Anybody There poster

By Daniel Barna

Posted 17 years ago

I have a question for everyone in the whole wide entire god awful world. Why is it, that most big budget Hollywood films–save for a few intelligent blockbusters–suffer from “shitty poster syndrome”? And why is that most indie and foreign films are usually accompanied by posters that exhibit nuanced, original and thoughtful design? Case in point, the upcoming Michael Caine film IS ANYBODY THERE?, a touching tale set in 1980s seaside England, about a boy growing up in a retirement home run by his parents. Struggling to come to terms with the notion of death, the boy meets Caine’s character, a retired magician with a liberating streak of anarchy. Together, the odd couple teach one another essential truths about life. Sounds great no? The poster below is beautiful, and apparently Caine’s performance is too. Do I smell Oscar?

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Daniel Barna

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Favorite Movies: Seven, American Beauty, Breathless, Edward Scissorhands, La Doce Vita, Forrest Gump, read more Shawshank Redemption, Batman, Requiem For a Dream, Psycho, On The Waterfront, Jules et Jim, Little Children, A Clockwork Orange, The Dark Knight, Taxi Driver, Eyes Wide Shut, Minnie and Moskowitz, Five Easy Pieces, Ed Wood, The Truman Show, There`s Something About Mary, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, A Woman Under The Influence, Annie Hall, Chinatown, Unforgiven, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, Dog Day Afternoon, Groundhog Day, Dumb and Dumber, T2, The Conversation, Bonnie and Clyde

Likes: Tankhouse Ale, breakfast sandwiches, The Wire, Roz, the boys, Jean Mance read more Park, net artists, NoLita, Nine Inch Nails, McNally Jackson, Gordon Ramsay, Sherlock Holmes, pulled pork, Noirs, high boots, hockey pools, walking, whole foods and Provigo, status updates, cilantro, Empire State Building, remixes, Blizzarts, staring, cozes, eccentrics, limes, pho soup, oceans, David Brent, white underwear, wings, The Plateau, Langstaff, scrabble, murder

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