Wanna see a two-legged movie poster race featuring Such Good Friends (compliments of design guru, Saul Bass) and a 1980’s Charlotte Rampling movie called Mascara? (via IMPAwards)
Category Archives: 1980s posters
Meansheets Wants You…
…to have a fantastic 4th of July weekend! So whether you are from the good ol’ USA or the lovely UK or Europe or somewhere else in this great big beautiful world, I thought I’d celebrate the upcoming American holiday with a slew of Uncle Sam-themed movie posters!
(Btw, the Burt Reynolds Paternity poster is by one of my favorite US artists, the greatly underrated Mr. Birney Lettick.)
Moneyball Movie Posters
Moneyball, the new Brad Pitt as Billy Beane (Oakland Athletics GM) baseball flick from Sony has come out with a new trailer, but no one-sheets yet, except for these sporty spoofs below from the Meansheets archives.
Can’t wait to see what the real deal looks like!
Is It Art or Just A Movie Poster?
You don’t have to be a Van Gogh to have a movie about you, but sometimes the finer arts just don’t translate well onto the silver screen as you can see below with some of these recent famous artist biopics…
Super Spielberg!
It was a super duper weekend at the box office for Super 8, the new J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg-produced film that’s been described as a 21st Century mix of E.T. (by John Alvin) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
And, as you can see below, even the movie posters bare an eerily striking resemblance. (ImpAwards)
Movie Posters by Sickert
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)
Cannes Do!
Adrian Curry of the MUBI has a nice write-up on the history of Cannes Film Festival posters, including a few by Belgian fave, Jean-Michel Folon (left) and Rene Ferracci (middle)…
Hardbodies 2011!
It appears that Pam Grier and company are taking it off in Cannes for their new flick, Skinny Dip — and their movie poster cheesily resembles that barely memorable 80’s comedy, Hardbodies…
Star Wars Sale!
CineMasterpieces has a big sale this weekend on eBay — featuring, most interestingly, a trio of Russian and Polish Star Wars movie posters…
Movie Poster Museum 