And that consideration may be thematic (like westerns in a wood paneled game room with rodeo decor) or it might be "I need something in a lime green."
It's true. Kirby > On Mar 29, 2023, at 3:56 PM, S & N Yafet <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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 <http://movieart.com/> >> >>> On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[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.
