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    Clever posters!
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    Clever posters!

    Yes. Love both the colours and motives/composition. Came across them while looking for movies to watch.
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    Clever posters!

    Yes. Love both the colours and motives/composition. Came across them while looking for movies to watch.

    Agree, there's much to love here! Can't say I've ever heard of these films though.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Max Von Sydow on one iconic poster.
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    Max Von Sydow on one iconic poster.

    I'm ashamed to admit I've never watched The Exorcist…About time I do something about that.

    I watched Max Von Sydow only a few weeks ago, in The Quiller Memorandum (scored by John barry, by the way). Unsurprisingly, he delivered a great performance in this film as well – I only wish he had more scenes in it.

    Here are a few posters from the film:

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    I like how they use the white Q in the first poster. My favorite would have to be the last one, though. I like the simple but striking typeface and that image of George Segal running on the right, which looks better than the painted version immediately above. I also feel the drawing looks more pleasing to my eye than in the other posters.

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    I haven't seen this next film but I love the poster.

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Two brilliant films, great classic posters.

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    The Marx Brothers are a poster designers dream with there distinctive characters.
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    I like how they use the white Q in the first poster. My favorite would have to be the last one, though. I like the simple but striking typeface and that image of George Segal running on the right, which looks better than the painted version immediately above. I also feel the drawing looks more pleasing to my eye than in the other posters.

    Out of these Quiller posters, the last one appeals most to me as well. It's simple, but very effective. I also like the colour palette of the top one.
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I haven't seen this next film but I love the poster.

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    Nice one! The framed black and white imagery with the red typography made me think of the Raging Bull movie poster. That's quite a cast too: Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Gene Hackmann, etc. Haven't seen this film myself either.

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    Cool posters, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns! Foreign Correspondent is one of many Hitchcock films I unfortunately haven't seen yet.

    Here are some other posters from A Most Dangerous Game.

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    Nice one! The framed black and white imagery with the red typography made me think of the Raging Bull movie poster.
    I see what you mean, there's a similarity there.

    I like the use of negative space in this one, the diagonal positioning of the elements (faces and everything else), and the fact the word WOMAN lands inside the doorway, right at the top edge (intriguing image, too). Even the facial expressions of the characters have something to them. The title, so simple yet striking. And I love the fact there is no tagline, just the title.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    @Torgeirtrap Foreign Correspondent is a great war time thriller and a precursor to films like North by Northwest, there are some superb set pieces in the film. Its one of my favourite Hitchcock film's he shows off his genius in this one.
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    Let's go to China now with the Little Dragon :

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    mattjoes wrote: »

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    @mattjoes Simple but effective poster design, I often think the less cluttered posters are the best. I just quickly put this together...

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    mattjoes wrote: »
    Nice one! The framed black and white imagery with the red typography made me think of the Raging Bull movie poster.
    I see what you mean, there's a similarity there.

    I like the use of negative space in this one, the diagonal positioning of the elements (faces and everything else), and the fact the word WOMAN lands inside the doorway, right at the top edge (intriguing image, too). Even the facial expressions of the characters have something to them. The title, so simple yet striking. And I love the fact there is no tagline, just the title.

    Indeed, the negative space really works in this poster. I like the simplicity of it too; minimalistic posters aren't always that popular here on the forum, but this is a great example on how good they can be.
    @Torgeirtrap Foreign Correspondent is a great war time thriller and a precursor to films like North by Northwest, there are some superb set pieces in the film. Its one of my favourite Hitchcock film's he shows off his genius in this one.

    I love NBNW, so I definitely need to watch Foreign Correspondent!

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    Those are some cool Bruce Lee/ Big Boss posters, @Gerard! Quite different from each other too. Have you seen the film?
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    mattjoes wrote: »

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    @mattjoes Simple but effective poster design, I often think the less cluttered posters are the best. I just quickly put this together...

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    Cool idea, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns!
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »

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    @mattjoes Simple but effective poster design, I often think the less cluttered posters are the best. I just quickly put this together...

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    Cool idea, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns!

    With more time I would have whited out the background around DC in the door way and replaced DC bottom left with perhaps Nomi or Paloma.
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    Those are some cool Bruce Lee/ Big Boss posters, @Gerard! Quite different from each other too. Have you seen the film?

    I've seen everyone of them (including Tower of Death). To continue in that vein, here are a few posters for his second movie, Fist of Fury / The Chinese Connection. Chinese original first :

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    French orignal :

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    Second french original :

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    German original (I think) :

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    The artwork used in these posters are great, @Gerard! Interesting to see that the French posters are very modern looking, using stills from the film, and that both of the German posters have an "Ein echter Bruce Lee" ("A real Bruce Lee") badge on them. Wonder why?
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    Perhaps because of all those "Brucesploitation" movies that popped up after the death of the Little Dragon, and tried to attract the public by either having Bruce Lee in the title, or casting an actor who ressembled Bruce Lee, and giving him names such as Bruce Li, or Bruce Le, or, as Jackie Chan put it once in a interview, Bruce Table or Bruce Chair. So, it became necessary to show the public that the movie they were going to see was a true Bruce Lee movie, accept no substitute.

    As for the first french posters being made with stills from the movie, the first two Bruce Lee were first distributed in France by a small distributor, with no money to put together real posters. At least, that's my understanding of the situation. René Chateau, who distributed first Way of the Dragon before gaining the rights to the other Bruce Lee, had more money, and a very gifted artist to work with.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I have a couple of framed prints of Bruce Lee in my Gym room a pose from Game of Death and an Enter the Dragon movie poster, I am big fan of Bruce and his philosophies I have many of his books and I have a pair of Bruce's yellow Nunchakus from Game of Death that I train with. I keep meaning to get a print of Bruce and Chuck from Way of the Dragon.
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    Gerard wrote: »
    Perhaps because of all those "Brucesploitation" movies that popped up after the death of the Little Dragon, and tried to attract the public by either having Bruce Lee in the title, or casting an actor who ressembled Bruce Lee, and giving him names such as Bruce Li, or Bruce Le, or, as Jackie Chan put it once in a interview, Bruce Table or Bruce Chair. So, it became necessary to show the public that the movie they were going to see was a true Bruce Lee movie, accept no substitute.

    Interesting! I was unaware that there was a whole "Bruceploitation" subgenre going on at the time. Obviously, we've seen something similar with Bond too, and some of the Eurospy films (O.K. Connery comes to mind).
    Gerard wrote: »
    As for the first french posters being made with stills from the movie, the first two Bruce Lee were first distributed in France by a small distributor, with no money to put together real posters. At least, that's my understanding of the situation. René Chateau, who distributed first Way of the Dragon before gaining the rights to the other Bruce Lee, had more money, and a very gifted artist to work with.

    That makes sense. The two French posters certainly looks a bit "cheap" compared to the other ones with the painted artwork, but still kinda cool.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    These are very cool.
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    The second one is from the Hammer version, with Sir Christopher Lee under the wraps and bandages. And both movies are very good indeed.

    Now, back to Bruce Lee, with Way of the Dragon / Return of the Dragon. Here's the chinese original :

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    The german one :

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    And the french one :

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    Got some amazing movie posters on linen recently

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    Leb 1sh , rare.....these old posters really benefits from backing

    (beware rolled glossy 1shs from Hong Kong , virtually all legit HK posters were factory folded , the paper had very little gloss , its vhtf real ones on ebay and the Bruce Lees ive are far from mint shape)

    ......and forget about 1st issue 1971-73 from HK , super rare. Collected BL for 22 yr (!) now and still dont have one , even lobbys super rare. They had Chinese language ones and Eng language , latter used in Singapore among other countries

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    These are very cool.
    Very cool indeed! The details on the 1932 poster in particular, are fantastic.

    Gerard wrote: »
    The second one is from the Hammer version, with Sir Christopher Lee under the wraps and bandages. And both movies are very good indeed.

    Now, back to Bruce Lee, with Way of the Dragon / Return of the Dragon. Here's the chinese original :
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    The german one :
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    And the french one :
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    Are there any information out there who made these posters, @Gerard? I like how different the illustration styles are; the raw, almost sketch like approach on the German one, and the very detailed and life like French one.

    Tracy wrote: »
    Got some amazing movie posters on linen recently

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    How much does posters like these cost you, @Tracy?
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    Are there any information out there who made these posters, @Gerard? I like how different the illustration styles are; the raw, almost sketch like approach on the German one, and the very detailed and life like French one.

    Well, I saw a catalog of the artist who painted the second french posters on sale, but the store is closed for the holidays and won't reopen till august 21st. Once it does, I'll let you know. But now, let's carry on. Everybody knows that poster, right ?

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    But do you know the chinese one ?

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    Gerard wrote: »
    Are there any information out there who made these posters, @Gerard? I like how different the illustration styles are; the raw, almost sketch like approach on the German one, and the very detailed and life like French one.

    Well, I saw a catalog of the artist who painted the second french posters on sale, but the store is closed for the holidays and won't reopen till august 21st. Once it does, I'll let you know.

    That would be great, thanks!
    Gerard wrote: »
    [But now, let's carry on. Everybody knows that poster, right ?
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    But do you know the chinese one ?
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    Can't remember seeing the Chinese poster before. Really love how simple it is, and how the typography frames the artwork. Makes me think of the fantastic 60's and 70's Japanese Bond posters!
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    Let's go back to a time where they put together episodes of a TV series and released them as a movie, with The Green Hornet :

    American original (I think) :

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    Chinese :

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    French :

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    And German :

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I just posted this on another thread, fantastic poster from a great movie.
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    It depends , from 50$ to several 1000s , the more rare the more costly : OHMSS ita advance 1sh could have paid for 2 vacations but it means more to me than just $ , it has great historical value : only Lazenby movie , art only used in Italy

    I gladly pay 150$ for HK/Singapore Bruce Lee posters , well worth it , vhtf
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