Well, Bruce started it ...
Seriously, though, (and at the risk of another lengthy and exasperating
post), I think I'm safe in saying there are many US collectors who diverge
into collecting British and Australian posters, in particular because the
title is in English if nothing else. Isn't it therefore enlightening for
buyers to know a bit of the history, as apart from anything else it helps
assess
rarity, authenticity and relative value of such items? For example, if an
original release quad came up for Rear Window, wouldn't it influence your
impetus to buy and the amount you spend, if you knew its comparative rarity
and that it wouldn't be likely to surface again anytime soon? And some
people might like to be aware that there were completely unique quads (and
DCs) made for showings at the Academy Cinema, as opposed to normal
studio-released posters.
Now I've started thinking about it, I can't remember ever seeing an
original release quad for Rear Window - anybody got a link to an image?
To be fair to you, Michael, I was surprised there wasn't more reaction on
your US poster-related question about reissues with identical artwork, as
that seemed to be a similarly informative discussion topic. The sort of
titles that sprang to mind for me were 3rd Man (again!), 2001, Where Eagles
Dare and Sleeper. But in fact most of these have other indicators besides what
it is the bottom corners, e.g. different distributor, colour variations,
border etc. I think Ed has already tackled the many and complicated 2001
issues very nicely on learnaboutmovieposters, but there must be some other
ones escaping me at the moment, that more closely meet your criterion of the
only difference being an "R". Of course, with older quads we avoid that
dilemma by not having a date in the first place ( ;
Paul
In a message dated 29/04/2009 03:25:33 GMT Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
all the posts about british quads seemed so lengthy and exasperating.
wouldn't it suffice to say that a BRITISH QUAD is a poster printed in the
UK to advertise british films and films of other countries at theatres in
britian (UK) ?
wouldn't it suffice to say that an AUSTRALIAN DAYBILL is a poster printed
in Australia to advertise Australian films and films of other countries at
theatres in Australia ?
isn't that simple?
for every film there is always one poster that has the best artwork and
mood, which may not be the country where the film was made. maybe it is the
the quad, maybe the daybill, mabe the USA one sheet........
just keeping it simple. ugh.
michael
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