Classical Movies in Ottoman Miniature Style

Some time ago I stumbled upon a really talented designer who was playing around with contemporary Ottoman-style miniatures. I got so excited about his work, so I emailed him right away and asked for an interview. He was extremely nice and right away I started working on my article. That was about two years ago… My book got in the way, but this story was always in the back of my mind. Following yesterday’s ‘flow’ I decided to finally release this piece.

As part of his graduation project at Dumlupinar University (Fine Arts Faculty, Graphic Design branch) Murat Palta released his brilliant interpretation of classical movies set as Ottoman miniatures. After watching Star Wars with his brother, the brothers contemplated on what would Star Wars look like if it was set in an Ottoman miniature? The result was mind blowing! Murat’s love for the cinema and illuminated books took this idea one step further and was turned into this stunning series:

A Clockwork Orange: ‘Alex and his gang are beating the old man’

Alien: ‘Alien that grown in the gastrict, comes out by tearing the chest’

The Godfather: (left) ‘Godfather is listening’. (bottom right) ‘a warning by Godfather’

Goodfellas: ‘Devito shows the cost of disrespect to himself’

Inception: 1- ‘dreaming in the plane’ 2- ‘first layer’ 3-’second layer’ 4-’third layer’

Kill Bill: ‘the bride gets her revenge for what have done to her’

Pulp Fiction: ‘Jules and Vincent come to take the luggage that belongs to their boss’

Scarface: ‘Tony Montana is firing back for the assault that made to his mansion’

Terminator: ‘Terminator is protecting John Connor’

Shining: 1 — ‘Danny sees twins’ reflection’. 2 — ‘Jack is breaking the door into the pieces while going insane’

Star Wars