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Was it really so hard to just pick this image? Evidently it was…
Yeah, I know. I had an immediate reaction. I don’t usually do that over steelbook art - I don’t generally care about the use of poster art - but this movie is very sentimental to me (a long childhood story I don’t need to share about King Kong and my grandfather who died long before he should have and that really affected me). The poster art has a deep connection with me because of that.Is it really as easy as just picking that image? Like declassifying top secret documents just by thinking about it?
Who owns the copyright to that image? Is it available to be used? If so, at what cost?
All the questions that nobody seems to ask or think about every time some alternative art is used on a steelbook.
But that's what is used on steelbooks most of the time. Alternative art. It's odd how many people actually collect steelbooks when they quite often, (more often than not? Or always?) would prefer some other art.
This is a StudioCanal release of a Paramount film. Does StudioCanal often, or ever, use the original movie poster art on their steelbooks? I dunno. Just asking.
Does Paramount own the rights to that poster image and maybe said "No StudioCanal you can't use that image"
You know who knows the answer to all of these questions? Nobody here.
So, was it really so hard to just pick that image? It probably was.
But I'm sure we'll continue to see that same question asked over and over and over again in almost every steelbook thread. Every single time the movie poster art isn't used.
I like the colors on the blue one better.This is the variant poster with the credits along with the regular poster with the credits also.
Artist is FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
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