katatonia artwork?

[A Stranger]

http://katatonia.com/sod-cover.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...cm_lm_asin/102-3795845-7603318?v=glance&s=dvd

look at the front cover of this dvd "Begotten" and then look at the artwork for Sounds Of Decay...

Explanation please? WTF?

 

[Cerulean]

SOD cover is simply based on the Begotten movie.

 

[A Stranger]

did they take inspiration from the movie? or was it just a coincedence that the same image is on both?

 

[Cerulean]

It's from a certain scene from the movie, I think it's God who's dying at that moment.
There are guys around who know more about it than me though.

 

[ether]

I have that movie, but still haven't found the time to watch it...
It's in the list among the things I have to do, but this list is very long and I have to be in the right mood to watch it...heard it's a quite complicated, abstract-absurd film...so I guess I need concentration to watch it!

 

[klaasgeert]

I always wondered where the image came from, so thnx for helping me out.
Never knew it was from a movie.
I have read some reviews on IMDB and I have to check it out.
I like Eraserhead, I like surreal films like The holy Mountain so I it must be my cup of tea.
And now the one million dollar question:
Was Katatonia inspired by this movie during the recording of Sounds of Decay?

 

[gone]

I don't think they've even seen the movie. I seem to recall them saying in an interview that putting the image on the cover was the idea of some guy from Avantgarde, and not the band.

 

[Deliverance6]

I don't think they've even seen the movie. I seem to recall them saying in an interview that putting the image on the cover was the idea of some guy from Avantgarde, and not the band.

Not true actually.....I talked to Anders about that when I saw them in Cleveland.....they watched the movie far enough into it to get an I dea of what the movie was about before they put it on the cover.....besides that movie begins to be arduous after the first 10-15 minutes......they did get the idea from Robert Mammarella(?spelling) though....thats true..
Reece