These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. When it came time to create a poster for its strange new horror film in space, 20th … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Alien movie poster
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. The primacy of one particular periodical in my pop culture–obsessed youth can’t be overstated. There was a … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — TV Guide listings ads
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. A long time ago, a studio’s marketing team was charged with convincing the general public that an … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “Star Wars” trailer
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Sometimes I’m prepared to expound at length about the nuances and intricacies I think I spy in … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Hulk Sells Honeycomb
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Whatever its virtues and flaws, Ari Aster’s Midsommar is one of my favorite film releases of the … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Bear in a Cage
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Back in the nineteen-eighties, movie theaters had to work a little harder to remind patrons that they … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — John Waters “No Smoking” PSA
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. As someone who experience formative years during the nineteen-eighties, culturally guided by Steven Spielberg’s films and Stephen … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Stranger Things and New Coke
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I have a strong affection for the unique era of movie trailers represented by this promotional assemblage … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “Marty” trailer
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. What a strange, innocent time it was, when movie theater operators first unrolled the teaser posters for … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “The Dark Knight” movie poster
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Determining the ownership of the vision behind movie advertising is tricky. There are some filmmakers who have … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “The Limey” movie poster
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