Movie Posters revised: an exercise in visual literacy
[UK designer Olly Moss revises classic film posters.]
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Ophelia re-visited through vacant expressions and alienating surroundings
"In 1851-1852 John Everett Millais painted a canvas that would become his most famous work: Ophelia. This compelling picture of the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's Hamlet, floating in the water, has inspired artists for generations. Striking parallels to Millais's oeuvre are to be found in the work of contemporary photographers, such as Rineke Dijkstra, Hellen van Meene, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. The influence of Ophelia is noticeable in the models' vacant expressions, the hushed atmosphere of the compositions and the alienating surroundings. ...
Ophelia is also referred to in film and pop music. For instance, Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue based their music video where the wild roses grow on the painting by Millais. Another example is the cover picture of PJ Harvey's album To bring you my love."
(Van Gogh Museum)
Fig.1 Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue (1996). "Where the Wild Roses Grow".
Fig.2 PJ Harvey (1995). "Down By The Water".
Fig.3 John Everett Millais (1851-52). "Ophelia".
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Rodchenko's revolution: a socialist with true vision
"Painter, photographer, filmmaker, set designer, teacher, metalworker, [Alexander Rodchenko] revelled in the new freedoms thrown up by the Russian Revolution and was fiercely committed to liberating art for the masses.
Whether it was his blueprint for the ideal working man's club showcased at the Paris Exhibition of 1925, his illustrated covers for engineering manuals or his pioneering film poster for Sergei Eisenstein's classic Battleship Potemkin, Rodchenko's experimentation embodied the spirit of the early Soviet era.
But just as he thrived in the intellectual ferment of the Lenin years, like so many other artists-cum-revolutionaries of the period he was to fall foul of Stalin's increasingly paranoid and brutal regime.
Today his influence lives on, not only inspiring modern-day photographers like Martin Parr, but his designs are perhaps best known for the art school chic they afford to the covers of records by the Scottish indie band Franz Ferdinand."
(Arifa Akbar and Jonathan Brown, 2 January 2008, The Independent)
Alexander Rodchenko (1925). "Lengiz books on all subjects!"
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Music video revision of Oskar Fischinger's Komposition in Blau
Robyn (Robin Carlsson) with Kleerup revision of Oskar Fischinger's (1935) "Komposition in Blau": http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kBpPBtQ48v0/
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Inception remade as a 60-second Victorian woodcut animation
"This Gilliamesque 60-second adaptation of Inception uses delightful Victorian woodcuts to tell the story. It was an entry in a Jameson's whisky competition by Wolfgang Matzl."
(Cory Doctorow, 11 March 2011, Boing Boing via Super Punch)
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