5. Django Unchained
The poster doesn’t even say the movie’s name. Anywhere. This could be the poster for Tarantino’s Weakest Link movie, but it doesn’t matter, because long before anyone knew that this was a story about a slave searching for his wife, they knew this was the new film by Quentin Tarantino, and that’s why they were excited.
The play on the “unchained” part of the title is brilliant, and the silhouettes of Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx, with three guns between the pair, are awesome.
The colors of the poster are excellent too, with the red sky perfectly drawing attention to the poster and to the darker silhouettes in front of it. And then there’s the border, which has an old texture to it, making it an excellent choice for a western like Django Unchained. This is a classic example of the power of minimalism. A little really does go a long way when it comes to film art.
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Published: Dec 22, 2012 01:22 pm