Film by design: the art of the movie poster

Uittreksel

"Movie posters, regardless of their country of origin, have become indelibly linked with the films they represent, often assuming a status as visual encapsulations of films within collective memory. Long after their initial role in promotion is complete, these posters endure as iconic images, etched into film history and cultural consciousness. One can hardly hear mention of Steven Spielberg's landmark production Jaws, for example, without immediately picturing the evocative poster art of Roger Kastel. Film by Design: The Art of the Movie Poster is a groundbreaking and comprehensive exploration of the international and Hollywood movie poster as a dynamic artistic and cultural formation. Drawing inspiration from such prominent genres as horror, science fiction, and noir, the twelve essays in this collection provide insightful analyses of the movie poster as a vital component of the cinematic landscape from the silent era to the contemporary period. Crucially, this anthology rejects the notion of movie posters as mere historical artifacts or advertising tools and instead examines them as integral parts of a broader aesthetic framework interwoven into their respective film narratives. Each chapter, whether focusing on controversies, Cubism, or Cuba, is accessible to scholars, students, and fans alike. Through its intervention in film studies, Film by Design reveals the movie poster to be an ever-evolving medium, firmly grounded in both theory and practice, while serving as an essential and enduring element within the realm of film art"-- Provided by publisher.

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Acknowledgments -- Posting the cinema / Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Singer -- Lurid disgrace or artful advertising? The American movie poster, 1916-1934 / Gary D. Rhodes -- Pushing the limits of the para: the industrial complications of second-wave exploitation film posters as paratext / Alicia Kozma -- Print, publicity, and place: intersecting histories of cinemas in India (1930s-60s) / Madhuja Mukherjee -- The Cuban film poster: revolution by design / Laura Hatry -- Meaningful posters and postcolonial melancholia: Black Girl, Touki Bouki, and Cuties / Vlad Dima -- Silent Running: art and eco-memory / Michael L. Shuman -- Creature from the Black Lagoon and beyond / Frank Percaccio -- Shutter Island: a doppelgänger's dream / Courtney Ruffner Grieneisen -- Abandoned cars and bending skyscrapers: architectural disjuncture in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" / Lynette Kuliyeva -- Round like a circle in a sprial: the poster art of film noir / Marlisa Santos -- Marketing the beastly: Lang's Human Desire / Robert Singer -- About the contributors -- Index.