Whatever you say about the films of Todd Solondz, and people usually have a lot to say, his posters are often something special. Whether by coincidence or design his films have now racked up three of the best illustrated posters of recent years: Daniel Clowes’ iconic comic book portraits for Happiness (1998), Kathryn Rathke’s fairy-book illustration for Palindromes (2004) (see both below), and now Akiko Stehrenberger’s whimsical painting for Solondz’s newest film Life During Wartime (2009).
Readers of this column should recognize Akiko’s name. She was the designer of my favorite movie poster of the last decade, Funny Games Us. The new poster, designed under the auspices of Mojo design studio (also responsible for the poster for The American) actually developed out of an initial photographic composite design and, despite the fact that Life During Wartime is a sequel of sorts to Happiness, it wasn’t the distributor's intention to use another illustration.
Readers of this column should recognize Akiko’s name. She was the designer of my favorite movie poster of the last decade, Funny Games Us. The new poster, designed under the auspices of Mojo design studio (also responsible for the poster for The American) actually developed out of an initial photographic composite design and, despite the fact that Life During Wartime is a sequel of sorts to Happiness, it wasn’t the distributor's intention to use another illustration.
- 7/16/2010
- MUBI
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