Thanks JR. Well said. Although I had to laugh about your "most modern posters look more like gigantic paperback book covers" since that's exactly the look the "Pulp Fiction" poster is trying to achieve.
I agree. The "Pulp" and "Usual Suspects" recalled posters might be the last of the modern posters with significant value. --- J R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When it comes to collecting new posters (printed in > the last twenty years or so) the old adage of > "collect what you like and don't worry about what it > will be worth" really hits hard, because by almost > any scenario you look at it's hard to imagine these > newer posters ever being worth much, simply because > there are so many printed. Much of the original > print runs of the "theatrical" posters never go to > the theaters now. The studios sell them directly > into the hands of the larger movie poster dealers. > Movie Posters are now just another merchandizing > item. If and when the original "theatrical" print > run dries up, the studios are always ready to print > up more or at least license the original plates out > to someone else. > > Essentially, movie posters ain't what they used to > be -- which was *studio property* that was never > supposed to be sold to the general public. I know, > the studios still continue to play that little game > with the theaters, but everyone knew it was a game > long ago and now it is just lip service. The studios > no longer care who has their posters -- except in > rare cases of extreme abuse (like when the latest > STAR WARS advance banners were simply not even > making it up onto the walls of the theater lobbies > at all, because they were being snatched into > private hands the second they arrived at the > theaters). > > Add to this huge supply of paper the fact that there > are now thousands of movie poster collectors who are > getting them mint and rolled and squirreling them > away in their collections (often getting more than > one copy) and you remove the thing that made "old" > movie paper valuable -- the fact that most it was > eventually thrown out, worn out or deliberately > destroyed. That isn't happening with new posters. > > Actually, the highest price most of these pieces are > likely to achieve is just before and immediately > after the film's release, when the "cool" factor of > having the latest and greatest flick's poster on > your wall is highest. > > That doesn't mean people shouldn't purchase, collect > and enjoy the new posters just for what they are. > But any long-term or long-lasting appreciation in > value is unlikely for most of them. There are the > rare exceptions, like PULP FICTION, but those are > going to be almost exclusively releases from smaller > independent companies who don't print up their > posters in the gazillions like the major studios do > -- and even then it will only happen if the movie is > a surprise mega-hit, like PULP FICTION was. And if > the imagery of the poster was super-cool, like PULP > FICTION was. But most modern posters look more like > gigantic paperback book covers than they do movie > posters. From what I've seen of the SIN CITY paper > so far, the design is pretty standard, nothing > special. > > -- JR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Flood > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 19:41 > Subject: [MOPO] Will Any "Sin City" Posters Be > Worth A Damn? > > > Sounds like a great movie opening tomorrow. > > But I'm wondering ... > > will any of the "Sin City" posters be worth > anything? With thousands of copies being made and > 10's of thousands reproduced, could it be that > there's no collecting value whatsoever? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Better first dates. More second dates. Yahoo! > Personals > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
