One thing we really like around here are stylishly designed fan-made posters, and I just stumbled across a set of eye-catching Tarantino posters done by Ibraheem Youssef. I love they way they grab onto important moments or motifs in each film and foreground that. Simple, yet effective. Here are a few of them, but you can see them all on his site or his Flickr stream.
Those are some seriously sweet posters. I want.
Should’ve mentioned, he sells prints of them on his site – $32 a pop. A full set would make for a gorgeous Tarantino wall, though, wouldn’t it?
Yea, but how big are those prints? Poster-size is $95 each ($CDN), That is prohibitive for the entire set. I’m wondering if he is contacted directly if he would offer a ‘set-price’ although the Kill Bill Ones are pretty meh, I do dig the rest of ‘em, espeically the Jackie Brown and Death Proof ones.
According to his shop, the $32 prints are 12 by 18 inches, and the $95 posters are 24 by 36 inches.
Those are pretty frickin’ awesome.
Did you just stumle upon these when I linked to them last week?
It’s awesome that the artist is local to me. I think I”m going to buy most of the series. should look nice in my dining room…
No, Rusty – I saw them on FriendFeed via a design blog. If I’d seen them from you, I would’ve hat-tipped you. Oh, I see now, on the Minimalist Poster post – http://www.rowthree.com/2010/01/29/more-minimalist-movie-poster/#comments. Oops. Sorry.
Kurt, really? That is awesome! I really like the Death Proof one, even though I haven’t seen Death Proof. Or Jackie Brown, for that matter. At least I know enough about Death Proof to catch the reference… I may have just failed as a Tarantino fan. Oh, well.
Yep, Kurt, Bob and I are all in the same neck of the woods, allowing us easy access to these gems.
Don’t worry too much about having not seen Death Proof yet, Jandy – all things considered, it’s probably his most minor film. That said, though, it’s still great, and a load of fun. And Jackie Brown deserves a place among his best.
Yes, but Death Proof is also still very, very, very (very) good.
Yeah, make no mistake: I still whole-heartedly endorse Death Proof.
Oh, I intend to see them all. I just haven’t made it as much a priority yet as I perhaps should. I actually started to watch Death Proof once, but I’d just watched Planet Terror (not in theatres; these were the split-up versions on DVD) and I think my “OMG that was awesome I want more” mindset wasn’t quite right for Death Proof, at least not the beginning of it. I’ve heard it gets better later, but the beginning was a little slow for my state of mind that night. I think trying it again now that I know a little more what to expect will work out much better.
And I can’t explain why I haven’t seen Jackie Brown. Just haven’t gotten around to it. Need to.
Kill Bill is his most minor films.
Yea, I’d have to agree with Henrik. While the KB films are pretty fun, they are certainly his most minor films
Upper Tier: Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds
Middle Tier (but still all kind of great!): Reservoir Dogs, Deathproof
Lower Tier: Kill Bill vol. 1, Vol. 2
Oddly, I’d put True Romance in the upper tier, despite it being directed by Tony Scott. From Dusk Till Dawn in the Lower Tier (co-directed with Robert Rodriguez).
The Best: Pulp Fiction, Basterds, Death Proof
The Great: Reservoir Dogs
The Bad: Kill Bills, Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown is definitely upper tier.
I actually rewatched Kill Bill on blu-ray last night, and dear lord does it look good, its the first time I’ve been in truly love with it since the theater. its just not the same any other way.
Kurt, QT co-wrote FDTD, he has no director credit.
I am actually in complete agreement with Henrik with the tiering of Tarantino.
I enjoy watching JACKIE BROWN more than any of Tarantino’s other films. It’s the most breezy, and the most romantic. By far. (Unless you consider the notion of the power of cinema in IB and its altering the flow of history – now that is a romantic notion worthy of 1960s France!)
Kurt, QT co-wrote FDTD, he has no director credit.
No, but if you watch FULL TILT BOOGIE, the doc on making FDTD, he was pretty much unofficially co-directing, particularly the part of the film before **SPOILER** the character he plays makes his exit. Most of the vampire stuff is pure Rodriguez, but the first half has Tarantino’s stamp all over it, and more than in just the writing.
BTW, I just bought the entire series of these posters from Ibraheem. Pick them up Monday! My livingroom is about to be re-decorated!
Kurt, sweet! You should take a picture of your Tarantino’d living room so we can see it.
Ranking Tarantino…Hmmm. I love Kill Bill outside of all reason. It may be little more than a collage of stylistic references on top of an ostensible revenge story, but that’s all right with me. Vol 2 is a little lower because the pacing isn’t quite right in it. It has its moments, but as a whole, it works far less well than Vol 1. So for me, it’s Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill Vol 1, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol 2, Reservoir Dogs. Haven’t seen: Jackie Brown, Death Proof.
I myself also love Kill Bill, and rank it among his best.
My ranking: Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill (both parts counted as one film), Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Death Proof.
i dont even bother ranking as a list, i just go
10/10
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Inglourious Basterds
9/10
Reservoir Dogs
8/10
Kill Bill 1&2
7/10
Death Proof
Using the “Goon Scale”
10/10
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Inglourious Basterds
9/10
Reservoir Dogs
Death Proof
8/10
Kill Bill 1&2
ditto Kurt’s list.
Am I the only person in the history of the world who counts the parts of Kill Bill separately? Huh.
10/10
Inglourious Basterds
9/10
Kill Bill Vol 1
Pulp Fiction
8/10
Kill Bill Vol 2
7/10
Reservoir Dogs
We’re splitting hairs here a little, though, aren’t we? Heh. Except with how low I rank Reservoir Dogs, which I really didn’t care for that much. Maybe if I watched it again now, but when I watched it, I thought it was just too brutal without enough fun to make up for it.
Well, Jandy, we are all waiting for THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR version of Kill Bill, by referring it to a single film, we are hoping to turn the karmic wheel of the universe and make it happen.
If MIRAMAX is bought by the Weinstein Company, perhaps that will Expedite the process!
I like 1 and 2 just about equally – for different reasons.
You gotta count 1 & 2 as the same film. You just gotta.
I don’t count them as one, I just happened to like them the same amount (not very much).
i bought kill bill 1 and 2 (and FDTD) in a blu ray three back that only cost 15 bucks total. i just decided that i dont believe The whole bloody affair is ever coming out. or… the only way it WILL come out is if i, me, goon, corey, whatever, spend the money and am forced into an inevitable double dip
Well, here is another direction For INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Wow!
Ummmm….
I could utter “WTF?” but I doubt it’d be heard over the sound of how bat-shit insane that poster is.
have you guys seen these
http://www.imaginarystories.co.uk/2009/11/inglorious-basterds-by-jack-kirby.html
No I hadn’t. Damn, those are awesome.
Those are sweet, Rusty!
As for that poster, Kurt…that looks like what a Polish poster designer would come up with if they’d just been watching a lot of anime. Or something.