Category "posters"

Why does "The Squid and the Whale" poster have a sketchy background?

Why does "The Squid and the Whale" poster look like that? It has a sketchy background.

Why use unnecessary "from the director of" for famous directors on movie posters?

In some movie posters, we have: from the director of film 1, film 2 and film 3 Which I can understand for non-famous directors. But why would that be n

What do the triangles in the Ghost in the Shell (2017) poster symbolize?

This poster has two triangles, one is superimposed on Scarlett Johansson. The second triangle in the logo. What are the artists trying to show with these sym

What is the importance of the coffee cup in the poster of Awe?

Awe! (2018) is a Telugu thriller film with Kajal Aggarwal as the main protagonist. The following is the first look poster released as part of the film's promoti

Why is the cut on the wrong side of Jason's hockey mask?

The original movie poster for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (part 4 in the series) shows Jason's iconic hockey mask on it with a cut on the right side of h

Why does only Rachel have open eyes in the Friends poster?

In the Friends season 4 poster, we see all of them sleeping: While all of them have closed eyes, Rachel kept them open. There are various conspiracies about

Billing block guidelines in various countries

Recently read from Wikipedia that, there are certain specific rules for preparing billing block of a movie poster. Such as point size of the billing block is 15

Was the poster for "The Green Mile" copied from something else?

The poster for The Green Mile is hauntingly familiar, but ever since the movie came out I haven't been able to explain my déjà vu. Tom Hanks lo

What is the significance of mirrored N in the title of The Nun?

As we can see in this movie poster for The Nun, the N is mirrored. Image Courtesy: Wikipedia What is the significance of this mirrored N? Is it related to t

Is there an industry specific term for hard backed movie posters?

I'm trying to find the value of a movie poster (for Gladiator, not that it matters...) and it's unlike any other poster I've ever seen. Most posters I've ever h

Was there a Die Hard movie poster that excluded Bruce Willis?

A pervasive rumor has been circulating since as long as I can remember that early on in Die Hard's either production or cinematic release, a poster existed that

Why the tagline "It's nothing personal" for "Terminator 2"?

One of the taglines for Terminator 2: Judgement Day says "It's nothing personal". What is this referring to? I have watched the extended cut, but there seems t

What's the meaning of butterfly in the Antebellum poster?

In the poster, we can see a butterfly on it. What does it mean?

Why doesn't Alice ever use the rifle we see her holding in the movie poster?

In the US theatrical poster for Resident Evil, Alice is seen holding a rifle in her right hand. There is also a promotional photo of Alice holding the rifle:

Why do (usually) high-budget movie bulletins look like this now?

This is a screenshot of YouTube's current rental movie section (or top-selling): This is common (sometimes) with character alignments but to me it seems much m

Name of a US movie screened in Shanghai in 1926, translated as "Romantic Sisters" [closed]

A newspaper called "Triple Day Pictorial(三日画报)" issued in Shanghai in 1926 (vols.66) scan shows a sh