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Italian Film Posters!
Meansheets:
Has anybody picked up a copy of Dave Kehr's ITALIAN FILM POSTERS? I know the book came out way back in 2003 (co-published with MoMA), but it's a real visual delight!
http://meansheets.com/2010/11/17/mambo-italiano/
And I also noticed that his cover of THE BIG HEAT must've inspired John Alvin's design for BLADE RUNNER...
http://meansheets.com/2010/11/17/poster-ripoff-7/
Harry Caul:
I think you can definitely say Blade Runner was inspired by old film noir poster designs... but I would hardly call it a rip off design. Especially of that Big Heat poster as other than the inclusion of cityscapes, the compositions are quite different. If anything I'd say it has some Gilda going on (damn near the same smoking pose) with hints of maybe Out of the Past (large offset protagonist head). Although the later is probably a stretch...
I'll have to check out the book though... I'm a sucker for poster books!
brude:
Nice posts today at Meansheets, Russ. It was nice seeing the Italian posters, which I believe are underrated. Maybe we can see more?
Great blog!
marklawd:
Yes, Italian posters are definitely underrated - my favourite posters are from the early 1950's with artwork by Martinati, Ballester and Brini - two-foglio size movie posters are just about manageable framed.
Mark
Meansheets:
Definitely have to beef up my Italian section...I've been getting so fat off the French "pastries" that maybe I need to go w/ some more spaghetti westerns!
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