Great film posters

[Augie March]

 

[D'wards]

 

[Termite Man]

All the ones I really like I can't seem to find on the internet

 

[harticus]

2 Nasty films with great posters.
Nekromantic

Nekromantic 2!!

 

[harticus]

 

[D'wards]

 

[Firky]

Bristle-krs has a good flickr page of film posters

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristlesposters03/

The best and perhaps the most influencial film poster of all time is probably this one:

 

[Firky]

 

[DRINK?]

 

[blinky_bill]

 

[Sunray]

After going through, there arn't many I think are great, they are OK but of all the ones listed here Metropolis is the best by miles. That is great poster. The others seems formulaic to me. Even Naked lunch is a Dali copy when it could be better.

 

[Structaural]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

After going through, there arn't many I think are great, they are OK but of all the ones listed here Metropolis is the best by miles. That is great poster. The others seems formulaic to me. Even Naked lunch is a Dali copy when it could be better.

I agree with your judgement regarding Metropolis - it's probably my favourite film poster and that of many others.

I disagree with your formulaic criticism. Film posters have a function to perform - conveying information about the film (who's in it, a hint at the kind of experience watching it will bring, something about the subject matter and even the plot). This function determines the form a film poster has to take and means that they are all formulaic. Even Metropolis - film info at the bottom, an image of an important character to a backdrop taken from the film - it's as formulaic as all the others.

 

[Onket]

That's annoying- should be turn off the light surely?

 

[dlx1]

^ if they dead how can they turn out or off the lights

 

[Onket]

That too.

 

[dada]

What film poster designs do you love?

Let me start with these three great examples by the brilliant Saul Bass.

he's indeed a master.
met him at a seminar shortly before his death.

here one i like:

 

[Bernie Gunther]

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Of course, film posters have a long way to go before they can compete with the posters from the heyday of the great stage magicians.