Kirby, This thread is out of my ballpark, other than the "fading" discussion which is very helpful. But your mentioning people considering their "decor" when buying movie paper really made me gasp. The same people would have conniptions over my Lewton group hanging on Victorian wallpaper. Nathalie
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 11:15 AM Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking to that: the intent of Saul Bass with regard to designing the one > sheet for VERTIGO was to specify a background color of a certain "shade", > if you will, of orange. I have always called it vermillion. Yet we have > seen, as has been pointed out that there are (almost) deep red variants of > the poster as well as posters that are light orange. Most are in the range > that was intended. It is safe to say that most have had some color shift > since the day they were printed sixty-five years ago. So, my question is: > is this poster sun-faded, or is it merely in the range of "lighter". Most > of the posters that I have seen which are significantly sun-faded have some > textural degradation of the paper itself. > > I have heard people lionize a deep red variant for the simple reason that > it would "work better" with their decor. I kid you NOT. > > K. > > Kirby McDaniel > movieart.com > > On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Again, just my opinion, not necessarily factual. - d. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > 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.
