1001 Movie Posters: Designs of the Times
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Author: Tony Nourmand, Graham Marsh, Christopher Frayling
The most comprehensive overview of movie posters ever published, '1001 Movie Posters' is a definitive coffee table volume from world authority, Tony Nourmand. Spanning more than a century of global imagery, it celebrates the most arresting examples of the genre, including never-before-published posters. An extraordinary visual compendium, it is the final word on movie posters and is a must for film lovers and anyone with even a passing interest in the power of advertising and design.Steeped in nostalgia, this beautiful and diverse collection features posters from over 20 countries and represents the work of over 150 art directors and illustrators. Nearly all cinematic movements are represented, from early silent masterpieces to the 21st century. Iconic posters such as Metropolis, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Goldfinger sit alongside more unexpected and lesser-known artwork for films such as 2001, Star Wars and Taxi Driver. There has always been a raw immediacy to film posters: provoking and enticing, shocking and seducing audiences across the threshold of the movie theatre. The artists tasked with communicating that have been at the forefront of design: ground-breaking visionaries such as Saul Bass, Paul Rand; Eastern-European artists using poetic, surreal and often disturbing imagery in highly original and subversive concepts. Others have woven contemporaneous movements in art and popular culture into their designs, creating a time-capsule of the obsessions and concerns of a different era.
ISBN 9781909526938. Reel Art Press. hb. 552 pages. 1001 ills. 29 x 24.5 cm.
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The most comprehensive overview of movie posters ever published, '1001 Movie Posters' is a definitive coffee table volume from world authority, Tony Nourmand. Spanning more than a century of global imagery, it celebrates the most arresting examples of the genre, including never-before-published posters. An extraordinary visual compendium, it is the final word on movie posters and is a must for film lovers and anyone with even a passing interest in the power of advertising and design.Steeped in nostalgia, this beautiful and diverse collection features posters from over 20 countries and represents the work of over 150 art directors and illustrators. Nearly all cinematic movements are represented, from early silent masterpieces to the 21st century. Iconic posters such as Metropolis, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Goldfinger sit alongside more unexpected and lesser-known artwork for films such as 2001, Star Wars and Taxi Driver. There has always been a raw immediacy to film posters: provoking and enticing, shocking and seducing audiences across the threshold of the movie theatre. The artists tasked with communicating that have been at the forefront of design: ground-breaking visionaries such as Saul Bass, Paul Rand; Eastern-European artists using poetic, surreal and often disturbing imagery in highly original and subversive concepts. Others have woven contemporaneous movements in art and popular culture into their designs, creating a time-capsule of the obsessions and concerns of a different era.
ISBN 9781909526938. Reel Art Press. hb. 552 pages. 1001 ills. 29 x 24.5 cm.
available