VINTAGE MOVIE POSTERS

Vintage Movie Posters, like the films themselves, preserve the legacy of great cinema. They are relics of a bygone era, souvenirs of eternal devotion. However, they are works of art made by expert designers who captured in a single image what a film may achieve in hundreds of frames. Vintage movie posters express a film's essence and distinctiveness. There are posters designed to make you dream and others to entice, arouse, or astound you. There are works of art created to elicit emotions or action, involvement, or curiosity. This collection has a wide range of styles, feelings, and atmospheres. The collection takes the viewer on a journey not only through time but also through space. It comprises posters from Italy, France, Germany, and the United States: a kaleidoscope of film titles and varied perspectives of national taste. Color preferences, layout, techniques, and design differ amongst styles. Between 1945 and 1970, the postwar period was a golden age for Italian cinema posters, with artwork that excelled over anything made anywhere else. Vintage Film Posters represent current art trends. The Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, Expressionism, and Cubist movements heavily influenced several designers. As a result, posters sometimes need to be more realistic. Others are more graphic or imaginative; others are more focused on imagery, while others are more focused on text, to the power of words. The artist who painted or printed them was sometimes predisposed to grandeur; in other situations, they are more private and whispered. They all have a subtle effect on our eyes, wanting to be watched and endearingly enticing us to watch the film. They are all indications of a fantastic story that lives on paper, not only in the darkness of a movie theater.