The biggest news in movie posters this past week seems to have been the release of the striking series of Saul Bass-inspired duo-chrome posters for the Alamo Drafthouse’s 2010 Rolling Roadshow series. As readers of this column will know, the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX has in recent years become the patron saint of movie poster design, commissioning insanely talented illustrators to design new posters for retro screenings. With the Rolling Roadshow, they take their show on the road, screening films in the places they were shot, starting with Jackie Brown in the shadow of Lax (not the Del Amo Fashion Mall in Torrance as originally planned), and ending on a rooftop near Little Italy, NYC, with The Godfather Part II.
The 2010 posters were all designed by Olly Moss, a young British designer/illustrator with top-notch skills and heaps of wit. Check out the tire treads on his poster for Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy,...
The 2010 posters were all designed by Olly Moss, a young British designer/illustrator with top-notch skills and heaps of wit. Check out the tire treads on his poster for Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy,...
- 8/6/2010
- MUBI
If you've been following /Film for a while, then you know that we love minimalistic movie posters. But these concept posters by graphic designer Jamie Bolton are probably the most sparse we've seen so far (and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing -- I'd love to hear your thoughts). After the jump, I've included Bolton's posters for Star Wars, The Shining, Jurassic Park, Blade Runner, and the Back to the Future Trilogy. [gallery order="Desc" columns="2" orderby="ID"] He is also selling prints of the posters, printed on Canon A3 Matte Paper (although the size isn't listed) for £10.00 on Shoot the Glass. via: Tdw...
- 2/1/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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