Mondo Tees ads another unique and interesting design to the plethora of quality poster artwork for P.T. Anderson’s The Master. Highlighting the both the charisma and processing techniques of Lancaster Dodd, but fully acknowledging the sexual and power influence of Peggy Dodd (note the placement of the arm, the ripple ghost and Amy Adam’s credit.) The familiar, net quite novel poster is nevertheless visually baffling and just a bit weird, kind of like the film. Bravo.
The Fast and the Furious franchise is not known for its restraint or subtlety. Nevertheless, here they surprise us with this rather tasteful, minimal poster that makes great use of the open-road /big-sky negative space. We done, sirs.
So really not much here but if you’re a Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming, Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding, Greenberg) fan, here’s a quick glimpse into his latest picture that became one of the most loved films of The Toronto Int’l Film Festival – at least around these parts.
First up, you can see to the right a somewhat uninspiring new poster for the film (click the image for a larger version).
If that isn’t doing it for you, here are a couple of newly released clips from the film that while don’t give us much insight into plot or character, we do get a general sense for the film’s tone and style – being in black and white probably the most obvious.
I have to be honest, none of this is really doing it for me, but despite really not caring much for his last two features, Baumbach is amazingly still in my good graces after K&S and my beloved Squid and the Whale. So I’m willing to give this film and Rot’s genuine review of it, the benefit of the doubt for now.
Take a look at the clips below and tell us what you think. If you’ve already seen the film in festival mode, how did it go over for you and those around you?
Yeah yeah, yet another standard biopic with “courage, inspiration and heart.” An important story to be remembered and honored to be sure, but likely to be full of standard, Hollywood schlock. Still it’s got a few things I’m looking forward to: Alan Tudyk, Harrison Ford and baseball.
Harrison Ford has yet to redeem himself of the last fifteen years or so, but with each subsequent release in which he stars, I always hold out hope. Maybe this will be his comeback performance? *coughseriouslycoughdoubtitcough*
And hey, I’d be lying if I weren’t somewhat intrigued by the prospect of a new face in Hollywood that might turn out to be the next big thing in new-comer actor, Chadwick Boseman, playing the titular character.
Anyway, the poster below is kind of cool and you can catch the trailer under the seats if you’re interested.
The trailer already went live a few days ago, but I stumbled upon these posters today and would like to share as they are very, just as the director’s films, quite eye-popping.
from IndieWire:
“[I'm So Excited] once again makes no secret this is Almodóvar returning to straight, absurd comedy, the kind of which marked his early pictures. The illustrated one-sheet puts boozing and sex at the fore, while the more standard poster introduces us to the players on this flight. The film is set on a plane (obvs) with an incident prompting fear and confession among the passengers and crew. And that’s all Almodóvar will allow for now.”
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For those quite familiar with hand-drawn VHS sleeves, and many movie posters of the 1980s, this poster for Rewind This, a documentary on the impact of VHS technology, will be familiar, if somewhat misleading. At first glance I thought this film was a goofy genre film, a la The Exterminator or Terror Vision, but it’s actually a talking head piece with Atom Egoyan, Mamoru Oshii, Charles Band, Frank Henenlotter and Jason Eisener. There you go.
With tomorrow being perhaps the silliest North American ritual (that is saying something) of watching a rodent come out of a hole to see if he goes back in or stays out, I offer you some alternate posters on Harold Ramis’ now classic philosophical/existential comedy, Groundhog Day which turns 20 this year!
The quite melancholic one above reminds me of Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire, which is kind of amazing. And while I am ignoring the garishly ugly original poster because it is something I do not wish to keep reliving over and over again, there are plenty more alternate and fan designs tucked under the seat, albeit none featuring Michael Shannon, which is a shame.
We have seen nothing from the long gestating 47 Ronin since the movie was originally announced in 2008. It’s been four years, and two release date changes, hopefully the December 25th date is final, and we finally have our first look at the movie which stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Kou Shibasaki, and Jin Akanishi in a stylized, fictionalized take on the real life forty seven ronin tale, about a group of Samurai who are seeking revenge for the killing of their leader and banishment of their group.
I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of the 3D spectacle, with an estimated budget of $170M and directed by Carl Rinsch, an untried director best known for his music videos and commercials (no doubt Universal is hoping for Warner Brothers’ The Matrix type of success), in the coming months but these beautiful posters are a great start.
I‘m not sure if good ol’ Jean-Luc was thinking of Harmony Korine when he coined the phrase, “All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl,” but it makes for great marketing angles. Spring Breakers, featuring several corn-fed Disney starlets playing drugged up and violent tarts, got a tonne of love on the festival circuit last year is getting a March 22nd release date.
The poster above is part lurid rave, part exploitation, part Gaspar Noe, but it is all very effective at setting the tone for one of the more controversial films to hit the multiplexes this year.
“Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work.”
This German key art for Ben Wheatley’s delight-fully immoral comedy Sightseers is not only cute and wonderful, it’s also perfectly in line with the films crafty leading lady and her endless supply of kitschy knick-knacks. Sure it is reminiscent of a similar poster made for Fargo, but that doesn’t make it any less appropriate.
(Note before you correct me that this is knitting or crocheting or whathaveyou, let it be understood that I neither know the difference, nor care to, in a movie advertisement related post. That is all.
Reminiscent of some contemporary Korean movie posters (typically in family portait style), the latest of several posters of Park Chan-Wook’s forthcoming english language debut, Stoker is pretty darn handsome. The bloody hand and pencil are subtle enough to miss at first blush, but the clear discontent in the facial expressions is very much unmissable.
If I ever decide to get married some day, I think this clinches it: it’s going to be a “roaring twenties” theme ceremony and reception/party. I know Luhrman rubs a lot of people the wrong way with his highly stylized, stage-like presence, but I enjoy the hell out of his frenetic pizazz.
So take that style and add to that Leo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Isla Fischer et. al. and mix all of that together with an adaptation of yet another classic tale and you have maybe one of my most anticipated films of 2013. Yeah it’s me, Andrew; sucker for the costume dramas.
Warner Brothers has been putting together this really colorful set of character posters for us throughout the week and today the final piece of the puzzle dropped in with Mr. DiCaprio.
Anyone else looking as forward to this as I am?
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Completely agree with the long-term strategy point. Now that J.J. has left the building and I hope all his...
