How bad is the state of movie posterdom? The new poster for Buried (the Ryan Reynolds spends 90 minutes in a coffin movie that premiered at Sundance and that I reviewed here), which is probably the best poster I’ve seen this year, is just a rip-off of Saul Bass’ work on Vertigo (and what’s kind of a bummer is that 90% of people won’t get that). This Buried poster is great, but is riffing on what came before the only way to get a great poster into theaters these days?
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You're right there, buddy — although "Uncle Saul's" work would've made the figure in the middle much more stylized. Still nice to see in the wake of so much tedious Photoshoppery.
Considering how pissed off Bass was when the Clockers poster ripped off his style I'm not sure he'd be too pleased with this 'homage'.
derivative of saul bass or not, why are you complaining about an above-average poster? stop being a curmudgeon.
Jesus Christ Devin, you're a grumpy bastard going through your posts today.
It's actually kind of cool to reference it, considering one is about way UP and the other is about way DOWN
this is coming from a dude who put shaun of the dead in his top 10 movies of all time. all edgar wright DOES is riff on what came before him, and he's awful too. this blade cuts both ways, sir.
I had a friend named Saul Bass in 5th grade. He told me he stuck a fork tine in his urinary meatus (but of course didn't use that terminology.)
Is the only way for a poster to be good is if its ultra simple or a saul bass rip off ala burn after reading? Come back, Drew Struzan!
hollywood is going crazy with remakes, i guess it makes sense they're gonna start remaking posters…
I like it.
Kind of reminds me of the Clockers / Anatomy of a Murder poster 'homage.'
It's a shitty poster. Sorry, but the Vertigo one made sense. The lines not only created a sense of insanity but of depth in the visual field. I twas like "Hey, look at this, it's like you have vertigo". This is a poster for "Buried" which I have no idea what its about judging from the poster and it doesn't feel like the design has much to do with being buried. That's why I think it sucks. If I saw it walking by, I wouldn't go to the movie. I'd just be like "Wtf is that" and move on.
i miss the golden age of posters. and by that i mean 2000 when The Patriot (aka 'Mel Gibson's Head' squared off against Castaway (aka Mel Gibson's Head 2: Tom Hanks' Head)
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