David - thanks for that link. It would be very interesting to see that
art as a one sheet, sharply printed.
I guess I'm in a minority here on this. I actually think both the
advance and regular WOTW are superb posters.
No floating head shots of TC and both displaying a disturbing menace to
their imagery and the adv has to be seen
first hand to be appreciated, rather than as a small shot on a screen.
Not the first time posters for Spielberg's science fiction films have
been dismissed.
CE3K has never been recognised for its evocative image of the mysterious
light
at the crest of the hill with the star field above nor has the regular
E.T. been greatly valued
with its combination of Michaelangelo reference and the simple message
of "reach out".
There are two things that are sad about JAWS being 30 years old.
One is it makes me old enough to remember when that poster never had
much value either,
and they were easily available for $5 each. The second is that I didn't
buy 100 of them.
Well, three things actually... the third that it makes me as old as I am.
Phil
/
Shelly Whitworth-King wrote:
Hi David
Thanks for adding the link to the one-sheets!
I'm left feeling totally unmoved by any of these 3 and certainly won't be
rushing to add them to my small collection.
If this is 'the best B-move ever' and I'm not disagreeing with you there,
then surely it deserved the best B-movie artwork for the film posters
released?
Shelly
----Original Message Follows----
From: David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] WOTW: The 1-Sheet That Never Was
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:27:50 -0700
Back to film:
I opened the paper today and saw a full-page color ad featuring an image
taken directly from WOTW. I think it captures the film's true menace,
w/Spielberg coming full-circle (almost), to his thriller-making roots
of his
first blockbuster ("Jaws," which I still feel is his best thriller-horror
pix).
When I see ads like this (click link below), I wonder how decisions
are made
for one-sheet art that looks uninspiring by comparison (the Style A has
block letters like Ben-Hur and the Style B, a little better, shows a
tentacled grip on Earth):
http://members.cox.net/davidkusumoto/wotw-ad-sunday-07-10-05.jpg
I've since talked to many friends who've seen the film (esp. at my
office),
and the reaction is split down the middle; some (mostly women) think
WOTW is
super lame. Others consider WOTW (like I do), the "best B-movie ever
made."
Note my qualifier. It's the best "B-movie" -- not the best sci-fi
movie.
A "B-movie" allows me to forgive almost everything people hate, including
less-than-Oscar caliber acting, writing, directing, etc.; its creators
make
no pretense of creating a masterpiece.
Now let me contradict myself. How many "B-movies" cost $135 million to
make? Now that's worth debating. Maybe Spielberg was trying to
capture the
"spirit" of the "b-movie" without doing it on the cheap -- using the best
tools available for a director -- whom few in Hollywood can say "no."
I'll
take Spielberg any day over directors who produce "similar" fare such as
"Independence Day," "Armageddon" and "The Day After Tomorrow."
-d.
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