Kirby look at the blacks on that poster. That thing must have come out of Maddalena's Florida room.
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 11:15 AM Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com> wrote: > Speaking to that: the intent of Saul Bass with regard to designing the one > sheet for VERTIGO was to specify a background color of a certain "shade", > if you will, of orange. I have always called it vermillion. Yet we have > seen, as has been pointed out that there are (almost) deep red variants of > the poster as well as posters that are light orange. Most are in the range > that was intended. It is safe to say that most have had some color shift > since the day they were printed sixty-five years ago. So, my question is: > is this poster sun-faded, or is it merely in the range of "lighter". Most > of the posters that I have seen which are significantly sun-faded have some > textural degradation of the paper itself. > > I have heard people lionize a deep red variant for the simple reason that > it would "work better" with their decor. I kid you NOT. > > K. > > Kirby McDaniel > movieart.com > > On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Again, just my opinion, not necessarily factual. - d. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
