Vintage Image of the Day: Saul Bass
When people talk about the great graphic designer/poster artist Saul Bass, they often namecheck his two most famous works: the posters for Otto Preminger's The Man With the Golden Arm, and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Both are great (and, in the case of Vertigo, the poster is an excellent encapsulation of the equally stunning title sequence Bass created for that film), but in lazily clicking through Brendon Dawes' Saul Bass tribute site, I came across the above image, a poster for Billy Wilder's much-maligned sex-and-commies comedy, One, Two, Three. What can I say - it made my inner 12-year-old boy giggle.
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7-19-2005 @ 3:14PM
mick du russel said...
Besides his great graphic design for all of those great movie posters, Bass was also responsible for the unmistakable logo design of corporate giants Minolta, United Airlines and AT&T. A great, great artist!
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7-19-2005 @ 8:48PM
Jette said...
Wow. I am dying to own that poster. One Two Three is one of my favorite movies ... and that poster is perfect for the film. (Not that I'd have anywhere to hang it, but I want it anyway.)
I never have understood why Dr. Strangelove is so beloved and One Two Three, which strikes me as faster and funnier, still is forgotten.
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7-19-2005 @ 8:53PM
Jette said...
Sorry to post twice, but I just found the other Saul Bass poster for One Two Three on this site and wanted to share. Amusing in an entirely different way.
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