![]() ![]() Finding art for a film that holds meaning isn’t much of a challenge.īut for those among us just looking for an alternative to Still Life 2 - in other words, standard accessorising - both Maclean and Leung insist the options are almost limitless. Films, like music, are contextual, and making personal connections comes easily to most of us. They have to like them.” Personal choices, like a poster for the film you saw on the first date with your spouse for example, are the simpler route. More general ‘museum’ posters are easier to work with but movie posters are more personal. “ If they’re into it clients will tell you what they want. So if you’re the type willing to dabble in vintage movie poster art, where do you begin? As a rule, homeowners and tenants are, “ Either into it or not,” says Leung. They give great depth and a real gallery feel.” The poster needs to pop.” Smaller posters should be matted to give them size, he says, noting The World of Suzie Wong ’s stylish art would be well served by a “ 3D floating frame. Frames should be kept simple, nothing too fancy, and glass should be low-glare. Frame them properly, matte them properly. ![]() As such, whatever the era - or value - posters should be treated it like a piece of art, according to founder and creative director Clifton Leung of Clifton Leung Design Workshop. Not all classic movie posters rate six digit values, and Maclean is quick to point out rarity is what adds value, but they are a more affordable alternative to traditional art. Of the four remaining posters Heinz Schulz-Neudamm created for Fritz Lang’s landmark 1927 science fiction masterpiece Metropolis, one was scooped up by a private collector and valued at US$1 million in 2012. Golden Age filmmaker Cecil B DeMille’s granddaughter purchased an original poster for 1933’s King Kong, designed by an unidentified RKO artist, at Sotheby’s for US$250,000 in 1999. ![]() Notable artists and graphic designers such as Saul Bass - famed for his colour blocked Hitchcock posters - Bob Peak, Bill Gold, and Richard Amsel, whose hand-painted work is still in demand, have raised the form’s profile. While most design motifs incorporating vintage art tends to lean towards period advertising, propaganda posters (Rosie the Riveter is a staple), maps and travel posters, and style and movement-related prints, classic cinema posters are making inroads. Almost any Marilyn Monroe vehicle emphasises her sex appeal, and John Wayne is never less than manly and larger than life in his film’s posters. The Polish poster art designed for 1960s Hollywood is as distinct as Ghanian reinterpretations of garden variety modern American action films.Ĭlassic film posters not only show off stellar visuals, they serve as time capsules of a pre-digital age, when print media dominated, and was a crucial element in a film finding its audience but also in cementing star personas. As the form evolved and more and more nations got in on the movie-making action, different size standards developed, as did aesthetics. Perhaps not surprisingly, movie posters started life as purely functional - telling the public about the amazing new invention called the motion picture. Movie posters emerged at the dawn of the 20th century alongside movies themselves. “ What I’m finding more than anything right now is a love of old Hong Kong, and these old posters evoke emotions connected to a past time.” It just needs to be the right context in order to connect it back to a person’s space,” says Emma Maclean, creative director and founder of boutique studio EM Bespoke. It can summon images and feelings of specific lifestyles and exotic locales. Vintage art has become an easy way to appreciate art and art movements from previous eras, and it’s gained traction in lockstep with a wider understanding and appreciation of design. ![]() Further, vintage posters are not always an inexpensive alternative to traditional art, and if they are, they don’t need to look it.įor decades, vintage art has found a place as a viable and accepted decor accessory an alternative to an oil painting or lithograph. But movie posters now, particularly vintage posters, have little to do with the ones acquired from the local cinema after a film finishes its run. In fairness, millions of us threw a poster of our favourite film up when we were still paying off student loans precisely because we were still paying off student loans. When most people imagine a movie poster hanging on a wall, images of teen bedrooms, university dorms, and starter flats usually spring to mind. Vintage movie posters can bring a new mood or mindset to almost any room in the house. ![]()
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