Ad mat from a pressbook for VERTIGO. What woud be great to have documented if at al possible, was what VERTIGO ad mats were poster concepts that didn't make the poster cut.
The trouble with seeing famous films (or at least films that have become famous, or culty) is that they have a hard time living up to the expectation that has built up over the years. OUT OF THE PAST is a terrific film, perhaps even a great film, although within the genre of which it has become elevated to icon status, it is something of an anomaly. It lacks action, its characters are complex and subtly drawn and, like the best real noirs, it ends on a note of melancholy and quiet despair. Part of the problem is that film noir is often used as a catch-all for all 40s black and white crime films, and even mysteries that have moody black and white cinematography. I think real films noir are not quite that easy to define. ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Jaworski To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 1:14 PM Subject: [MOPO] different vertigo designs / out of the past hallo all back in May we had an interesting conversation about the different Vertigo designs across the various posters/ad campaigns. i just came across this image, is it legit? i've never seen it before. http://www.readysettype.com/tobloggin/?p=143 in other news, i just watched Out Of The Past for the first time, expecting to love it as much as Double Indemnity, Gilda and Kiss Of Death. But apart from the first 20 mins, I found it tedious, charmless and unlikely. Why are posters for this film so expensive, when it's not even as engaging as Tourneur's Berlin Express (again, hardly a classic)? I'm very disappointed and confused. cheers neil --- On Sun, 2/5/10, Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> wrote: From: Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] a NEW VIDEO To: "Sean Linkenback" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 2 May, 2010, 21:19 good spot! --- On Sun, 2/5/10, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] a NEW VIDEO To: "Neil Jaworski" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Sunday, 2 May, 2010, 21:13 It looks like the 24-sheet has the standard art (1-sheet, insert, halves) flipped. 6-sheet is very impressive. Great stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Jaworski To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] a NEW VIDEO ah, so further to my last post, the 24sh is different again! so that's 4 versions. anyone know if any 24sheets of vertigo have ever surfaced? --- On Sun, 2/5/10, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] a NEW VIDEO To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 2 May, 2010, 20:45 I meant the posters shown on the pressbook page are all different. See: http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/52643.html Bruce On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> wrote: By "all of the posters" do you mean that the 3-sheet and 40x60 have a different silhouette? Because the ones on the one-sheet, insert, window card, and both style half sheets are exactly the same. And yes - another excellent film Walter. Can't wait to see what you do next. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] a NEW VIDEO Excellent Walter! Do 100 more if you get the time. They are a huge credit to our hobby. One little thing I can add is that I always had the sensation that all the posters for Vertigo were essentially the same (because the swirl pattern is so overwhelming), but when I saw a pressbook, I was surprised to discover that all the posters have a completely different silhouette image at center! Great work. Bruce On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Richard Evans <[email protected]> wrote: Yep, enjoyed that very much. Richard On 2 May 2010, at 07:17, walter reuben wrote: hello to all Mopo members! I have posted on Youtube a new video, this one is about Saul Bass and his poster designs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY2Rf_Ed7Bc I hope that you will enjoy it. 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