post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

like these:

http://i.imgur.com/S2B1s74.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NQGmxtu.jpg

http://images.moviepostershop.com/cannonball-run-2-movie-poster-1984-1020248508.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/1982/posters/best_little_whorehouse_in_texas_xlg.jpg

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/48575.1020.A.jpg

http://www.americanartarchives.com/davis,j_mad_world1963.jpg

sorry, I missed the '70s/'80s part

The Long Goodbye one is in the tradition of this, I guess, or of Mad magazine: (x-post, speaking of!)

http://images.wikia.com/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad/images/1/1f/It

Double x-post, yikes!

Are there any posters in the last 15 years that are a throwback to this style?

http://meansheets.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/a-house-1-copy-enlarge.jpg

machete kills has a poster like this.

(in this tradition, that is)

Are there any posters in the last 15 years that are a throwback to this style?

― obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, October 25, 2013 12:15 PM (1 minute ago)

detroit rock city?

xp no caricatures though nm

detroit rock city?

― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, October 25, 2013 1:18 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

!!! yes

and Mallrats!

FYI this movie owns:

http://i.imgur.com/DXdVv3Q.jpg

http://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/14/13101/full-972x1440/51e16f50/wet_hot_american_summer.jpeg

woah japanese take on this style:

http://i.imgur.com/yW1UCNL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Kzo3Ryg.jpg

http://meansheets.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/american-graffiti.jpg?w=584

http://images.moviefanatic.com/iu/t_full/v1364991767/the-fish-that-saved-pittsburgh-poster.jpg

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-c/cooley_high_poster_02.jpg

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-s/slaughters_big_rip_off_poster_01.jpg

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-b/bamboo_gods_and_iron_men_poster_01.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XacS5Ol.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uSJJJqa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ek6HzV8.jpg

pretty much half of all 70's movie posters.

http://i.imgur.com/Mnz5Z7Y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3lIx48u.jpg

http://adammcdaniel.com/RichardAmsel2.htm

http://i.imgur.com/Zo51FL9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9CXyAxn.jpg

http://www.filmonpaper.com/site/media/2011/05/ConquestofthePlanetoftheApes_B2_Japan-1-500x703.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dDoCZ0T.jpg

I've never seen that Nashville poster upthread before! Altman's preferred poster artwork ended up on the soundtrack instead:

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/files/2009/08/04/img-nashville_105700420061.jpg

Came up on my Nashville image search:

http://attackofthekillerlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/barrylyndon2.jpg?w=449&h=640

http://i.imgur.com/G70HDmh.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/California_split.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yOdPW08.jpg

Every Bond movie of that period to thread...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Live_and_Let_Die-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg

http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.news/NExYbO1rjwxqAF_1_1.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/1978/posters/california_suite.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg
Wikipedia's alt text:
A man in a dinner jacket holding a pistol is in the centre of the picture. Various scenes and images surround him, including two women in bikinis, a midget with a pistol, a car stunt and explosions. At the bottom right, oversized and pointing towards the man in the dinner jacket, is a golden gun, with a hand holding a bullet, about to load the gun. The top of the picture has the words "ROGER MOORE as JAMES BOND 007". At the bottom are the words "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN"

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lschmxxO8P1r13zreo1_400.jpg

Charltonem Hestonem

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/11/MPW-5611

http://www.filmbrain.com/photos/uncategorized/crackers2.jpg

http://blogintomystery.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/heavymetalmoebiusb.jpg?w=367&h=500

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/77/MPW-38847

http://www.authortonypiazza.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Freebie-Poster.jpg

holy moly

rest in whatever peace the constantly-expanding soil in which you are buried will allow, Neal Adams

https://i.imgur.com/hZZeekV.jpg

the Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)

AKA / ART

https://i.imgur.com/3mcYmYI.jpg

Death Promise (1977)

VHS / ART

https://i.imgur.com/cepPpvM.jpg

Westworld (unused draft, 1973)

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/13yRsRItutro0q50T61XnuWpVwm.jpg

Hot Splash (1988)

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/hAEpLyiESLa2cK8JGv6brKEsudT.jpg

Oddballs (1984)

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/wbC5Ymse7IGO9PiJmtY3juEGz2p.jpg

Blue Movies (1988)

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/nJZxNYikjY5vyfh8sRGHcc3WjdR.jpg

The Party Animal (1984)

Does that German poster say "The big wetmakers?"

well, if we’re just posting 1980s posters, here’s some bonus Adams:

Troma Entertainment promotional materials for "Death to the Pee Wee Squad", a 1980s homemade feature film written, produced and directed by Neal Adams - starring his kids, and featuring comics people like Denys Cowan, Larry Hama, Gray Morrow and Gary Groth. pic.twitter.com/oA2hjyzIp2

— God Hurricane “JOG” (@snubpollard) April 30, 2022

lol this Spartacus poster:

THE 70MM FILM FESTIVAL continues today with *2 Brand New* 70MM Prints!

2:30pm - SPARTACUS - 2nd ever screening of this print!
7:30pm - AIRPORT - 1st public screening of this print!

Sponsored by @mubiusa
Get Tickets: https://t.co/aF0aCHpWUC pic.twitter.com/MIS0unxRJp

— Music Box Theatre (@musicboxtheatre) June 19, 2022

https://www.2dgalleries.com/planches/800W/2018/209/fair-charlie-bubbles-1967-movie-poster-painting-prototype-37zu.jpg

Charlie Bubbles, 1968

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qCFZL4mVWIBz22GV4TkgR5pZpl2.jpg

The Funny Farm, 1983

Although it's not in the same style I was struck by this poster for Spartacus, which seems to be based on the standard UK/US poster, but drawn in a cartoonish style:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0598/2925/products/C6cu4bZ.jpg?v=1531004670

"See A MAN WHO MIGHT BE KIRK DOUGLAS SPIT BLOOD, and also see HIS ANIME LADY WIFE". I didn't realise until googling it that Spart started a wave - or restarted a wave - of Italian Spartacus films, including Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators and the Steve Reeves-starring Son of Spartacus, which sidestepped the major barrier to a sequel by having Reeves portray Spartacus' son.

Sadly there isn't a Conan vs Spartacus. Yet. Did Spartacus have a superpower? He was just good with a sword, and charismatic.

Paul Sorvino's passing made me think of the forgotten 1986 comedy Vasectomy, which I was delighted to discover scored a Mort Drucker illustration -- sadly less busy than some:

https://e.snmc.io/i/300/s/6e63f3bfdc98283455c0e3b8a8d5daa2/4787358

^^Classic. We had some fun with that one upthread.

https://iegybest.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Chad-and-JT-Go-Deep-5.jpg

Chad & JT Go Deep (Netflix series), 2022

This looks like a fake poster created for some other series' background art.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/464402-door-to-door

Door to Door, 1985

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/33box3FgRWAaP0ME9YSREsLsJvt.jpg

Starring Paul Simon and Bing Crosby?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI3ODA1NTA5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDQ5MDQ3NA@@._V1_.jpg

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Hallelujah_trail32.jpg

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

96% of the fun is contained in the poster, leaving very little to spread across the three-hour running time.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAwNDIxNzE4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwODM4MDE5._V1_.jpg

thought for a second that was chris elliot on the cover and wanted to hear the podcast
martin mull must have some stories

RIP Kirstie Alley

https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/2908/29080239_sa.jpg

Madhouse, 1990

These Ross Macdonald covers! pic.twitter.com/yd9h16TVKW

— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) December 10, 2022

Mother Jones, February 2023

Why is Bannon wearing only one shirt?

Le Coup de Sirocco (1979)

https://pics.filmaffinity.com/Le_coup_de_sirocco-647491909-large.jpg

1970 Playboy All-Star Band:

https://www.drumforum.org/attachments/88bd09dd-9576-4d9e-9018-ed2723253a12-jpeg.499776/

Herb Alpert - first trumpet
Al "He's The King" Hirt - second trumpet
Doc Severinsen - third trumpet
Miles Davis - fourth trumpet

if there's a rock and roll Hefner
Well you know he's got a hell of a band

Miles talking to that no-playing motherfucker from BS&T.

Miles was 1st Trumpet in 1966

...and he was 2nd Trumpet in 1973

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/KiyKR9m6h01eIvGObGmpt16U3F.jpg

House Party, 2023

OMG at Miles.

I saw a cool Instagram thing of Wayne talking about Miles the other day.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmUCSopAWBW/

https://fffmovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/185.jpg

The Comeback Trail (2020)
https://www.cowboysindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TCBT_27x40_Payoff_Theatrical_OneSheet_finish_JUL23-cropped-768x1125.jpg

FP’d

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/original/2EYM8gxnH3QZu4OZvcpjOktr4in.jpg

Champions, 2023

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070075/mediaviewer/rm603466496/?ref_=tt_ov_i

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

with theme song by Sarah Vaughan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMFuC4lPhk

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjeW_qhBqLjgHLep1E5rbG0kya97NCHJfnpQ6veb5wAAgy3Fgf&usqp=CAc

Vacation Friends 2, 2023

The First Time (1981)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2NkODFjYzAtNjA4MC00OGFhLWEzZGMtNmNkN2QwMzkzZTgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDRhMTg4NDYtZWYyZS00ZTcwLTgzYjctMTY5YjhlMjU2ZjdiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU2MzA5MjQzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTg3ODI0MDE@._V1_.jpg

the bottom one is Sam Viviano, I think?

the same director did a film called 'My Demon Lover' (imdb synopsis "A homeless street musician becomes a demon when sexually aroused") which would have totally had one of these posters if came out a few years earlier, but sadly it was released in 1987 so the poster looked like this:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmZhNDVjYjMtYWNiOC00YTIxLTgxM2UtNWFmNmQyYjZhMzRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg

the German poster is a little more like it, but it's still clear that the golden age was over

https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/wukfkq0u/my-demon-lover-german-movie-poster.jpg?v=1482480318

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODc0ODBjZWYtMTE3Yy00MmI1LWJlMDMtZDhjNWU5Y2YzMjUwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTM1NjM2ODg1._V1_FMjpg_UY3024_.jpg

Camp Hideout, 2023

Good one, classic homage to the aesthetic. I hadn't realized Christopher Lloyd was still working, and then I looked at his wikipedia and holy shit he works a lot! 9 movies just in the last 3 years, though I will not be investigating their quality