René Gruau’s 1050s poster illustration for Jacques Fath underwear.
Via flickr
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— Die Blonde Venus
Die blonde Venus, film poster (detail), 1932. Starring Marlene Dietrich.
Via: Artmagazin
— Running Wild
An unusual and rather lovely illustrated film poster for Melanie Shaw’s upcoming movie Running Wild.
Via: IMP Awards
— Basler Ballet
Alfred Hofkunst’s 1983 poster artwork for Basler Ballet (Switzerland).
Via: Design Is Fine
— Blow Up
Little known fact; few people are aware of the fact that the grainy ambiguous photographs that form the centrepiece of Michelangelo Antonioni’s seminal 60s movie (released in 1966) were actually shot for the film by a young Don McCullin.
…who The English Group is working with on a Limited Edition lifetime retrospective of his work.
This version of the poster is the Italian 2-foglio.
— Whiplash
Katherine and I went to see a screening of Whiplash yesterday evening, and can’t recommend the film enough.
It’s simply fabulous, and do go see it.
Here’s a few of the movie’s film posters.
— Last Days In The Desert
I don’t know anything at all about the new film starring Ewan McGregor, Last Days In The Desert, and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, but it certainly does have an appealing atmospheric poster.
— Because I Was A Painter
US one sheet for what looks to be a very fascinating film indeed, Because I Was A Painter, about created in the concentration camps of World War !!
The director is Christophe Cognet (France, 2014).
The poster designer is F. Ron Miller
— Raymond Savignac’s Film Posters
One of France’s most beloved and recognizable poster designers, Raymond Savignac (1907-2002) created some 600 posters over a 50 year career, working almost exclusively in advertising.
His simple, whimsical, colorful designs, reminiscent of children’s book illustrations, famously promoted Dunlop, Bic, Perrier, Air France, Cinzano and many other companies with an ineffable charm and wit.
As far as I can tell, he designed only ten movie posters during his career, all of which I have gathered here.
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— Venus In Furs
Japanese poster for Roman Polanski’s Venus In Furs, France, 2013
