It is extremely interesting reading the comments and thread on the Italian Apartment poster that Kirby has.
In Morrie Everett's last auction there were a good handful of Italian posters that were glossed over and went unsold. In my opinion the Italian movie posters are amongst some of the best art work for the respective films. Italian movie poster artists are the equivalent of the romantic artists of the 18th and 19th century. Often the American and brit artists for these movie posters are quite forthright with just an image of the principal actors and actresses...the Italian artists put a lot more "art" into the posters and yet because the language is not English these posters get over looked - A poster I brokered last year was for Fighter Squadron - it was beautiful - it went to a movie poster collector yet it would have been fantastic in the Smithsonian in the back ground of a P47 Thunderbolt. The art was superb. Now I know historically the Italian's liked to sell a film and many Sean Connery films had 007 like images on films that were made prior to Dr. No when these films had their re releases. It was often the artist that created the image that sold the film. I am very pleased that the US dealers are taking notice of Italian movie posters there are some wonderful pieces of art that are far more attractive than compared to the US or Brit paper. This Never Happened to the Other Fella.... Adrian Cowdry [email protected] 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.
