Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Posteritati
but Bouton was a sensational expose writer & wife-swapper if not a terribly convincing actor. i also happen to love the interplay between elliot gould & his cat plus mark rydell is a hoot as the heavy. On Aug 26, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: I might also menti

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
I don't like the other flavor : - ) At 07:05 PM 8/26/2012, Posteritati wrote: Rich, that's they make all the flavors. you are entitled to you opinion! best, sam On Aug 26, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: Sam even as a deconstruction Altman's take falls down.

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Posteritati
Rich, that's they make all the flavors. you are entitled to you opinion! best, sam On Aug 26, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: Sam even as a deconstruction Altman's take falls down. If you remove all references to Marlowe and just make it a generic detective mov

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread walter reuben
And I will just add to this discussion: for my personal collection, I am looking for half sheets for the film. The style which is signed by Amsel is, in effect, style A (although it does not say so) the unsigned style with the bright orange cat is style B. If any Mopo member has either of these two

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Chris Quarles
Ditto! Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Posteritati wrote: > rich, > > beg to differ but altman's deconstruction of marlowe is simply brilliant and > considered so by many influential film critics. in my opinion book > adaptations should not necessarily heed closely to the ori

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Chris Quarles
Ditto! Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Posteritati wrote: > rich, > > beg to differ but altman's deconstruction of marlowe is simply brilliant and > considered so by many influential film critics. in my opinion book > adaptations should not necessarily heed closely to the orig

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Chris Quarles
I think I paid close to $200 for the cat insert from Bruce about 5 years ago Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Richard C Evans wrote: > Thanks for the info. > Made me realise it's one that's grown on me. > Unfortunately only thing I bothered picking up along the way was the quad

[MOPO] JACK DAVIS - a good illustrator seemingly often ignored....

2012-08-26 Thread Kirby McDaniel
At least a good partial list. Davis, Jack Arriverderci Baby 1966 Davis, Jack Bad News Bears Davis, Jack Bad News Bears: Breaking Training 1978 Davis, Jack Bananas 1971 Davis, Jack Bank Shot 1974 Davis, Jack Big Bus 1976

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Tom Martin
>geeze everyone is civil on Mopo thois is awesome.. some great posts... maybe we are all getting to old to spar anymore??? :) anyways its cool seeing people talk about movies instead of minty whites and ebay ripoffs.. thanks FolkS hope everyones having a good day. > > Original Message >F

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Neil Jaworski
I've never seen Altman's TLG but this thread will make me chase it down (I love most of Altman's earlier stuff so I'd be surprised if I find it a total turn off).  I always liked the rather philosophical James M Cain response - to a moviegoer who told him she was "horrified at what they did you

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Tom Martin
>Very well written Post Adrian ! very balanced viewpoint.Interesting. thanks for the share. best, Tom > > > Original Message >From: jboh...@aol.com >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Subject: Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign >for The Long Goodbye? >Date: Sun, 26

[MOPO] Jack Davis: Is there a rare, rare, rare, rare poster of his?

2012-08-26 Thread Daniel Kinske
Hey Larry, Curly, and Moe-poers, Is anyone out there especially fond of Jack Davis's poster artwork? I certainly enjoy his art--and think his posters were all wonderful, even if the films weren't always blockbusters. Just curious too, what the rarest film poster of his might be? I've had the

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Simon Oram
Yes the ‘crazy cat’ is the one for me, the incredibly rare one that Bruce lists as the regular reminds me of a David Hockney paintings, in particular the ones he did in Los Angeles around he late sixties, early seventies. Could of been a major influence on Amsel at the time. What a great take o

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Adrian Cowdry
Rich is as passionate about Marlowe as I am about Bondbut I would say that the Marlowe myth was not broken just damaged with the films that were set in the present as opposed to the period films (Powell, Bogart and later Mitchum). Marlowe is a hard boiled product of the 1930's to 50's as She

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
I might also mention that parts of the film are totally unintelligible and some very important issues are completely glossed over, like for instance why Nina Van Pallandt kills the woman and what the historical connection is between the victim and Sterling Hayden (who in my opinion is the singl

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
Sam even as a deconstruction Altman's take falls down. If you remove all references to Marlowe and just make it a generic detective movie it falls on it's ass.. I have never considered it to be a film of much value and that goes even before I was a major Chandler nut. I saw the film before I

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Posteritati
rich, beg to differ but altman's deconstruction of marlowe is simply brilliant and considered so by many influential film critics. in my opinion book adaptations should not necessarily heed closely to the original. fyi,i am also a big marlowe fan and have read & loved his books. regards,

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Richard C Evans
Was eagerly awaiting, knew this was coming! On 26 Aug 2012, at 20:41, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: > quick answer. Released with the original Amsel style A& B. > film did poorly (because as a Raymond Chandler adaptation, the film sucks. > more below) > film was pulled & a new comed

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
quick answer. Released with the original Amsel style A& B. film did poorly (because as a Raymond Chandler adaptation, the film sucks. more below) film was pulled & a new comedic ad campaign was designed with MAD artist Jack Davis. the film apparently didn't last a couple weeks in it's first rele

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Richard C Evans
Thanks for the info. Made me realise it's one that's grown on me. Unfortunately only thing I bothered picking up along the way was the quad with the boring International art. Between the Jack Davis and Amsell with the crazy cat for me. Just noticed how much the latter goes for. On 26 Aug 2012, at

Re: [MOPO] FA: 876 rolled one-sheets close soon; lots of the very best of the past 30 years, lots of real steals

2012-08-26 Thread Bruce Hershenson
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Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt has three of the style C one sheets for this title. Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112 On Aug 26, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Matt Johnston wrote: > I can't vouch for the accuracy of this, but I hav

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[MOPO] RIP Niel

2012-08-26 Thread Adrian Cowdry
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[MOPO] I hav been away but RIP Tony

2012-08-26 Thread Adrian Cowdry
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Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Matt Johnston
I can't vouch for the accuracy of this, but I have no reason to doubt it... http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-the-long-goodbye On Aug 26, 2012, at 1:08 PM, chris quarles wrote: > I worked in a theater in Gainesville, FL, during the theatrical release. We > only had the

Re: [MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread chris quarles
I worked  in a theater in Gainesville, FL, during the theatrical release. We only had the style C (Jack Davis art) one sheet. We only got one sheets at that theater. I didn't see the other styles until years later. I own them all, because I love the art and the movie. I don't know why the comp

[MOPO] 2-FOR-1 SALE: Terminator 2 / Temple of Doom $20

2012-08-26 Thread Posteropolis
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[MOPO] 63 vintage Hollywood photos up on Ebay-many @ crazy low prices or no bids @ all!!

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[MOPO] Gary Cooper

2012-08-26 Thread rodxmorgan
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Re: [MOPO] silent movie posters

2012-08-26 Thread peter contarino
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[MOPO] Movie Poster Exchange

2012-08-26 Thread peter contarino
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[MOPO] Anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye?

2012-08-26 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Does anyone know what went on with the first campaign for The Long Goodbye? There are some real oddities to it! We all know *THIS *one-sheet, marked "Style C", with Jack Davis art (and it also exists as a 30x40): *http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc/archive_image.php?id=8828673* Then there's

Re: [MOPO] rod on the moon

2012-08-26 Thread Tait Maxfeldt
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