In my humble opinion, anyone who considers themselves a true film fan should know the name Drew Struzan and if they don't, luckily there's a new documentary on the way that should fix that. Not literally the man behind the poster (they would have been incredibly hard to paint so he tends to stand in front of it), he is the man who created some of the most indelible film poster images of the last 35 years, be it Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Hellboy, Rambo, The Thing, Star Wars... the list goes on.
Held in such high esteem by the directors who've been fortunate enough to have a Drew Struzan poster grace their film's promotional campaign, most of the big guns (Lucas, Del Toro, Spielberg, Darabont) appear in this documentary to talk about his artwork and what effect they think it's had on the audiences perception of their films.
There isn't a single filmmaker in the world who wouldn't want a Drew Struzan poster for their film, now the elder statesman of film poster designers and still the high benchmark for up-and-comers like Olly Moss, Sam Gilbey and Tom Hodge. This doc allows us a closer look at the man at work, now semi-retired and able to choose the projects he wants to do, and offers us the first meeting between Struzan and Harrison Ford, the man whose face he has probably drawn more than any other.
An intriguing looking doc for anyone with an interest in poster art, there's no clear indication yet as to when this is going to be released. Imagine what the poster might look like though...
They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but I don't think the same idiom applies to movies. There's nothing I enjoy more than a good movie poster, and I often base my decision on whether to watch a film on how creative the poster design is. The granddaddy of the art form is Saul Bass, followed closely behind by the amazing Drew Struzan (whose work we've featured on the site before), but it's exciting when someone new arrives on the scene with a cool body of work to admire.
What's Three O'Clock High you say? It's a film that not many modern audiences will have seen or even heard of, but it's a lost 80's classic of sorts. Here, let me try and persuade you...
With World's Greatest Dad finally out on DVD this week, lets take a look at the posters for the series of films where Bobcat Goldthwait first made his name. Ladies and Gents, it's time to join the Police Academy...
With Inception arriving on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, I thought I'd take a look at another film that travels into people's minds. Today it's the 1984 Dennis Quaid starring Dreamscape...
Obscurity Files aims to put the spotlight onto a series of films that time and audiences have otherwise forgotten. It's Mario's 25th birthday this week, so let's have a look back at the first time anyone tried to make a video-game movie. Today it's Super Mario Bros.
More after the jump...
I think I've found a new personal goal in life. You can keep your Oscars... Put away your trips to the Moon... I want to own a piece of art by Drew Struzan.
If you're a child of the 80's you'll have definitely seen one of his illustrated film poster works, with Back To The Future and Indiana Jones being perhaps the most famous images, but now that I've visited his website at www.drewstruzan.com, I want a poster. In fact I want them all. Hit the jump for some more examples of his brilliance.
Legendary poster artist Drew Struzan has created a new poster for AMC's upcoming adaptation of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead.
That's a bit nice, isn't it?
