and also
@jaws finatic - has there been a remastered edition of Butch & Sundance? cos if not, the night scenes will still be hard to make out - reviews i'd read of the UK steel version with the same cover said it was just the same print as the previous releases.
No, alas, but still a world away from the DVD (unsurprisingly) -
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&d1=546&d2=514&s1=5530&s2=5225&l=0&i=1&go=1&x=593&y=110
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RE: DREW STRUZAN ARTWORK (courtesy
The top 25 movie posters of all time
By Creative Blog Staff, Cavan Scott March 06, 2017):-
The Thing
Drew Struzan was tasked with creating this poster overnight, with no concept art for reference
It is 1982 and artist Drew Struzan's phone rings. The caller is from Universal Studios. They are remaking The Thing and need poster art: is he interested? There is a snag. The deadline is tomorrow morning. And what's more: the publicity department have no photos to use as reference. They don't even have any concept art.
"It was a very odd experience," Struzan told Movies.com. "I got an immediate concept, which is not unusual for me. I dressed up in a winter snow outfit and my wife took a Polaroid of me."
Struzan used the snap as the basis of a sketch, which was faxed off to the studio. They approved the idea and after taking some more shots, this time with a 35mm camera, Struzan went to work, painting through the night.
"At 9am a guy shows up at my doorstep and says, 'Is the painting ready?' I had about an hour to go, so I finished painting it and he took it away."
Designer view:
Aaron Blecha, artist and animator: "A simple, mysterious, terrifying design. With its stripped-down, cold colour palette, bold graphic ice forms, and backlit character in winter gear, the poster only hints at what the movie is about and what The Thing is, does or even looks like. It follows the old rule of not showing the creature and lets your imagination do the work. But once you've experienced the film, you realise how perfect the poster design is."
