Yul Brynner made his name in front of the camera, most notably starring in The King and I — but 1stDibs has a nice spread featuring Brynner’s work behind the camera as a budding photographer in a photo exhibit that was lovingly put together by his daughter, Victoria Brynner.
They say talking about music is like dancing about architecture. If so, then that means that talking about movie posters that talk about architecture is like…really, really confusing.
In any event, I’m not sure if any of these qualify as great movies, except for Playtime and Metropolis — but they are pretty to look at!
Claude Chabrol, one of the early pioneers of French New Wave cinema, died yesterday at the age of 80.
Though not as well-known as some of his very well-known contemporaries, Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, Chabrol thrilled audiences for years with his cerebral-styled thrillers and kept working right up until the end as his last film, Inspector Bellamy, starring Gérard Depardieu is coming out in October.
Bob le Flambeur (1955) was given a makeover with Nick Nolte in The Good Thief (2002).
Jacques Fourastie has often been credited with designing the infamous Pickpocket movie poster. But luckily for us, he’s also done a lot of other French movie posters that we all can be proud of…
The French graphic artist, Raymond Savignac (1907-2002), was already well established in the advertising world for his simple, colorful commercial posters when he started doing movie posters. But lucky for him (and us), the famed director, Robert Bresson, took a shine to his work and the rest is one-sheet history!
You can find a more varied selection of his commercial work here.
Although French film director, Robert Bresson, was instrumental in establishing New Wave cinema, he will be remembered most by cinephiles and movie poster design fans alike for his masterpiece, Pickpocket.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you…Scream and you scream alone.
Btw, the French poster for There’s Always A Price Tag (top right) is by French artist, Jacques Fourastie, of Pickpocket fame.
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