Rick Thompson
Screenwriter
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The artwork could and should be better. As noted previously, the "Ten Commandments" art is particularly ridiculous ("at least it's clear that it's not the famous NINE commandments movie"). Awful type design, awful typeface choice.
Ditto for "King of Kings" or as the artwork says, "King of KINGS." To coin a phrase, you could say it lets us know we not talking about a "King of QUEENS" movie! They would have done better to either crop the original top and bottom, or simply use the title in the original stone typeface. It was classy and fit the epic.
What we're getting is sort of like what happened with music CD art. With only a 4-1/2 inch square canvas, you can't do much. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" design is stunning on a 12-inch LP cover. On a CD booklet it's a splotch.
You have to be original, and originality is rarely valued very much in Hollywood.
Ditto for "King of Kings" or as the artwork says, "King of KINGS." To coin a phrase, you could say it lets us know we not talking about a "King of QUEENS" movie! They would have done better to either crop the original top and bottom, or simply use the title in the original stone typeface. It was classy and fit the epic.
What we're getting is sort of like what happened with music CD art. With only a 4-1/2 inch square canvas, you can't do much. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" design is stunning on a 12-inch LP cover. On a CD booklet it's a splotch.
You have to be original, and originality is rarely valued very much in Hollywood.