Architecturally Significant Posters

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!

Boobs’n Butts!

To get you through the long Labor Day weekend (and officially take Meansheets to a new all-time low), I’m going to top off “Body Parts Theme Week” by busting out with some of the most obvious overtly sexual movie posters!

And okay, to be fair to the opposite sex, I wanted to come up with a post called “Cocks!” — but there just weren’t enough one-sheets exposing that territory. At least none that weren’t X-Rated.

Btw, if sex truly sells — how come I haven’t heard of a lot of these movies?

LEGS!

Keeping up with the body parts theme, here’s a nice little spread from Imgur via Cinematical

And More Legs…

Hot Lips!

Sorry if I got you excited — but no, this is not a Loretta Swit aka “Hot Lips” Houlihan from M*A*S*H tribute — though I do love her work!

In the world of movie posters — and I guess this pretty much goes for life, in general — there are some body parts that are just more visually appealing than others…

Poster Ripoff?

Looking over all these French movie posters recently has gotten me googly-eyed…Is it just my visual paranoia or does this cheesy 80’s teen rom com with John Cusack rip off a 1968 foreign cult classic?

Don’t Know Much About History…

Who says you can’t learn something new everyday? I came across this classic article on the history of movie posters and the National Screen Service, written by none other than longtime EMP dealer, Bruce Hershenson, way back in 1998. So I thought I’d share it with those who missed it the first time around…(via All Poster Forum)

Big Bad Fish!

In honor of this weekend’s wide-mouth release of Piranha 3D, here’s a boat-load of some of the nastiest sea creatures to ever glisten the silver screen…