ART OF THE MODERN MOVIE POSTER
Was at the Posteritati gallery earlier today and picked up their latest book, Art of the Modern Movie Poster. It's amazing that, after living in NYC all these years, I only recently learned about this gallery located in SoHo/Little Italy. A place that's been around for 12 years and houses an impressive collection of over 12,000 (mostly vintage) original movie poster prints.
While at a screening of The Wrestler at Lincoln Center in December, I picked up a promotional postcard for Posteritati's new book and was instantly inspired. It was a timely discovery, since I was beginning work on the last series of posters for ATHLETE. Several titles featured on the postcard really inspired the look of the final ATHLETE posters (which I haven't released yet).
They include Blow-Up, Rashomon, Mon Oncle and La Dolce Vita. With the exception of Rashomon, I wasn't familiar with any of these films from the 50's and 60's. But I was really drawn to how simple and minimal the designs were for their posters. Solid colored backgrounds with mostly black and white imagery.
As for the book, it's huge. Weighs a ton. Over 500 pages and 1,500 posters. Thank goodness for President's Day.
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While at a screening of The Wrestler at Lincoln Center in December, I picked up a promotional postcard for Posteritati's new book and was instantly inspired. It was a timely discovery, since I was beginning work on the last series of posters for ATHLETE. Several titles featured on the postcard really inspired the look of the final ATHLETE posters (which I haven't released yet).
They include Blow-Up, Rashomon, Mon Oncle and La Dolce Vita. With the exception of Rashomon, I wasn't familiar with any of these films from the 50's and 60's. But I was really drawn to how simple and minimal the designs were for their posters. Solid colored backgrounds with mostly black and white imagery.
As for the book, it's huge. Weighs a ton. Over 500 pages and 1,500 posters. Thank goodness for President's Day.
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