Curio: Murat Palta's Classic Film Miniatures

Alexa here. I realized recently that I've been remiss, that I've failed to post on the amazing work of Murat Palta in this column.  Well, today I'll make up for it! For his senior thesis, the Turkish student strove to blend traditional Ottoman miniature book illuminations with classic Western cinema. Rightfully so, these amazing compositions received a lot of attention outside his academic circle. The blend is a perfect one: Ottoman artists used abstraction to highlight the transcendent in the stories told. What's more transcendent than these scenes, so familiar to our modern eyes? 

I won't caption them, as the fun comes in the moment of recognition. How many do you recognize? More after the jump

See more of Murat's amazing portfolio here

Comments

[Mikadzuki]

WOW, what an unexpected crossover. Gorgeous and hilarious.

[Mike in Canada]

I figured out #1,3,5,6 and 8. These are amazing!

[Amir]

These are terrific.

[NathanielR]

Arent they though #1 and #3 are fun once you "get" them. and i love the kill bill. but i'm kinda lost on the others at this point

[Flickah]

I cannot figure out #2 and #4! I keep looking at it to figure it out. This is such gorgeous work -- what a great way of combining the traditional with the modern.

[LVJeff]

Awesome. The only one I can't figure out is #4...

[princesskaraoke]

This is so cool. I didn't get #2, 4, or 7 - but on looking it up, turns out I never saw #2 or #7! (a little embarrassed to admit that, yes...)

Also, #2 is easier if you can get a close-up of the dude in the middle.

[NATHANIEL R]

lol. i just finally got the scarface one. how did i miss that the first tiem through. still stumped on #2

[Emre]

#1 - The Godfather
#2 - Alien
#3 - Inception
#4 - Pulp Fiction
#5 - Clockwork Orange
#6 - The Shining
#7 - Scarface
#8 - Kill Bill

[NATHANIEL R]

EMRE -- Alien. oh yeah. i get it now. That was by far the trickiest one seeing it small like this.