Comprising more than 100 works from one of the most prominent private collections of film posters in the world, Cinema on Paper: The Graphic Genius of Movie Posters is a tribute to the superior talent of an international group of artists whose creativity captured a movie’s essence with arresting precision. Selected for their masterful design, these mass-produced hallmarks of the film business represent cinematic works that date from the turn of the 20th century to the early 2000s. Posters of iconic features, such as Casablanca and The Godfather, stand alongside foreign films and memorable cult classics including Le Samouraï and Barbarella.
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Luxuriously reproduced here for their iconic design and graphic excellence, these rare Hollywood- and foreign-produced posters from the Dwight M. Cleveland collection are placed side by side to illustrate differences in cultural viewpoint through graphic expression and to provide insight into the depth and detail of poster design.
| Weight | 4.8 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 13.12 × 10.25 × 1 in |
| Pages | 195 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781614288756 |
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| SKU | 32489125-1 |
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Selling of films through posters makes a difference between success and failure . . The goal of poster art is to crystallize a film into a simple image—to catch a moment.
I don’t know what it is that first causes a person to become interested in a film—whether it’s the cast, or whether it’s the title, or whether it’s that first image. I believe it is a combination of all of these. That’s the creative part of poster work—that image and what it does and how it affects an audience.
Jerry
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awesome! I forgot about so many of these great pieces of history!
Rose
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It makes me so very nostalgic seeing all of the images of my favorite movies growing up. I truly didn’t realize how impactful these posters were until seeing them again after so long… it takes me back to feeling like I did when the very first time I saw these films.
John
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Many of us that collect movie posters know that Dwight has one of the finest collections around, and this book is evidence of that! Such a fun buy for me- would recommend to anyone who enjoys film, not only just movie posters!