Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Shit

John Alvin, designer of an amazing collection of movie posters, passed away last week.

From the Times:
John Alvin, who created memorable images for movie posters, billboards and advertisements, including the two fingers touching above the Earth’s surface for “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” died on Wednesday at his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was 59.
His collection of posters, seen here, is nothing short of amazing.
at

3 comments:

  1. JayWednesday, February 13, 2008 9:06:00 AM

    Speaking of my movie obsessions, I notice he did an alternate poster for Phantom of the Paradise.

    I think his was for a re-release. They used to do that with movies, remember?

    ReplyDelete
  2. JayWednesday, February 13, 2008 9:11:00 AM

    Oops, my mistake.

    Mr. Alvin's poster was first. The one I have is called Style C.

    More than you ever wanted to know here.

    ReplyDelete
  3. MikeWednesday, February 13, 2008 1:09:00 PM

    That's some amazing body of work.

    ReplyDelete