Re: [MOPO] Ever hated the movie and the posters but loved the music?

[JR]

Sue,   I agree that most of the FANTASIA posters (particularly the early ones) concentrated their imagery on emphasizing the idea of selling this ground-breaking film to the public as familiar Walt Disney *cartoon* -- which doesn't really work. It took me forever to find a poster for it that did justice to both the symphonic music and the animation, but I finally did and now I have a favorite poster to go with one of my all-time favorite films:   http://www.thepostalzone.com/posters/posters1.html   -- JR   ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Heim To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 15:52 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ever hated the movie and the posters but loved the music? Hello Nathalie and all,    Funny but when you first asked the question, James Bond movies were the first thing that jumped into my head. However, I do like the original Connery Bond's. Goldfinger and Thunderball are nice posters. Unfortunately, Dr. No is an awful poster. The red four panel poster from From Russia with Love is o.k. Actually the foreign movie posters on the early Bond films are really nice and I don’t normally collect foreign posters. Fantasia was an interesting choice also. I didn't like it the first time I saw it, but as I have gotten older and appreciate classical music much more, I do like Fantasia. However, the poster still leaves a bit to be desired. (By the way it is now hailing outside my office window here in beautiful southern California)! The spaghetti westerns are a good example. The music is generally great, but it really takes me awhile to get into the film.     This is a fun question and one we might follow it up with is a great movie that has a crappy poster. To Kill a Mockingbird is one that I wish they had spent a bit more time thinking about the poster. It's such a beautiful film and such a lousy poster.   Anyway, good topic Nathalie............take care everyone.   Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Yafet To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ever hated the movie and the posters but loved the music? Sorry, I opened up this topic but didn't tell you my thoughts on it. I don't like James Bond movies or the poster art.  And - yes - I realize I'm probably in the minority here, but their mix of adventure (sexual and otherwise), intrigue and gadgets really doesn't appeal to me.  The poster art, in my view, is just more of the same.  Perhaps, in general, men like these movies more than women?  I don't know. But the music is something else again!  The From Russia With Love theme is one of the best, most memorable movie theme songs.   And the same with Goldfinger. It's interesting that Steve chose Fantasia as one of his picks.  I don't hate this movie but how could it even begin to measure up to its soundtrack? What does everyone else feel about this? Nathalie            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. 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.