Here’s two classic movie posters of the 1947 French twister, Miroir, from two classy French artists, Hervé Morvan and Boris Grinsson (this poster design is rumored to be his own personal favorite)…
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Used Cars Posters
That vintage movie poster purveyor, EatBrie, has picked himself up some sweet lemons with these delightful door panels from the 1980 auto-comedy, Used Cars…which will nicely complement his already burgeoning Zemeckis Collection.
Btw, the one-sheet on the lower left was designed by Roger Huyssen and the International caricature version on the lower right is credited to Sandy Kossin.
Go With Gid!
It’s pretty apparent that Raymond Gid (1905-2000) was a God-fearing man if you judge him by some of his stark, dramatic movie poster designs that reflect deep religious overtones.
Blessed with a mastery of typography, Gid went on to publish a number of books on liturgical and medieval texts — but he did not look down his nose upon commercial illustration, as he later created a set of famous advertising posters for Bally.
Movie Poster Paradiso!
Not to be confused with the 1980s foreign film, Cinema Paradiso, here are a couple movie posters celebrating some other Italian beauties (the one on the left is by Sandro Symeoni)…
SPOILER ALERT: The clip below features the touching ending of Cinema Paradiso, so in case you haven’t seen it, please be forewarned. On the other hand, it still is worth watching even if you haven’t seen the movie — but it just probably won’t be that touching.
Players Club Movie Posters
Here’s a look at two similar-looking French posters: Truffuat’s Shoot The Piano Player by Jouineau Bourduge (which has nothing to do with They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?) and Robert Altman’s Hollywood classic, The Player…
Tarantelli’s Bastards…
We’ve heard of the great Tarantino, but what about Ezio Tarantelli? This illustrious Italian artist created a whole slew of “bella” foglios and locandinas for lots of 60s and 70s B-movies (much like Sandro Symeoni and Antonio Mos), including many spaghetti westerns — and he also had an inglorious basterd poster of his own design called Bastardo Vamos A Matar!
Blow Up Ripoff?
It just occurred to me that maybe The Girlfriend Experience (2009) might have been a bit influenced by Waldemar Swierzy’s Polish version of Blow Up (1967) — which proves once again that good design is indeed timeless.
Liza’s Cabaret
I’ve never been a huge Liza Minnelli fan (except for her awesome appearance in Arthur) — but these Polish and Czech posters of Cabaret do have a certain flair!
Saul Bass-a No-No!
This weekend, I was cruising on the APF and came across this intriguing Saul Bass article posted by Big Mel at the MPC.
The article basically touts the work of Christian Annyas, a Dutch graphic designer, who has cleverly documented how modern DVD covers have eliminated the precious past movie posters of Saul Bass since the studios assume most potential customers don’t have the time or interest to reflect on the artwork of the original poster (which is illustrated below in these beloved Bass before and awful non-Bass after shots).
Movie Poster Museum 