I agree, though saying that, I dont care, if someone doesnt like film, like steve 50's said he didnt really watch movies, but loved the posters, well its OK. I dont get it. But its OK. For me, then you could buy any advertising art that looks nice. But I guess people do that huh?
As to films never seen, I also agree with our leader, every poster in my collection I havent seen, i plan on it when I can, this is mainly in the hammer collection where there is a lot thats not available, or hard to get (their non horror/SF/Noir/etc is mostly dismissed so its harer to see.
But I haven't seen a hammer film i DIDNT like, so I will own the posters and slowly get the films as I can.
One point, maybe its meaningless, but I like to get sidetracked.
"movie posters are the interpretation of a unique work of art, the movie itself. They do not exist without the movie, while the movie exists without its poster. "
usually yes, but not with a lot of the 50's exploitation, like the famous BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES, where the title came first, then the poster, THEN some sucker had to write a script based on the poster. Damn chicken coming before the egg
As to Fine art, of course it isn't. I don't care, would I trade all my posters for "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" ?
SHIT YEAH, but saying that, I am happy with my prints of commercial artwork.
as to Mel, he didn't reply to my email.
ALSO as to Mel, I remember when he started he was likened to *Randy (the other Randy- DR Randy P) in his sudden over enthusiasm, and as predicted the outcome was the same.
One more thing:
I find people who go out of their way to tick off the "cool" items, the ones that make other members jealous or are titles/formats that are for whatever reason holy grails (**pulp fiction LS, downhill racer, BAT, cool hand luke, um, you know what I mean)
Rather than ones they personally LOVE, surely not everyone has the same taste? seem to burn out fast.
* sorry for newer members to poster forums, don't mean to confuse with a name you wont know.
** not to disparage these posters, I am sure there are people who love them, but I am, sure there's a cool poster checklist I havent seen and some people seem to keep trying to tick the boxes
