| It seems that pretty much every single time an upcoming screening of my all-time favorite movie, West Side Story is advertised, it's with the same old USA-produced red-and-black poster, with the hint of the fire escape and the two little figures climbing up it, and the stars of the film, etc., in black box letters. The red background with the black type print is nice, but it can get kind of monotonous, at times too. Sometimes I wonder if when a theatre advertises an upcoming screening of the film West Side Story, that they can't put up a more interesting poster. Yet, there are times when that has happened, although very rarely, probably because the more interesting movie posters of West Side Story are from other countries, although really knows why? Sometimes, the regular West Side Story logo has had some more interesting things done with it, such as changing the color combination somewhat, which can and does make a more interesting advertisement. Such a beautiful movie classic, I believe, is done a great disservice by not being advertised in a more colorful, more interesting way, in order to attract more people.
The following link might well be of interest, since it's filled with great, interesting posters of the film West Side Story from many different countries:
http://www.movieposterdb.com/m...
When the film West Side Story was shown at the Brattle Theatre, in Cambridge, MA back in late January of this year, I was pleasantly surprised by seeing it advertised by a much more interesting poster of the film from Japan. This particular poster was a large photograph of three of the Sharks dancing on their turf, with the cast names, etc., in Japanese. It was quite interesting, indeed!
Imho, advertising this great film with more interesting posters will give potential moviegoers to West Side Story more of a hint as to what kind of film it is, and, many of these posters provide a good hint of the story in itself. Many of the movie posters of West Side Story from different countries also present a much more cheerful or passionate, or even exuberant view of this great classic film, and, at least in my case, have put a smile on my face, even though I know that this film is filled with exuberance, sadness, tension, romance and death and the hint of reconciliation at the same time, much, if not most of it expressed through dance, since WSS is a musical.
Feel free to open up the link and browse!
So, anyway, what's on your minds? Any thoughts? |
