The sexy style of German movie poster designer, Hans Braun, has a certain je ne sais quoi…
Part Jean Mascii, part Osvaldo Venturi, his bold, rich, timeless, passionate portraits lit up marquees throughout Europe in the 1950s and 60s with some of Hollywood’s most sizzling stars. (via KinoArt and LAMP)
I think this French version of The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie coupled with the German version of The American Friend (by Sickert) proves that even movie posters are truly universal.
We’re trying to beef up our list of German movie poster designers on the Meansheets, so I thought the art of Munich-based Hans Peter Sickert might be a nice start. During the 70’s and 80’s, he worked with everyone from Andy Warhol to Wim Wenders, and his style does indeed have a dreamy Guy Peellaert-quality, who was also a frequent Wenders collaborator. (via KinoArt and EmP)
The Rolling Roadshow Tour — brought to you by the movie-loving mavens at Alamo Drafthouse — starts tonight, and the schedule features a big platter of Texas-themed classics. And the posters by indie rock fave, Jason Munn, look pretty sweet, too. (If you recall, British artist, Olly Moss, did the sheets for last year’s show).
After reading that yesterday would’ve been Marilyn Monroe’s 85th birthday, I also learned that Bill Gold hired Richard Avedon, the late world reknown fashion photographer, to do the photography for one of her most famous movie posters, The Prince and The Showgirl.
On top of that, Avedon also designed the stylish opening title sequence for Stanley Donen’s Funny Face, starring Audrey Hepburn.
Guess who would’ve been 85 today? (French poster by Boris Grinsson)
Speaking of Get Carter, the Italian movie poster greatly mimics the classic Carter Beats The Devil magic poster, which was also the subject of a novel by Glen David Gold, and may be heading to the big screen soon…
Do you think Harry Crown (99 and 44/100% Dead) and Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) are somehow cinematically related? Doubtful probably, but the unmistakable Roy Lichtenstein-esque pop art touch is clearly seen in both the vintage Get Carter and Happy Tears movie posters below, the latter of which was directed by Lichtenstein’s son, Mitchell Lichtenstein…
If you’re feeling patriotic this upcoming holiday weekend, you can salute Tom Brokaw’s special Memorial Day lineup of movies on AMC…
Movie Poster Museum 