beautiful entropy

Mubi has an excellent interview with Christian Broutin, designer of the iconic French film posters above

Polish film posters by Jerzy Flisak

Left: Juraj Herz - Morgiana (1972)

Right: Jacques Tati - Playtime (1967)

Left: Polish poster by Waldemar Swierzy for Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Right: Polish poster by Maria Ihnatowicz for Night of the Iguana (1964)

They sure would look great together on my wall…

A few weeks ago I posted an awesome Spanish film poster for “The Invisible Man”. I had found it in a collection of posters from around the world and didn’t have any information on it. Then, a few days ago, I was walking through the Catalan National Art Museum in Barcelona when, lo and behold, I was facing a giant advertising column-size print of the exact same poster.

Turns out it was made by Barcelona-born painter Antoni Clavé who for a short while designed and painted movie posters before moving on to abstract paintings. The above slideshow offers a retrospective of his film poster work.

1. El hombre invisible - poster for “The Invisible Man” (USA, 1933, James Whale)

2. El hombre y el monstruo - poster for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (USA, 1931, Rouben Mamoulian)

3. Boliche - poster for “Boliche” (Spain, 1933, Francisco Elías)

4. El signo de la muerte - poster for “Le Grand Jeu” (France, 1933,  Jacques Feyder)

5. Hollywood conquistado - poster for “Bottoms Up” (USA, 1934, David Butler)

6. ¿Y ahora que? - poster for “Little Man, What Now?” (USA, 1934, Frank Borzage)

All images courtesy of Ciudad de la pintura.