We’ve got two major releases this week drawing from a couple of our favorite films out of 1985 – Sylvester Stallone’s bloody and brutal RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD, PART II, and Dan O’Bannon’s delightfully comedic zombie flick, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.
Last month our partnership with Brussels-based Nautilus Art Prints brought you Oliver Barrett’s FIRST BLOOD print. This release is by the great Francesco Francavilla, for RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD, PART II.
Three years after 1982’s FIRST BLOOD, Sylvester Stallone reinvented his tortured John Rambo character as a true action icon with the help of co-writer James Cameron. This is where the Rambo of our collective imagination was born – bulked up and back in the jungle to locate Vietnam POWs. We love how Francesco’s captured the essence of this ‘80s superhero – choppers and all. We’re offering the standard edition, but you can also order the variant with Nautilus, on sale at the same time.
"When asked to do a poster for RAMBO, I had to go with the sequence that has stuck with me through the years since first seeing the film: the helicopter chase! On one end you have Rambo piloting the iconic Vietnam war US chopper, and on the other you have this cool looking BEAST, the winged Russian chopper. I really wanted to exaggerate the size difference by making the Russian chopper so massive that the poster could hardly contain it. I think it made for a great visual element that conveys just what Rambo is up against." – Francesco Francavilla
Nautilus x Mondo 04: Rambo: First Blood Part II Screenprinted Poster by Francesco Francavilla. Printed by Atelier Vertical. Edition of 250. 24"x36". Expected to ship in July 2020. Ships worldwide. $60.
Nautilus x Mondo 04: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Variant) Screenprinted Poster by Francesco Francavilla. Printed by Atelier Vertical. Edition of 85. 24"x36". Expected to ship in July 2020. Ships worldwide. €75.
Last month our partnership with Brussels-based Nautilus Art Prints brought you Oliver Barrett’s FIRST BLOOD print. This release is by the great Francesco Francavilla, for RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD, PART II.
Three years after 1982’s FIRST BLOOD, Sylvester Stallone reinvented his tortured John Rambo character as a true action icon with the help of co-writer James Cameron. This is where the Rambo of our collective imagination was born – bulked up and back in the jungle to locate Vietnam POWs. We love how Francesco’s captured the essence of this ‘80s superhero – choppers and all. We’re offering the standard edition, but you can also order the variant with Nautilus, on sale at the same time.
"When asked to do a poster for RAMBO, I had to go with the sequence that has stuck with me through the years since first seeing the film: the helicopter chase! On one end you have Rambo piloting the iconic Vietnam war US chopper, and on the other you have this cool looking BEAST, the winged Russian chopper. I really wanted to exaggerate the size difference by making the Russian chopper so massive that the poster could hardly contain it. I think it made for a great visual element that conveys just what Rambo is up against." – Francesco Francavilla
Nautilus x Mondo 04: Rambo: First Blood Part II Screenprinted Poster by Francesco Francavilla. Printed by Atelier Vertical. Edition of 250. 24"x36". Expected to ship in July 2020. Ships worldwide. $60.
Nautilus x Mondo 04: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Variant) Screenprinted Poster by Francesco Francavilla. Printed by Atelier Vertical. Edition of 85. 24"x36". Expected to ship in July 2020. Ships worldwide. €75.
