Sergio Leone’s 1968 epic Once Upon A Time In The West is one of the all-time classic Westerns. By this point, Leone was confident enough in his own style and talent to carefully and slowly build lengthy sequences without dialogue or music and only natural sounds – stretching the tension out to the point of…
Othello
This is a Belgian poster for Orson Welles’ 1952 adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Othello. Othello was a labour of love for Welles. He shot it on location in Europe over a period of 3 years, frequently having to shut down production having run out of money. Welles part-funded the movie himself, taking on other…
Flashdance
“What a feeling!” If you are looking for iconic 80s movie moments Flashdance’s climactic dance audition scene would probably be in the list. Director Adrian Lyne’s 1983 movie is the frankly ludicrous yet slight story of a beautiful female factory welder (yeh right) who aspires to be a professional dancer. Lyne drew on his previous…
Midnight Cowboy
This poster for 1969’s MIdnight Cowboy is one of the more unique pieces I have in my collection. Midnight Cowboy is one of the most iconic movies of its era. It depicts the unlikely friendship of 2 loser hucksters in a seedy and desperate New York City – male prostitute Joe Buck, as played by…
Superman
Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman was the first major superhero movie of the modern era, and is still the benchmark by which all Superman movies are judged. I remember going to the movies to see this on the back of the promise of the tag-line: “You’ll believe a man can fly.” The special effects, whilst cutting…