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<\/a>Two weeks after the Blu-Ray release of Noah<\/a><\/i>, and four weeks after its digital release online, the studio that made the film continues to release new images promoting it \u2014 and some of them are quite striking.<\/p>\nThe thing that distinguishes these images from nearly all of the pictures and posters that have been released so far is that they are not<\/i> based on photos from the film or its set. Instead of showing Russell Crowe or Emma Watson in character, surrounded perhaps by computer-generated rain and waves, these images are pure illustrations, and even a bit abstract, in a way that might not have felt out of place in the art show<\/a> commissioned by director Darren Aronofsky.<\/p>\n A publicist working for the studio sent three images directly to Patheos, including the poster<\/a> that you can see above. The studio has also released a couple other images via the film\u2019s Twitter feed. You can check them all out below the jump.<\/p>\n First, there is this image of the animals and the Earth, with the words \u201cIt begins\u201d \u2014 spoken in the film by Noah as the animals start boarding the Ark:<\/p>\n The circular pattern of the animals echoes how the birds \u2014 the first of the animals to arrive at the Ark \u2014 fly in circles in the film, before landing on the ship:<\/p>\n The connection is even more explicit when you compare the poster to the shot from the film which looks straight down at Noah as the birds circle overhead \u2014 though the circular motion isn\u2019t really clear in a static frame like the one below:<\/p>\n Note also how the poster above depicts the supercontinent Pangaea<\/a>, just as the film did \u2014 thereby situating this film in a time before continental drift:<\/p>\n Two other images have played on the line in the film about how God is destroying the world with water, not fire, because fire consumes all whereas water cleanses.<\/p>\n See, for example, the image below, which associates the fire with the serpent and the water with the dove (this might be my favorite of the new images):<\/p>\n The Twitter version of that image was accompanied by the statement \u201cDestroy all to start again.<\/a>\u201d Three days earlier, the film\u2019s Twitter account expressed a similar sentiment with a similar (but animal-free) image of fire and water:<\/p>\n Creation must be destroyed to be remade anew. Own #NoahMovie<\/a> TODAY on Blu-ray & Digital HD. http:\/\/t.co\/v80Sn1ERZs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WQn92GwEIk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 #NoahMovie (@NoahMovie) August 2, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n