The handgun at the bottom may seem like an afterthought, but it plays a vital narrative role in this dreamy US one-sheet. By flipping the classic image of leggy palm trees lining the Hollywood avenues on its head and saturating the artwork in dark purple and pink, AllCity fabricated a sinister, slightly disorienting atmosphere. In Gemini, the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss is tested by a heinous crime. GeminiĪnother common tactic is turning (part of) the world upside down in a poster, which skews the audience’s interpretation, sending a subliminal signal that something is off. This strategy, when it doesn’t feel forced and is well executed, injects wit into a design, elevating the artwork to a higher level. This month, the latter half of the posters in my selection feature type that interacts with the scene portrayed, either as a physical object or a virtual presence. This episode features posters for Gemini, Hondros, Pacific Rim: Uprising, The Death of Stalin, Red Sparrow, Flower, Thoroughbreds, and Unsane, with some interesting interactions between the characters (the type) and the characters (the people.)
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