Comments on: First SAW V Poster http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/ Because we all like pretty pictures Thu, 16 May 2013 05:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: petronus http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/#comment-8873 petronus Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:08:24 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-8873 hhmmmmmmmmm....... hhmmmmmmmmm…….

]]> By: More Than a Passing Resemblance » Movie Poster Addict http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/#comment-7951 More Than a Passing Resemblance » Movie Poster Addict Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:46:23 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7951 [...] to Philip for pointing this [...] [...] to Philip for pointing this [...]

]]> By: Halloween V | roc21 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/#comment-7942 Halloween V | roc21 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:53:32 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7942 [...] | [Halloween V] [...] [...] | [Halloween V] [...]

]]> By: Larking http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/#comment-7937 Larking Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:16:56 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7937 Thanks for the pointers Philip. Thanks for the pointers Philip.

]]> By: Philip J http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2008/07/01/first-saw-v-poster/#comment-7933 Philip J Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/?p=2374#comment-7933 If you like this, you should definitely check out Wieslaw Walkuski's work: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/vivnsect/Walkuski/walkuski06.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/html/walkuski.html I'm not opposed to "inspired by" posters if they're appropriate and done well, which this one is for the most part. This one is way better than The Descent, which was poorly executed and not really appropriate for the movie. Still, I wish they moved this poster a little further away from the posters that inspired it. The photographic representation is a start, but I wish they added something more, something to make the concept their own. The In My Sleep poster for example, was inspired by Vertigo. But nobody who saw it was thinking, "There's a Saul Bass rip-off" because they took the image of a man trapped in a spiral and made it appropriate for their movie. It went beyond the poster that inspired it and became its own thing. Ultimately I do like the Saw V poster, but as well as walking the line between bloody and over the top (as you said), it walks also the line between reinventing its inspiration and just reusing it. If you like this, you should definitely check out Wieslaw Walkuski’s work:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/vivnsect/Walkuski/walkuski06.jpg
http://www.polishposter.com/html/walkuski.html

I’m not opposed to “inspired by” posters if they’re appropriate and done well, which this one is for the most part. This one is way better than The Descent, which was poorly executed and not really appropriate for the movie. Still, I wish they moved this poster a little further away from the posters that inspired it. The photographic representation is a start, but I wish they added something more, something to make the concept their own.

The In My Sleep poster for example, was inspired by Vertigo. But nobody who saw it was thinking, “There’s a Saul Bass rip-off” because they took the image of a man trapped in a spiral and made it appropriate for their movie. It went beyond the poster that inspired it and became its own thing.

Ultimately I do like the Saw V poster, but as well as walking the line between bloody and over the top (as you said), it walks also the line between reinventing its inspiration and just reusing it.

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