@GravitateMediaGroup your Dirty Harry nice poster doesn't show, seems can't be directly embed

Some of these guys amazing work; not sure about the Cronos one though

@jpbturbo that's the way, loving your children no matter what (size). To lo guano Josh =)

Alain Resnais' Hiroshima mon amour, 1959 / L'Année dernière à Marienbad, 1961
2 originals and Criterion, Polish, Bedřich Dlouhý and German versions.
Rusian, Polish and Czech... and some Bulgarian movie poster designers are just way way ahead

Both on the left my favs, Polska dude is simply too good an original is really really nice, with the high vanishing point, the way space is inhabit and how those forms give shape and relate... and only human projecting shadows!! That's what I call reusing well an still :P

I like that one all right. Alex Pardee's version is too literal and gory ,-)
In horror movies' posters there's sooo much nice work... is like they make it up for the low budget

3 other versions worth knowing

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Actually there are also interesting "childish" version of horror movies, Philiphino, Indian, etc.

Back when this came out I was working at Centropolis FX which shared the same building as Artisan Entertainment, in the MTV building in Santa Monica, CA. They had a huge poster of The Limey for the longest time in their lobby. Artisan was the real deal, for independents, before getting bought by Lions Gate. LG still puts out indies but if you look at the filmography before the buyout you see a major difference in content. This was one of my favorites, and one of my favorite Soderberg movies.

@maxr

Don't know the Limey film, in check list, but surely is interesting you providing such first hand context...

Definitely check it out. It's a fantastic little film. When I think of Tarrence Stamp he's either this character or General Zod from Superman II. This was back when Soderberg was doing "one for them, one for me" and this was one of the films for him.

That Kill List poster is awesome.

Oh yeah, there's just no substitute for 1970s and (some of) 1980s futurism. The graphic design and maybe even more specifically the typefaces. The homogeny that crept into poster design by even the early 1990s is deplorable.

By this time what people were going to see at the theater was likely defined before ever leaving the house so why should distributors care if the poster is really good anymore. Film marketing became less about word-of-mouth or a catchy poster/box and more about over-saturation in other media.

Here's one for a surprisingly dark, disturbing film:

...I like it because it's weird, I guess, hah-hah.

@rockroadpix I'd love to see that doc =). The WSS is a classic
Though not in the same genre, it reminded me of the twenty years later AWIL,
this poster version is not the original, but an Olly Moss, who's doing terrific work too ,-)

@rockroadpix wow, I'd love to hear more of Caroff's stories, he looks like such an interesting character!! Big thanks for sharing =)

 
So, one of Caroff's

@rockroadpix I love bad-ass grandpas, it is "easy" to be cool at 21 but if you're 93 and you still kicking ass... that's another level of coolness ,-) I'm counting on your link

 
Another of my favourite posters, dunno know who made the japanese version but gashô

Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People - 1969
and purple west version with different still

Thanks to all who've contributed here. I love this thread.

@matt_gh2 thanks for having good taste :P

Thanks to all who've contributed here. I love this thread.

@racer5 and the thread loves you :D

I find this one very effective.

@rockroadpix indeeeeeeeeed

Another version, more stylised (doesn't mean better ,-)

 
Because of 1st of Oct, a gif from ASMODEXIA, such a compendium on framing as sadly on bad acting