Extra Future>An ongoing experiment to abstract and/or reduce film posters. Some famous, some not so famous but all cool in their own way.
[I’m a sucker for this kind of thing][link]. You can [buy prints][prints], too.
[link]: http://filmtheblanks.com/ “Film the Blanks”
[prints]: http://www.blanka.co.uk/Art/John_Taylor/Film_the_blanks_1/Spared_no_expense “Buy prints”
[A photoset of beautiful posters from the 50s][link], located in an inccessible area of the station since your parents were young.
[link]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/sets/72157624079183751/ “Hidden posters of Notting Hill Gate Tube station, 2010 – a set on Flickr”
[Created by yours truly (view)][link] in about 40 minutes, using [sketchy clipart from here][clipart]. It is not as… minimal as the others, but I think it captures the film pretty well. It may work just as well with only the rose, or only the title. The snow says a lot. I think it would look pretty fantastic with the rose / text letterpressed.
[link]: http://extrafuture.s3.amazonaws.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/minimalist-kane1.png “Citizen Kane Poster”
[clipart]: http://www.free-clipart-pictures.net/rose_clipart.html “Rose Clipart”
Inspired by [Eduardo Prox’s minimalist movie posters][ed].
[ed]: http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Minimalist-Movie-Posters/384613 “Minimalist Movie Posters”