Back in the early to mid-1980's, Case Western Reserve University (in Cleveland,
OH) continuously ran unbelievable and erudite film programs. They had a series
of about 12 silent films directed by Japanese master, Yasujiro Ozu. Among
those dozen films were five or six films that had American 1-sheets of
recognizable films, hanging on walls. It was really bizarre. No mention or
acknowledgment of them was made. If I recall correctly one of the posters was
King Vidor's SHOW PEOPLE. To my knowledge, Ozu was never in the United States,
but he was an avid film buff of American films. I suppose posters were shipped
along with the films that Japanese studios legally booked, and somehow Ozu
managed to obtain them from the theatre managers. I know that Criterion has at
least one release of multiple Ozu silent titles. The quality of the prints
that I saw in the 1980's was excellent, so I would think the Criterion release
would be of excellent
quality. If anyone has the time and desire to screen those films, I would
appreciate it if he could confirm my recollections, and post any information
about the 1-sheet images seen in the films.
Marty Davis
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From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:51 AM
Subject: [MOPO] POSTER WITHIN A FILM
Last night I watched a DVD of the Ronald Neame film, THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS
(1956). There is a scene in the film where two cars are en route to a
destination. In one of the shots, in the background, there is a billboard for
HITLER'S CHILDREN. I couldn't make out much of the art on the poster, but the
title
was clearly evident. These kinds of contextual juxtapositions are common in
movies today, but in this film that poster - it looks to be a British six sheet
- could just
as easily have been any 1942 film. Why HITLER'S CHILDREN? I can't help but
believe there was a kind of knowingness in that choice. For those of you who
have not
seen the movie, it concerns an effort to deceive the German military as to the
true location of Allied invasion of Europe.
What do you remember about movie posters in films? When are they just props
and when do they comment on something? Incidentally, the DVD from Netflix
was a quite respectable transfer of a CinemaScope picture. Not Blu-Ray, though.
Kirby McDaniel
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