sense.
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post #40 of 68
4/2/07 at 6:11pm
http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=64299

That article suggest they've changed the DVD Artwork to something a little more demure and at the very least tonally correct. I actually quite like it and it's a million times better than what they had.

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post #41 of 68
4/2/07 at 6:18pm
An improvement. I say that in a stern noncommittal voice.

I'll wait a while and see if a 2 disc pops up. Someone post the UK region 2 cover whenever you spot it, thanks.
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post #42 of 68
4/2/07 at 8:18pm
Blandness.
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post #43 of 68
4/2/07 at 8:46pm
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It's good enough.
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post #44 of 68
4/2/07 at 11:30pm
much better.

However, with one hour of featurettes, I don't know if we should expect a special edition. This is a movie that you might not want to wait on, as good as it is.
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post #45 of 68
4/2/07 at 11:56pm
From his blog on MySpace:

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Originally Posted by Darren Aronofsky
dvd... i saw that terrible art and i worked hard to get it changed. the studio wouldn't hire dan and jeremy, my vfx team, to do it but i got them to use the art from the international campaign which is pretty nice.
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post #46 of 68
4/3/07 at 12:08am
That art looks better... the original was horrid.
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post #47 of 68
4/3/07 at 12:08am
that is light years ahead of the first cover.
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post #48 of 68
4/3/07 at 12:54am
how is it possible this would even be released in a full screen edition?
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post #49 of 68
4/3/07 at 2:11am
This is better - that first one is just awful. Hopefully someone was fired because of that...
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post #50 of 68
4/3/07 at 7:06am
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Originally Posted by Darren Aronofsky
the studio wouldn't hire dan and jeremy, my vfx team, to do it
Why?....just WHY!? Devin go find out and write about why.

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Originally Posted by Starving Dog
However, with one hour of featurettes, I don't know if we should expect a special edition. This is a movie that you might not want to wait on, as good as it is.
I usually wait until both R1 and R2 of a DVD is released and pick between the two, but I dont mind waiting a bit longer incase a 2 disc pops up from nowhere. I'll wait a year, I'm in no hurry.
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