I have always collected stuff, from little on. Movie paper started as an interest, grew to a hobby and is now a passion for more years than I care to reveal.
My approach is similar to Saul's. Love the actress/actor. Love the movie. Love the artwork. The movie is awful but is always good for a few laughs or other exclamation points. To me, it's all very personal. I do not collect for investment. My collection spans both ends of the price spectrum and several genres.
Movie paper is also a tangible piece of the film. Rather like, "You are there!" Moviegoers probably (unless the piece is unused) walked past your paper and looked at it. Hard to duplicate that kind of feeling.
Nathalie Yafet
Saul H. Chapman PhD wrote:
Dear MOPO Brothers and Sisters,I guess I've been collecting posters now for close to two and a half years (not including my purchases of "Hard Day's Night", "Help", "Let It Be" and "Yellow Submarine" 3-Sheets in the early 1980's). I virtual newbie compared to many of the listserve members. I used to collect fine art limited edition prints (lithographs, serigraphs, silkscreens, etchings) and signed/autographed Beatles memorabilia, but sold many of these and have moved over to movie posters (and an occasional concert poster). I'd moved over to movie posters, not for investment purposes, but because the images on the posters either better fulfilled some nostalgic need or because the posters artwork stirred me in some very positive way that the fine art limited edition prints did not. Even with the influence of nostalgia pulling, however, the poster still has to possess alluring artwork (whether of the illustration type or photographic) for me to make a purchase or bid. For example, even though nostalgia pulls me toward the purchase of an Ingrid Bergman/Yul Brynner "Anastasia" poster (I really love the movie), I find the artwork (at least in American release versions of the poster) to be mind-numbingly boring. Hey, just my opinion. Others can and do feel differently (but take a look at the French and Swedish poster versions for this movie sometime). On the other hand, I never saw "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent" and heard the movie is really bad. I have no immediate plans to see it. However, the artwork (which I just learned thanks to Sue at LAMP was done by Reynold Brown) blows me away. It also reminds me of my own Viking Woman (or rather, Little Viking Woman - my 7.5 year old who lives in Iceland and is, technically half Viking and half American). I purchased the half sheet and have it nicely framed in my living room. Visual appeal means a great deal to me when it comes to movie posters and the financial or popular success or failure of the film it represents means very little to me. And I collect across genre. That's just my approach to movie posters.May I submit, I have fallen in love with the advance poster for "Batman Begins" and have purchased an original DS OS. To me, this photgraphic/Photoshopic renderings says unambiguously, "The Dark Knight."Happy collecting!SaulVisit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
