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One of the below images is the word APPARITION converted to Russian cyrillic letters; the other is the new logo of Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad's Apparition, a just-announced distribution company that will bring out The Young Victoria and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. Which is the Russian version and which is the logo? And what's the reason for the Russian/KGB/Alexander Nevsky 'tude in the first place?

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 15, 2009 at 3:34 PM

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mccool says ...

Which is the Russian version and which is the logo?

The bottom one is the logo. It's not cyrillic. It's reflected aross a line below the word APPARITION.

Or are is your question rhetorical? If so, apologies for the literal-mindedness.

Posted by mccool at August 15, 2009 3:54 PM

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Wrecktem says ...

I'm confused. One is obviously cyrillic, the other is a word written upside down. ??

It is a lousy logo, if that's what you're trying to say.

Posted by Wrecktem at August 15, 2009 4:15 PM

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Sabina E says ...

Cyrillic is one of the most difficult languages in the whole world to learn, so I give much kudos to Americans who can speak and read/write Russian.

anyway, I don't think that logo looks too bad.

that fake-looking Sanskrit typeface that you get on Microsoft Office Word?....I've always hated it.

Posted by Sabina E at August 15, 2009 5:10 PM

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Chase Kahn says ...

"distribution company that will bring out The Young Victoria and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.'

...AND Jane Campion's "Bright Star" -- but yes, horrible logo.

Posted by Chase Kahn at August 15, 2009 8:50 PM

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petunio says ...

For a logo is actually quite dull, yet another Trajan-esque logo, like we don't have enough of those (way to go guys, try an upsidedown Helvetica for the next one!)

Posted by petunio at August 15, 2009 8:53 PM

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Josh Massey says ...

I was hoping this was a post about Whip Hubley.

Posted by Josh Massey at August 16, 2009 10:56 AM

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kamichojin says ...

Cyrillic is an alphabet, not a language. And it isn't that hard to learn. The Cyrillic alphabet is only a few more characters than English. Reading & writing it is much easier than properly speaking Russian IMHO.

Posted by kamichojin at August 16, 2009 12:59 PM

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