(for various definitions of 'classic')

July 11, 2012 7:41 AM

Classic movies in miniature style. It all started 2 years ago with an experiment to blend traditional ‘oriental’ (Ottoman) motifs and contemporary ‘western’ cinema. After a positive response to "Ottoman Star Wars", I decided to take the theme further, and developed more film posters using the same technique.
posted by shakespeherian (18 comments total)

Nice find... clever and well done.
posted by HuronBob at 7:52 AM on July 11, 2012

Very nice.
Could have easily veered off into the bushes, but the technique was well-controlled and stayed fairly true. I'd love to have one of these hanging on my studio wall.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:54 AM on July 11, 2012 [2 favorites]

Those are all fantastic. It's the kind of pop culture collage I really love: juxtaposing pop culture not with itself but with something more classical, particularly something out of the better known parts of the classical/historical Western art tradition.
posted by immlass at 7:55 AM on July 11, 2012

Awesome.
posted by Atreides at 7:58 AM on July 11, 2012

Very good! Cleverly done; and as Thorzdad says, they stick pretty well to the basic technique.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 8:03 AM on July 11, 2012

These are great!

I hope the discovery of these millennia hence totally messes with scholars.
posted by vorpal bunny at 8:05 AM on July 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

ok I totally love this!! very nicely done :)
posted by supermedusa at 8:14 AM on July 11, 2012

Oh lordy, the Terminator II one with the T-1000 chasing Arnie on an araba is awesome.
posted by Nomyte at 8:16 AM on July 11, 2012

I wish there were close-ups of the... I dunno what you call them -- descriptive captions?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:36 AM on July 11, 2012

The Alien one completely cracked me up. Check out Lambert in classic Ottoman bewailing pose.
posted by likeso at 8:42 AM on July 11, 2012

These are great, the Kill Bill one especially so.

Not sure why Elton John is playing a piano in the one for Inception. . .
posted by Think_Long at 8:51 AM on July 11, 2012

Love these. Reminds me of the Russian woodcut versions.
posted by benito.strauss at 10:16 AM on July 11, 2012 [7 favorites]

These are really delightful. And not just because this definition of 'classics' includes maybe every 'popular' DVD on my shelves, even though that's true.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:40 AM on July 11, 2012

I really enjoyed these--I love the detail that goes into them!
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posted by ctmf at 12:58 PM on July 11, 2012

Nice!
posted by occidental at 8:10 PM on July 11, 2012

Omg, *totally* love this!!! So much fun! Thanks for the great post shakespeherian.
posted by nickyskye at 3:13 PM on July 14, 2012

These are awesome. I hope they get dug up by an archeologist in 5000 years and are mistaken for depictions of actual historical events. "We know very little about the life of Tony Montana..."
posted by "But who are the Chefs?" at 3:13 PM on July 26, 2012