Have you ever judged a film by its cover? Learning from Classic Movie Poster Design

by Peter D. Marshall on April 29, 2009

Read this article from New England Film.

“Have you ever judged a film by its cover? Shameful, but most of us have. We neglect countless classics as we walk down the aisles of our local video stores based entirely by a poor cover image.

Sometimes the films that do grab our attention have the worst names in the history of film, but the artistic beauty of the cover is enough to sell us. As we get older some of our only memories of films can be through the powerful movie powers associated with them.”

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