The trendy new Men In Black posters were undoubtedly inspired from old school modernist painter, Chuck Close’s old school methods of Pointillism…(ImpAwards)
And let’s not forget everybody’s all-time favorite pointillist, Georges Seurat.
Category Archives: Pop Culture
Flash-Rock of Ages?
Flashdance fans should be flattered. First, Coyote Ugly borrowed its plot — and now the new Tom Cruise hair metal band flick, Rock of Ages, is taking a cue from its key art.
Oh well. The trailer does look pretty good!
Nice Bass!
Just in case you haven’t seen this yet…
In honor of the newish highbrow artsy movie book, Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design (written by Pat Kirkham and his daughter, Jennifer Bass, no less) — here’s a smashing tribute video of Bass’s work done by Ian Albinson of the always inspiring/excellent Art of the Title.
Plays Like A Steinweiss…
There’s a new art/design book out about Alex Steinweiss, one of the classy forefathers of the album cover, that Saul Bass fans will be sure to get their hands on…
Also mentioned in the NYT story is the book release of R. Crumb’s original record cover collection…
Hello Young Adult!
It appears that Young Adult is not afraid to engage the Hello Kitty crowd…
Inception-ing the Tree of Life
Two recent movies that I wanted to love — but, honestly, didn’t quite totally understand (although the visuals were stunning) were Inception and The Tree of Life. Luckily, my cognitive limitations didn’t prevent me from enjoying their maze-terful movie posters/marketing campaigns!
Mouth Wide Shut
The new Eddie Murphy movie, A Thousand Words, sounds an awful lot like that 90’s family comedy knee-slapper, Liar Liar.
Also, the one-sheet takes a few artistic liberties from that famously dirty defender of free speech, Larry Flynt. (ImpAwards)
Shame-less?
The producers of the new erotic drama, Shame, are testing the theory that less is more — at least when it comes to sex. Directed by Steve McQueen (no, not that Steve McQueen!) and starring Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) and Carey Mulligan, the new NC-17 film is set for limited release today and it will be intriguing to see how this steamy adult pic fares at the box office.
American moviegoing audiences, notoriously prudish when it comes to on-screen sex in film, will soon decide if they are a-Shame-d or not to see this flick. (ImpAwards)
Carnage Knowledge
Roman Polanski’s new movie-based-on-a-play, Carnage, seems to have a lot in common with some of those foursome films of the 1970’s — Carnal Knowledge and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice — except without the sex!
Movie Poster Museum 