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swimminghorses wrote:TMWFTE's cover looks great, but it lack the logo and the director's name making me think this is not the final design. Any Criterions w/o director on cover?

The logo and director's name are there, it's just that the shades used for both make them obscure against the black background. A revision shortly forthcoming for that cover I'd say.

the man who fell to earth: that cover is beautiful.

bad timing: undecided.

Not sure about The Man Who Fell to Earth. Seems pretty simple for a sci-fi flick. I like Bad Timing.

Man Who Fell to Earth is stunning. Very classy.

cinephrenic wrote:Not sure about The Man Who Fell to Earth. Seems pretty simple for a sci-fi flick. I like Bad Timing.

MWFTE is beautiful partly because its simple.

Every poster for this film has been centered around Bowie's head.

lmao, where did you dig that picture up from?

did that come from rumoured Al Parker edit ? (hope I'm getting porn star and the decade correct).

TMWFTE's cover looks great, but it lack the logo and the director's name making me think this is not the final design. Any Criterions w/o director on cover?

lmao, where did you dig that picture up from?

I figured someone would ask. I was looking up some posters over the film and came across this.

cinephrenic wrote:If they win the case, I will sell my Criterions to pay the damages.

Is there really a case? I'll do a Lexis search and find out for sure.

The Bowie cover is slowly (and I mean slowly...) growing on me. I was hoping for something a lot different but I guess I will end up liking it. We'll see. On the other hand, that Bad Timing cover is starting to really get on my nerves as I don't think it pays justice to the movie in any way. The film is such a multi-layered piece of movie-making, almost reaching baroque moments of narrative editing but that cover is just blah!

Bowie cover is too dark. Bad Timing cover mimics a soft porn tragedy, which it is no?

The cover looks more like a coked up chick.

who's picking her nose...

I think these are my favorite covers of the year along with Youth of the Beast. Yes, I, like Kubrick, am a fan of sans serif fonts. It might be one of our only affinities.

Annie, could you meet me in the Bad Timing thread and explain to me what you mean by baroque moments of narrative editing? I'm not being testy, just curious. If you've already done so please let me know.

Hrossa wrote:I, like Kubrick, am a fan of sans serif fonts.

Me too, but the MWF font looks too much like the back of a sports jersey for me. I guess I'm not comfortable with the octagonal "O". And are the Roeg titles in the same face? Because I can't imagine that "O" coexisting with the rounded "G" in "Timing". Surely they'd fight to the death!

Yes, Dan "The Man" Marino was so criminally misunderstood by the society that surrounded him. His philosophical message and spiritually advanced actions were far too profound and innovative for our meager human minds to comprehend. Those Isotoner Glove TV advertisements display that he was a true vanguard and an artist with progressive ideas that we all failed to appreciate. I think it's a real bold move to cast David Bowie as Marino, but I'll reserve my final judgement of how committed he is until I see how much weight Bowie has gained for the role.

Let's not forget Marino's nuanced performance in that cinematic masterpiece Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Dan Marino is such a great character! His is the immortal symbol of humanity's shortcomings.

i personally prefer Marino's turn in 'Little Nicky'. his lone scene was enough for me to personally write a letter to the Academy declaring his non-nomination one of the biggest travesties of modern cinema. as he pleads with the devil to go to the Super Bowl and is refused, the anguish on his face brings me to tears everytime. i do admit though, the scene is brilliantly written - maybe not as much Marino as the influence of this amazing script enabling his true talents to shine through.

I am a huge fan of Roeg and I love The Man Who Fell to Earth and I was looking forward to seeing the artwork. I find it hideous. Dull, unimaginative, distinctly unmysterious and unrepresentative of the film's style or content. It's a picture of Bowie, with a horrible font slapped over him. Wow! That's Art. Come on, use the original poster as the main image:

Australian DVD


UK DVD


There's also the German DVD:


An ad sheet to tie-in with Low:


That's my tuppence, anyway.

Just alter the cover to use the whacked out 70's sf font from the Australian dvd and I'll be happy.

Anyone care to bodge one up in photo shop? Because I can't be arsed.

Sometimes less is more. I love the minimalist approach. Besides, Bowie's face is art enough. The Australian DVD cover? Hm. That font makes me think of the Iron Maiden album covers of my turbulent youth.

Criterion's final cover art made image link superfluous.