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The Poster For The Coen's BURN AFTER READING Is Pretty Groovy!!
Merrick here...
Cinematical has the premiere of the poster for the Coen's BURN AFTER READING. Very retro, very Saul Bass. I like it a lot.
CLICK the strip to jump to Cinematical to see the whole thing!
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so unoriginal
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That was clooooooooose!
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have a seat over there.
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Brad Pitt looks like he's having fun, I'm definitely checking this one out.
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Old Noirish looking thing.
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in a creepy David Bowie kind of way.
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Thank god poster design is starting.. verrryy slowly admittedly, getting away from the Photoshop monkeys.
Here's some Saul Bass inspired madness :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25t-PQDn5A
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If the movie's as good as that poster design this outta be good!
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That is all
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So awesome. Reminds me of an Alfred Hitchcock poster.
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Apparently I'm a Hitchcock-noticing copycat.
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I love the Coens' stuff. I'm excited.
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just kidding. This poster is awesome.
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It is going to be a downhill slide for them. I hope not. But I have a feeling. I got the coens collected on Dvd. The Man who wasnt there is a great film. Really really great. I loved no country but would i want to sit through it again. I dont know. The scene in the motel was one of the finest things I have scene at the movies in years. A magnificent film. I really liked Jesse James as well. Pitt's finest performance. I loved the scene at the dinner table. Where pitt is mentally grilling Casy affleck about the death of one of the James gang. rivetting stuff. And I saw sweeney. I love burtons films but this one left me cold for some reason. Depps performance was amazing. It looked great. but I just couldnt sit through on DVD. I want to see what burton does with ALice in Wonderland.
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Sam Rockwell would be great in whatever role the Coens could write for him.I still think one of my favorite "retro" posters of recent years is Out Of Sight. Any others come to mind??
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I second that. I wound up buying one, I liked it so much. -- and I don't collect posters.
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Not the poster, but the opening credits.
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...Catch Me if you Can credits. Me likey!
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Jun 18, 2008 1:09:38 PM CDT
You do realize that this is probably made with Photoshop?
by derlanghaarige
I mean Photoshop is one of THE programs in the industry, so just because it isn't cut & pasted actors photos with lense flare, it doesn't mean it isn't made with Photoshop.
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No one should expect a new Big Lebowski, as it's nowhere near as funny. People should keep their expectations a bit low for this one. Brad Pitt's character is very funny but it will almost surely be regarded as a relatively minor effort by the Coens.
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so much, releasing this after No Country, much like Big Lebowski after Fargo.
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Looks like a different role for Pitt, and I love me some Malkovich. Great ensemble cast.
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Set the boy free!
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This will be an excellent follow-up flick for them. I love the way this movie looks so far. I'm excited! And it's great that they followed up their Oscar win with a movie the very next year. I know Paul Thomas Anderson is gonna take his sweet ass-fucking time with his next movie. GRRR!
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I saw a poster for it th'other day, and noticed one of the screen writers is "Etan Cohen". Is this a preposterously thin disguise for "Ethan Coen"? Anyone?
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Jun 18, 2008 3:09:06 PM CDT
Even sub-par Coens is better than 98% of the other stuff out the
by palimpsest
but hey, I liked THE LADYKILLERS, and thought INTOLERABLE CRUELTY was good fun too. That's it: decision made - I'm going to watch MILLER'S CROSSING again tonight. And as for retro posters, how about HEIST - that poster had a 60s vibe to it I really liked
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You guys mean the red, orange, yellow international (UK?) poster, right? Out of Sight is on of my favorite movies, but I never liked the American version with Clooney and Lopez's heads and a big gun. The international version rocks though.
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i hope ou guys read the book since Anton Chigurh in there is even more menacing/fear-inducing than even the movie's portrayal. http://www.en8848.com.cn/fiction/Fiction/Gerneral/2008-01-24/59135.html
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good that a major movie poster doing something so retro will inspire others to look beyond the blue-and-sepia-lit-huge-face-on-black formula.but bad that this is so retro it's unoriginal. i know i know, homage and all, but still. i think i got the same font from dafont like a year ago too.
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"Ah, they'll just whip something up in an afternoon with Photoshop like they usually do. Two big heads..."
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..also deserves a mention in this talkback.
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or something? I can't remember the last time I was disappointed by a role he's played. Sure Troy and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were unimpressive as films, but his performances were good.
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He's always been good. Just his fame and looks had overshadowed his skill as an actor at times, but that was no fault of his own imo.
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All those names on the poster makes it a visual mess. Too many letters and as a group they are not a very interesting shape. The two subjects (gun/arm and guy) should have the most contrast if you squint your eyes. Not great. That's just my opinion of course.
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... look like Ryan Stiles from WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?
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also like brian benben from hbo's dream on. look on imdb, who plays shadow man with binoclears.
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Etan Cohen (although occasionally credited as Ethan) is not Ethan Cohen. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Cohen
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A new Coen's movie and Lubezki shooting this? Where the hell have I been? My ass is in the seat when this comes out. Even if the story is about a guy burning a napkin and finally says, "And then I woke up." I'm there!
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"...is not Ethan Coen...." that should have read. Sorry.
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... is still one of my favourite comedy scenes from any film. This new poster looks cool and the trailer looks fun. I likes me some Cohen yuks!
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Can't wait for this movie. I love how the Coens blend different genres yet always retain that old fashioned style. This poster is a perfect representation of what this movie will be. Saul Bass would be proud. (Hey, maybe they'll have a Bassesque credits sequence to go along with the poster! Oh, please, oh please...!!!)
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my taste in films is all about. Most fims are shit. And at least w/ the Coens you don't know for sure if your going to get a masterpiece or a piece of shit, i.e. Ladykillers. But more often than not, it's the former not the latter.
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Yahoo.
http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/8357616/standardformat/ -
That url doesn't work.
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Didn't those guys say they were writing a badass spaghetti western that was really violent and shit right after they finished No Country? What the fuck is this movie? I mean the poster is cool, but I IMDBed it and it looks like just another stupid throwaway Coen comedy.
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It's up on the trailer page. The new Woody Allen film.
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yeah, "very Saul Bass" my ass. It's 100% Saul Bass. Mmmm, that's good Bass!
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Jun 19, 2008 4:57:33 AM CDT
Yeah, very Saul Bass, evokes those classic Hitchcock posters
by killakane
Gotta love the Coen's for that.
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And if the movie's any good (which it will be), that bad boy's gonna be gracing my wall very soon.
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but im sure the movie will be pretty good. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
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Spike Lee's CLOCKERS. This will be good. Even the Coen's 'bad' films are good!
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It's red. Neat.
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Not as catchy as the 1971 Quaker Oats logo, but it'll do in a pinch. I'm always a sucker for Bass-inspired artwork as well as predominantly red/black/white color schemes.
As far as the movie goes, I just checked out the red-band on YouTube and was pleasantly impressed. After NCFOM and hopefully this, I'll once again be comfortable to list the Coens among my very favorites. -
No Roger Deakins in favor of Emmanuel Lubezki has me mildy intrigued/distressed.
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Anybody remember Johnny Suede with Pitts hair (or wig) like Conan's on steroids?
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That is certainly not his real hair.
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Sort of reminds me of a '60s Leone spaghetti western poster. Just slap Eastwood's cowboy silhouette on there and you got it.
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