Drive-in Movie Posters

Drive-in Movie Posters

Author: Bruce Hershenson

Publisher: Bruce Hershenson

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781887893503

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Features posters depicting 169 of the absolute worst films ever made! The editors have carefully chosen the films with the absolute best poster art and taglines, ones that promised far more than the films delivered!


Cinema Under the Stars

Cinema Under the Stars

Author: Elizabeth McKeon

Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781581820027

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When Richard M. Hollingshead Jr. first projected a movie onto a white bedsheet stretched between two trees at his home in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933, little did he know that he was on the verge of creating an entirely new entertainment industry. With America just beginning its romance with the automobile, it's no surprise that the general public found this new form of moviegoing irresistible. Fun and affordable, the drive-in quickly gained popularity among families with young children. And, of course, the local drive-in was a favorite weekend hangout for teenagers: a place where they could go just to meet friends or take a sweetheart for a romantic evening of movies under the stars. Although drive-ins are no longer as popular as they once were, in many communities a devoted following still seeks out the open-air theaters at twilight. Cinema Under the Stars"" is a reminder of those wonderful times, as well as a recounting of the history of the drive-in experience. Here is the story, and here are the memories: B movies, concession stands loaded with goodies, screen towers, ticket booths, scratchy speakers, speaker poles, and intermission. It is all here - a nostalgic look at one of America's all-time favorite pastimes. ""


PosterSpy

PosterSpy

Author: Frédéric Claquin

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780764354755

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Way before the advent of social networks, the first, and sometimes only, visual contact you may have had with a movie was its poster. To return to this enlightened approach and escape the hard selling, marketing campaigns of today's releases, this book pays tribute to the artists who celebrate the era when cinematographic posters made us dream. Presented by ARTtitude, this collaboration features the contemporary work of 58 different artists from the PosterSpy art community, one of the most influential groups devoted to alternative posters. The nearly 300 posters presented here cover a diverse range of genres and eras, from pop culture favorites like Star Wars and Goonies to the Wes Andersen filmography to horror and sci-fi classics. Each piece reveals intensely creative and detailed representations of films that ask the viewer to see the film in a new way and challenges the visual package included with the original release.


Alternative Movie Posters

Alternative Movie Posters

Author: Graffito Books

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909051034

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The world s best, wittiest lowbrow designers reimagine movie posters for 150 cult films that are built into the DNA of any movie buff "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Psycho," "Vertigo," "Poltergeist," "Metropolis," "Ghostbusters," "Blue Velvet," "Blade Runner," "Star Wars," "Alien," "Mad Max," "Robocop," "Reservoir Dogs," "Jaws," " The Big Lebowski," "Rosemary's Baby," " Taxi Driver," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and many more films are given new art by the likes of Grimb, Coop, O'Connell, Alderete, Hertz, Pullin, and more. Almost always better than the originals, these new visual takes on iconic movies will delight anyone with an interest in film. For the Hollywood aficionado this visual feast makes a perfect gift; while for graphic designers, both professional and students, this makes for a great source of ideas and inspiration."


The Art of the B-movie Poster

The Art of the B-movie Poster

Author: Adam Newell

Publisher: Gingko Press Editions

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584236221

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Exploding off the page with over 1,000 of the best examples of exploitation, grindhouse, and pulp film poster design comes The Art of the B-Movie Poster, a collection of incredible posters from low-budget films from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Once relegated to the underground and midnight movie circuit, these films and their bombastic advertisements are experiencing a surge of mainstream popularity driven by fans appreciative of the artistic skill, distinctive aesthetic, and unabashed sensationalism they relied on to make a profit, with the quality of the poster often far surpassing that of the film itself. The book celebrates this tradition with sections divided into "moral panic" films, action, horror, sci-fi, and of course, sex, each introduced with short essays by genre experts such as Kim Newman, Eric Schaffer, Simon Sheridan, Vern, and author Stephen Jones, winner of the Horror Writer's Association 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Non-Fiction. Edited by Adam Newell and featuring an introduction by author and filmmaker Pete Tombs, The Art of the B-Movie Poster is a loving tribute to the artwork and artists that brought biker gangs, jungle girls, James Bond rip-offs and reefer heads to life for audiences around the world.


James Bond Movie Posters

James Bond Movie Posters

Author: Tony Nourmand

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780811844659

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The guns, the girls, the gadgets, all the key ingredients of Bond--James Bond--are captured in this one-of-a-kind collection of movie posters. These images have become some of the most memorable visual teasers in cinematic history and are now one of the hottest items of memorabilia among both Bond aficionados and movie collectors. This collection features over 200 original posters, including posters that were never released, limited edition festival posters, and rare advance posters. They are all meticulously reproduced in this oversized.


Bollywood Posters

Bollywood Posters

Author: Jerry Pinto

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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"The film posters of Bollywood have a long history, and it is brilliantly celebrated here. The posters span the entire history of Hindi movies, from the early twentieth century to the present day. Bollywood movies are a much-loved phenomenon, and this celebratory book will have an avid audience among its fans. But its appeal extends beyond that--graphic designers and artists will find much to inspire them as well'--Cover, p. 2.


The World's Rarest Movie Posters

The World's Rarest Movie Posters

Author: Todd Spoor

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9780764334986

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A perfect book for lovers of movies and movie posters. Over 300 color images of vintage movie posters include the extremely rare drive-in theater posters along with more common one-sheet size. These posters, often very different from the standard posters, were printed in smaller numbers, adding to their interest and value. All of these posters have less than ten known copies in existence, and many have only one or two known examples. Posters of such favorite movies as the "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" , "Rebel without a Cause", and "The Seven Year Itch" are included, with iconic movie stars Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Director Alfred Hitchcock. Auction results from 1989-the present, and other pricing information make this a useful tool for collectors of posters who are trying to make informed purchasing decisions. Graphic designers will love it.


Extreme Canvas

Extreme Canvas

Author: Clive Barker

Publisher: Dilettante Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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In the 1980s a group of entrepreneurs in Ghana created small-scale, mobile film-distribution empires, hitting the road with videocassettes, television monitors, portable gas-powered generators and rolled-up, hand-painted, artist-signed canvas posters. This new medium created the first opportunity for some of the best young painters in Ghana to express themselves on a public scale. In the frequent absence of an original image upon which to base the work they had been commissioned to produce, the artists inevitably created cinematic paintings that were largely interpretive and imagination-driven. In the book's four major essays, author Ernie Wolfe III recounts the rise and fall of the mobile cinema tradition, while noted African art scholar Roy Sieber follows two-dimensional art in Africa from rock paintings in the Sahara to contemporary manuals, wall paintings, and barber board paintings as well as the canvas movie posters themselves; Paul Hayes Tucker compares the phenomenon to 19th century European utility-based painting; and poet and art critic John Yau contributes the perspective of an American art historian. In addition, Hollywood film notables such as horror auteur Clive Barker, actor LeVar Burton, actress Anjelica Huston, and director Gus Van Sant contribute chapter introductions.