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!
Category Archives: Poster Ripoffs
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…
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)
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!
Separated At Sea?
JFK – Hope = J. Edgar?
Put On Your Movie Poster Face!
Rudy Franchi of MOPO came across this Oh No You Didn’t post on the trends and tribulations of modern movie posters, including such commonly-known styles as “The Giant Faces In the Clouds”, “Sexy Back”, “Run For Your Life”, and many more, including this one below, “Is That Your Face or Are the Drugs Kicking In?”
It’s almost as funny as that old Funny or Die floating heads video.
Brokeback Flashback!
Speaking of Brokeback Mountain, here’s a funny New Yorker magazine cover spoof of the 2006 cowboy classic by one of my favorite modern day illustrators, Mark Ulriksen.
Cowboys In The Sky
Who doesn’t love the romance of the old western cowboy movie poster?
Movie Poster Museum 