The posters referenced by Steve Zammar in his previous notes have since been webhosted and can be seen below. THEY ARE BEE-U-TEE-FULL. Please send your queries to Steve direct at [email protected] where no doubt he can provide high-resolution images upon request. Good luck, Steve! -d.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3092/apocalypsenowb0andtripl.jpg -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:56:49 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: ds|onesheets and Japanese movie posters To: [email protected] Hello again. This will be my last email for the day (woot! I suspect some of you are thinking!), I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be returning from my sabbatical, and am ramping up for a re-opening of my movie poster business within the next six months to a year, and will be specifically focused on Japanese paper. Over the course of the last year, I have been taking some steps back to re-evaluate my core business plan, and what it will take to regain some of the integrity that I lost over the last six years due to a number of reasons, the main being my multiple spinal disc problems and the major surgery I had last October. This should have been transparent to my customers, and I used it as a crutch instead. I am investing a bulk of my time into my main problem, which was expediting shipments out on time. The positive side of all this is that I have been saving resources and money for some incredible major purchases from some of my contacts in Tokyo, Shinjuku, and the south of Japan. I also plan on travelling to Tokyo to meet some of them for the first time later this year. The Apocalypse Now B0 and the Western Film Festival poster featuring For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly are but just a small sample of the posters I am now finding after starting to dig deeper into the inventories of my contacts. My most recent acquisition? A set of five B1 (28"x40") posters for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, featuring Brad Pitt at age 7, age 24, age 30, and age 49, looking physically younger in each as he grows older. These could almost be considered portraits, each a poignant moment from the film.. This is a perfect example of what you find in Japanese movie poster artwork. Attention to detail. Multiple poster sets that feature a single motif from the film. Multiple character poster sets that focus on even small roles in the films they advertise. And above all, beautiful, moving artwork from the best graphic designers in Japan. You will often find that the artwork you see in the United States is practically droll and boring compared to Japanese artwork, and will also often be completely different art from their U.S. counterparts. The collectors that have bought from me in the past know exactly what I am talking about. The two Kill Bill films had at least 21 different styles of artwork that I know of to date, and I honestly don't think I've seen them all. I look forward to getting to know you again, and to meet new friends and customers. Thank you for your support. Best regards, Steve Zammar [email protected] owner, ds|onesheets 303/478-3973 -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:33:02 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: FS: Very Rare Triple-bill Japanese Western Film Festival Poster To: [email protected] Hello again! I wanted to let everyone know about another incredible piece that I found in Tokyo. Some people might know that I have been on a sort of sabbatical and have taken some important time off from dealing movie posters; I was having personal and financial difficulties in the wake of a very critical back surgery, and I may have even lost a few friends in the process. For those individuals, I wish to extend my apologies once again. This period of rest also gave me the opportunity to revisit some of my connections in Tokyo and in the south of Japan. In that time I have been able to acquire some incredible examples of Japanese movie poster art. To be honest, some of them have left me speechless. One of them is the Apocalypse Now B0, designed by the Academy award-winning Costume and Graphic Designer Eiko Ishioka which you probably read about in my other email. In addition to a great year-of-release extended B3 for La Dolce Vita, I also acquired a very rare triple-bill Western poster, which was printed solely for use promoting a Western Film Festival. The poster features the film Navajo Joe, but the real treasure lies in the other two films featured, For A Few Dollars Now, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The poster is a unique size as well, measuring approximately 35"x35". Since this is also coming back from Sylvia at Precision Restoration with the Apocalypse Now and the Dolce Vita, I do not have the specific measurements, because it is now on linen. This poster features not one, but two images of Clint Eastwood, along with whom I believe to be Aldo Sambrell (who played Duncan, the bandit leader), who worked with Sergio Leone many times over the course of his career. The titles and images of the two films and the two men appear over a montage of what appears to be Monument Valley, with a large band of men on horseback racing towards the foreground. My sources have told me that this poster was perhaps even more rare than the Apocalypse Now B0, because there were only three to four different versions printed for the festival, each featuring some of the different films being shown, and likely there were only a handful printed due to the nature of the limited run of the festival itself. If you are interested in seeing the artwork, which I would highly recommend, I will also be offering this for sale through Grey Smith at Heritage. Until I receive it back from Precision Restoration, I will be open to offers on this important piece of Western film history. Best regards, Steve Zammar [email protected] owner, ds|onesheets 303/478-3973 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.
