Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780764345661 (0764345664)
Publish date: October 28th 2013
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Pages no: 207
Edition language: English
I received a free copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review! I'd seen some other people reading and discussing Alternative Movie Posters here on Booklikes and it made me very curious. I really like clever movie posters, preferably with a lot of references you'll only g...
I am a huge fan of art and movies so, when I came across this book, I just could not resist. I agree wholeheartedly with the author's intro - movie posters these days (except for a small few) are quite sad. They don't put the time and effort into them - into portraying the movie - like they once d...
This is going to be a short and sweet review on an aspect of media that I think about more often than not in the scheme of things. Many of us take for granted the impact that movie posters have in advertising/displaying/showcasing the symbolic and meaningful quality of a film. Matthew Chojnacki tack...
I have posted my review of this book on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Here is an excerpt of the review: "With the decline of good movie poster art from the movie studios, alternative art took off. Film buffs and artists had been creating alternative fan art movie posters before this, but their...
I love films, although my husband Dave is the real movie buff in the household. The art of the movie poster has undergone a real transformation over the decades. The iconic posters of yesteryear still deserve pride of place. That's great, but it's sad too. The great movies of today also need great p...
12 years ago
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