Comments on: Laurent Durieux, master of the oldschool movie poster http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jeremy Wilson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1653107 Jeremy Wilson Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1653107 If that's your definition of "master", you should hang out at gigposters.com more.  Most of this work is mediocre, and suffers from the common "artwork clashes with text" problem that non-designers run into all the time. If that’s your definition of “master”, you should hang out at gigposters.com more.  Most of this work is mediocre, and suffers from the common “artwork clashes with text” problem that non-designers run into all the time.

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652696 L_Mariachi Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652696 There's a shark fin on the umbrella. EDIT: D'oh. And I'm always complaining about people who don't read all the comments before adding their own. There’s a shark fin on the umbrella.

EDIT: D’oh. And I’m always complaining about people who don’t read all the comments before adding their own.

]]> By: blitzkriegthecat http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652684 blitzkriegthecat Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652684 If it was meant to market something that wasn't already deeply ingrained into popular culture then I'd agree. As most people already understand what the title means it's what you don't see that's important, much like the film itself. (Also check out the parasol if you're looking for a shark fin). If it was meant to market something that wasn’t already deeply ingrained into popular culture then I’d agree. As most people already understand what the title means it’s what you don’t see that’s important, much like the film itself. (Also check out the parasol if you’re looking for a shark fin).

]]> By: Capital_7 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652648 Capital_7 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652648 I agree with you completely.  It's a nice image, but a poor poster that wouldn't have passed the first round with the producers and director for the film's release. I agree with you completely.  It’s a nice image, but a poor poster that wouldn’t have passed the first round with the producers and director for the film’s release.

]]> By: West Cot http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652632 West Cot Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652632 There is a hidden shark fin (in the foreground)! There is a hidden shark fin (in the foreground)!

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652622 jandrese Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652622 The whole point of a movie poster is to advertise the movie in question.  This poster is beautiful, but is utterly "generic day at the beach."  If you obscured the movie name and asked people who guess which famous film this poster belongs to, you would probably not have many correct guesses.  About the only clue you have is the truck, and only real fans of the movie are going to pick up on that. The whole point of a movie poster is to advertise the movie in question.  This poster is beautiful, but is utterly “generic day at the beach.”  If you obscured the movie name and asked people who guess which famous film this poster belongs to, you would probably not have many correct guesses.  About the only clue you have is the truck, and only real fans of the movie are going to pick up on that.

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652595 SedanChair Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652595 I agree, I need everything to be in my face at all times. Subtlety and suspense piss me off, really I agree, I need everything to be in my face at all times. Subtlety and suspense piss me off, really

]]> By: therantguy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652575 therantguy Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652575 It should be noted that almost every Mondo release featuring a movie people have heard of ends up at 3 or 4 or 5 times issue price on the secondary market...i.e. this is certainly doing pretty well for sellers but it's not some crazy unheard of markup either... It should be noted that almost every Mondo release featuring a movie people have heard of ends up at 3 or 4 or 5 times issue price on the secondary market…i.e. this is certainly doing pretty well for sellers but it’s not some crazy unheard of markup either…

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/laurent-durieux-master-of-the.html#comment-1652555 jandrese Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212296#comment-1652555 That Jaws poster is beautiful, but is a terrible poster for the movie in question.  Besides, Jaws already has one of the most iconic movie posters of all time, and one of the few people could probably describe if you asked out of the blue. Couldn't he have hidden a shark fin in the background? That's a movie poster for a Rom-Com! That Jaws poster is beautiful, but is a terrible poster for the movie in question.  Besides, Jaws already has one of the most iconic movie posters of all time, and one of the few people could probably describe if you asked out of the blue.

Couldn’t he have hidden a shark fin in the background? That’s a movie poster for a Rom-Com!

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