Just voted as the greatest film ever in Sight and Sound magazine, this is Hitchock’s masterpiece of noir, mystery and suspense. All writers, cinematographers and artists can learn from its breathtaking storytelling technique and careful pacing. For more on this story see here. And here’s an interesting piece about the film. Released in 1958 this has consistently hit the top …
Great Movie Posters: The First Avenger
Somehow Captain America: The First Avenger managed to avoid the overt patriotism of the original comics. I wasn’t looking forward to the WWII stuff but it was very entertaining, very effective, moving even. And this poster, made in moody Heaven is a darker, grittier version of the clean-living all-American hero who could have been just a bit too much. Links …
Great Movie Posters: Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction. Smart, sassy, anarchic and deliciously retro. Elliptic story-telling with Tarantino, Travolta and Sam Jackson at their absolute best (for some great reviews, see the Rotten Tomatoes site). Such a brilliant poster too, it somehow manages to combine the fantastic pulp magazine feel of the 1930s and 40s pulps, with a slicker modern sensibility. Here’s a review of almost …
New Start, New Worlds
Starting an exciting new blog packed with unknown worlds, fantastic feats, mysterious creatures and the best writing, art, movies and music I can find. I also need to use this post to issue the Technorati claim token VCRBYJER75WW. This allows These Fantastic Worlds to be registered onto Technorati, a popular Blog Directory.