Remember when the worst thing that teenage gangs did was whistle obnoxiously at girls walking by…or maybe some knucklehead pulled a knife in the park? (IMP)
Category Archives: 1970s posters
Bob Peak Back In Fashion?
Masters of Fashion Illustration, a new art book by fashion maven, David Downton (no relation to Downton Abbey), profiles some of the greatest fashion illustrators of the 20th Century — including a chapter dedicated to legendary poster artist, Bob Peak, who first penciled his beautiful lines for many high-profile fashion mags and commercial print ads.
Prometh Me…
Another Ridley Scott pic rears its ugly head! (IMP)
Elizabeth Taylor Lohan?
Will Lindsay Lohan (top left and middle) be able to pull off Elizabeth Taylor in the new Lifetime movie, Liz & Dick? Lohan hasn’t earned her chops yet to become the caliber of actor as the Academy Award-winning drama queen, Ms. Taylor — but she definitely looks the part! (Deadline)
The Slasher-house Rules
There’s a new horror movie art book out called, appropriately, The Slasher Movie Book by J.A. Kerswell for all you blood-lovin’ film fans out there…
And The New York Times asked six artists to come up with new takes on the classic Jason slasher pic, Friday the 13th…
Greatness?
Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is not your father’s Gatsby — or even your grandfather’s or grandmother’s, for that matter — as it looks quite a bit more theatrical than previous film adaptations.
American Shepard
Old school rock legend, Neil Young, has signed up new school poster star, Shepard Fairey, to do a whole batch of cover art for his new album, Americana, which kinda reminds me of that classic one-sheet for Terence Malick’s Days of Heaven…
You Sank My Battleship!
Hollywood’s recipe for ruining American childhoods, but gaining International box office success: take a lo-fi 1970’s board game like Battleship (the Pong of board games) and Transformers the shit out of it!
Scary Houses of Horror!
Now you know why some say it’s better to rent –– especially in this market! (Wrong Side of the Art and ImpAwards)
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