I ran across a website with an impressive collection of movie title stills. I love that moment occurs either right at the beginning of the movie, after some credits, or after an introductory scene, when you already have a feel for the movie, where the title hits the screen, either boldly or subtly or somewhere in between. If you don’t have a feel for the movie yet, the movie title screen should probably help you out with that. Really good ones do.
I collected the near-complete stills of the Coen Brothers’ movies, from Blood Simple to Burn After Reading. We are missing The Hudsucker Proxy and The Ladykillers. I’ve got to say…the typography on Blood Simple really blew me away. Take a look and a trip down memory lane.
The retrospective begins (as did the Coens’ career) with Blood Simple on September 18.
Something kinda nerdy. Look at Blood Simple and Fargo next to one another. BEAUTIFUL!
Very cool. I love the Blood Simple/Fargo juxtaposition. It seems fitting for two films which are so opposite in some ways (hot vs. cold, young McDormand vs. older) and so similar in others (low budget, noirish films featuring a heist gone awry).
Comment by Jenny — August 21, 2009 @ 10:17 am
That is absolutely fantastic – thanks for collecting these!
Comment by Daniel — August 21, 2009 @ 11:24 am
These are really cool to see together. I just did a student project on a hypothetical Coen Brothers film festival and they would’ve come in handy!
Check it out:
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/A-Joel-_amp-Ethan-Coen-Film-Festival/237111
Comment by Emma — September 19, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
Here are the images you’re missing:
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/420/aseriousmanmtstill.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4233/ladykillersmtstillu.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8779/hudsuckermtstill.jpg
Dan Perri designed Blood Simple and Raising Arizona.
My company designed the rest of the Coens’ titles, beginning with Miller’s Crossing.
Comment by Randy Balsmeyer — October 15, 2009 @ 12:10 pm