A selection of only the finest movie posters. Some of these we have on the walls here at Basis Design. Yet more in our ambitious coverage of the impending Academy Awards in Hollywood, California.
Full disclosure; a few of these are cheats, as they represent the modern day Criterion posters, and not the originals. We’ll let you know.
Let me commit film-lover heresy here by saying I’ve never thought of The Birds as one of Hitchcock’s better films. Even worse, the famed “Tippi Hedren watches in horror as the flames lick backward up the gasoline spill to explode the car” sequence leaves me cold; her reaction shots are poorly timed, static, and unconvincing. Whatever, this poster kicks so much ass.
From Criterion. Drop-dead gorgeous, and chilling if you know what happens in the film. Ang Lee is somewhat under-appreciated, in my view; I thought this was a fantastic film, and I rate his recently released (and NC-17) chinese-language feature Lust, Caution, as one of the best of the last half decade.
Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder, a really cool look at a particular type of design/art-work. You can see this re-hashed on the covers of dozens of dime-store vintage paperbacks from the fifties and sixties.
One of the weirdest, wildest films to emerge in the last half century. Calling back to the equipment, editing strategies, and acting of the bygone silent era, mad-Canadian Guy Maddin produced a lucid dream that engulfs viewers in a visual storm.
For my money, the creepiest, most stomach-turning movie ever. And the poster matches it sense-of-pervasive-dread for sense-of-pervasive-dread.
This poster is perfect for the film within. Not at all for the faint of heart or stomach, this is a documentary on the holocaust by the great French director Alain Resnais (Hiroshima, Mon Amour).
A chilling and iconic snapshot of dystopian science fiction, early century one-sheets, and German Expressionism through the lens of the great Fritz Lang.
Funny, dark, sarcastic, ironic. Describes the poster, describes the movie. One of Basis’ favorites, and hanging proudly on our wall.
Our favorite movie poster of all time. One of our favorite directors of all time, and probably the greatest. There is nothing about this poster that isn’t cool, ahead of it’s time, and gorgeous. Hanging on our wall as well.
