Over at Tccandler there’s a post on "The 100 Greatest Movie Posters". It’s a nice collection and while most are not aesthetically quite my style, they are all successful in one way or another. I’ve included one of the few I would actually hang on my wall above, Saul Bass’ poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Link
100 Greatest Movie Posters
06.19.2008
i forgot how beautiful his ‘vertigo’ poster was. my fave still remains his classic poster for ‘the man with the golden arm’, probably sinatra’s best work as an actor and an overall great film. bass’ work on that film’s poster was simplicity itself, and so striking.
every once in a while a studio pic will gamble on a poster done in the saul bass style but it’s usually a way-in-advance teaser poster. the one that actually winds up in theatres will always inevitably be less interesting by far, with the usual floating heads and big sky. ugggh, done to death.
the advance poster for the upcoming coen brother’s film, ‘burn after reading’. just showed up online yesterday, coincidentally, but is truly gorgeous and clearly an homage to bass:
http://www.cinematical.com/media/2008/06/bar1.jpg
I love the difference between the two figures. It’s a nice touch.
Excellent selection !!
I have always wanted that Vertigo poster. I was in an advertising agency last year and saw one on a canvas. I nearly turned into a thief that day. Thank god I had restraint
Perfect Friday viewing, excellent selection. Thanks also Greg – fantastic work.
Me? I’m lucky enough to have a signed copy of the poster for little known animated film Jojo in the Stars – http://www.studioaka.co.uk/jojo/images/JOJO_poster_Download.jpg
As it’s friday, I think everyone should give themselves 10 minutes to watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJxczfkCPQI
they should have included
http://www.alltrailers.net/img/movie/the-bank-job-poster-large.jpeg
and
http://www.davidlynch.de/Poster.jpg
awesome. Knowing the Coen’s, their tastes, references and power nowadays, one could assume that that Burn After Reading poster will remain
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