MOVIE INK. WINTER SALE

MOVIE INK. WINTER SALE

Dec

8

2012

It took a bit, but now I’m ready for the WILD WILD WINTER SALE. From December 14th until January 5th MOVIE INK. is not only open on Saturday, but on Friday too. I’ll have a big sale with discounts up to 50%. I’ll have special sections with posters, lobby cards and stills starting at just 5 euro. There will be lots of different music from the thirties to the noughties and free hot drinks and treats.  Here a taster of the music: wild wild winter playlist and a few examples of the items on sale. Of course there is a lot of more stuff awaiting your pleasure, so hop on by during the WILD WILD WINTER SALE!

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Upcoming exhibit LIFE IS SWEET and WILD WILD WINTER REVISITED

Nov

14

2012

MOVIE INK. and Cine Qua Non are happy to announce a new exhibit after acquiring a truely iconic movie poster that is right now in the gallery! The exhibit will take place around Christmas this year and is aptly called LIFE IS SWEET. Yes, an exhibit spotlighting Fellini’s masterpiece LA DOLCE VITA with this Italian quattro foglio (140×200 cm) designed by Olivetti as the centre piece. Invites and more info will follow reasonably soon.

LA DOLCE VITA, Italian quattro foglio poster (140×200 cm) arrived in MOVIE INK. today!!!

It’s not all class and money though in MOVIE INK. As I have still a large box of flyers there is the opportunity to revisit last years WILD WILD WINTER sale in 2012. From Friday November 23th MOVIE INK. will lay out bargains and cheapsters for all your SINTERKLAAS and Christmas shopping needs whilst serving hot tea and cookies and playing warming wintery tunes to soothe your sore throat and cold, cold heart. Yet again, more info to follow.
Of course you don’t have to wait for special events and exhibits. Just drop by, there’s always something new to see. Here are a few examples currently on display.

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MOVIE INK. goes APE! in Paris this weekend

Sep

27

2012

Go Ape

MOVIE INK. is off to the Paris fair Cingles du Cinema today for the weekend! I’ll set up shop together with cine qua non as the Amsterdam Poster Express which I find is pretty snappy. I’ve sketched a quick logo so everyone can spot us for a mile. As so often i have no clue what to bring. Never been to the Paris fair before, main reason to go is to meet some of the overseas dealers. I therefore decided to go classic this time to showcase the beauty of movie making of over half a century or longer ago. This means quite a few one sheets on linen. I’ll also take my stack of US inserts and some Italian due foglio’s worth checking out. Almost no lobbies this time, too heavy and cumbersome and only a few stills, but very good ones. I have some TARZAN, some nice SF like THE THING, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, X THE UNKNOWN and my still collections of BILLY WILDER, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, JAMES WHALE, FRANK CAPRA, STANLEY KUBRICK and my CLASSIC CRIME FOLDERS.

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Steef Davidson Collection – The music psychedelics of The San Francisco Five

Sep

6

2012

Having grown up in the more nihilistic era of punk, I used not to care for the counterculture period of the late sixties, especially the hippy music of those days. The overindulgence of excessive soloing and seemingly pointless improvisation only inspired a rebellious disdain for these hairy old dinosaurs. The rebellious nature of the counterculture movement itself I did not recognize. Beards, long hair and flared trousers simply weren’t cool. These sentiments have grown a bit more balanced over the years, although I still prefer the 3 minute song over six variations of Who Do You Love by Quicksilver Messenger Service. 

In any case I was still surprised when researching the small collection of concert posters as part of the Davidson collection we’ve acquired. I suddenly realized what an impact designers like Rick Griffin, Wes Wilson and others have had, not only through their designs, but also through their practices.

I’m not gonna expand here on their individual accomplishments. There’s quite a lot to find on the internet about them and their works and I will suffice to provide a few links of interest. What surprised me the most was how these guys operated, on the one hand very much do-it-yourself, on the other hand very businesslike. They took control over their own work. No anonymous designs for advertising agencies or production companies. A quite logical approach really as these up and coming creatives took a collective stance against “The Man”, but as I said I had not fully appreciated the rebellious nature of the counterculture until recently.

It did not take the SAN FRANCISCO FIVE (Rick Griffin, Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso and Alton Kelley) long to set up their distribution agency BERKELEY BONAPARTE in the heart of the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement along with THE FAMILY DOG organization that took care of the organization of cultural events in venues in the San Fransisco area. At Berkeley Bonaparte they did quite a lot of work collectively, later on they set up their own agencies like Victor Moscoso’s Neon Rose. As such these artists proved to be of mayor importance for graphic design in general. A key point here is the use of their distinctive style as a trademark and unique selling point, something they undoubtedly picked up from pop art. Another point is their reissuing of earlier designs. This is what makes buying these concert posters tricky. When they found out there was demand for their posters, they re-issued printings “exclusively”. The prints were done years after the concert was held. This Grateful Dead poster at the Honolulu International Center is a good example.

GRATEFUL DEAD Honolulu International Center July 25th 1969 32×51 cm, USA 1969 artist Rick griffin

This particular concert was abandoned and the original posters mostly destroyed. Due to great demand the poster was re-issued in another format.

These practices are very common now and visible in all kinds of low art printing, whether in music (artists like Frank Kozik or Chuck Sperry) or indeed movies (for example the Alamo Drafthouse or Mondo posters or the Castro Theatre posters). A contributing factor to their influence is their cross-over with other fields of low culture. Moscoso and Griffin joined forces with Robert Crumb when the latter formed ZAP COMIX in 1968. In this the SAN FRANCISCO FIVE were not alone. Other artists who contributed to the concert poster scene were doing similar stuff or doing something else. Greg Irons for example became a well-known tattoo-artist. It was all happening in those crazy or should I say groovy  intermedial late sixties days.

Links of interest on featured artists:

Rick Griffin       Victor Moscoso       Victor Moscoso Font

Wes Wilson       Stanley Mouse         Alton Kelley

Greg Irons         Lee Conklin             Randy Tuten                  Randy Tuten interview

David Singer      John van Hamersveld

Commercial sites (probably same business), but great info on individual posters:

Classic Posters

Wolfgangs Vault

Oh and IMPORTANT!! here’s how it should be done

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Steef Davidson Collection – the movie posters 1

Steef Davidson Collection - the movie posters

Aug

24

2012


Hi all! Been very,very busy with all sorts and just haven’t had the time to post earlier. Here’s the most interesting part of the movie poster collection. I will regularly update until all pics are unloaded – even the posters I would consider less interesting- and I have gathered all relevant information. There are quite a few posters I haven’t identified fully if at all and I would like to invite anybody who can shed more light on movie, history or design. To keep the entry managable I use for the most part thumbnails for pics. Just click them and they will open.

I really should kick off with the more mysterious stuff, the early silents. Hmm pressed the publish button by mistake, there will be a lot of updates then.

To start off then with three posters I have no knowledge of whatever, except that they are early Italian posters. There is no title information, the first and third poster might be trimmed, the second  could be a stock poster.

Researching these posters I’m reminded again how many movies were made in the early 1910′s. It’s easy to forget how the technical invention of the movie camera in the late 19th century caused such an explosive cultural revolution. Prime example is this unknown Italian poster.

unknown Poster Societa Anonima Ambrosia 100×140 cm, Italy probably 1913

I don’t know the title yet, but it’s a production of the Turin-based company SOCIETA ANONIMA AMBROSIO. Founded in 1906, it closed down in 1924. Nevertheless it managed to produce well over a 1200 titles.

The other posters luckily have more information. Two of the Italians are from the production company, SOCIETA ITALIANA CINES that still exists (click here). Cines has produced and distributed up to 2000 movie since 1906.

Rupe Del Malconsiglio 100×140 cm, Italian 1913

Biglietto Di Kri-Kri 100×140 cm, Italy 1913

The poster on the left is for THE CLIFF OF MALCONSIGLIO aka LA RUPE DEL MALCONSIGLIO, the one on the right is for a comedy BIGLIETTO DI KRI-KRI. Unfortunately this poster has pieces torn off as it looks rather surreally modern. Kri-Kri was the nom de plume of comedic actor RAYMOND FRAU aka DANDY. You can see him in action here in another Kri-Kri flic from 1915. Frau turned out almost 140 of these between 1912 and 1915 as Imdb will attest. CLIFF OF MONSIGLIO is obviously a drama of the heroine to be saved kind. I like the different styles of these posters.

A similar style difference is noticeable between two French posters from the same era. The poster on the left is from SON PASSE, the one on the right is RIGADIN ET LA PETITE MOULINET.

Son Passe 120×160 cm, France 1913

Rigadin Et La Petite Moulinet 120×160 cm, France 1913, design Adrien Barrère

RIGADIN ET LA PETITE MOULINET, was a vehicle for CHARLES PRINCE. Prince, contemporary of RAYMOND FRAU, was a French giant of slapstick comedy who rivalled MAX LINDER in his day. RIGADIN was his comedy character. The poster has the distinctive caricatural design from Andre Barrère.  SON PASSE on the other hand sports a more dramatic and naturalistic style featuring actress YVETTE ANDREYOR. Andreyor was an important French silent actress, not in the least for her performances in several FANTOMAS movies directed by Louis Feuillade.

The three German movie posters have another flavour than the French and Italian ones. These three have in common that they’re quite stylized, a bit geometric. Printed in Berlin these posters are big colourful lithos in two parts for crime chaser shorts. All posters have in common that the action is set against an urban, industrialized setting with plenty of steel bridges.

Erblich Belastet 59×85 inches, Germany 1913

In terms of movie history ERBLICH BELASTET is the more important being directed by HARRY PIEL and starring Ludwig Trautman. The movie was made for Eiko Films. Eiko also made RECHT AUF DASEIN directed by and starring  Joseph Delmont.  The last poster is from DER STECKBRIEF directed by Franz Hofer.

Recht Auf Dasein 59×85 inches, Germany 1913

Der Steckbrief 59×85 inches, Germany 1913

Other silent movie posters in the collection come from Belgium, the UK and US. I can’t find anything about this Belgian movie ADIEU. Les Cinematographes Kuhnen Reysbosch from Brussels don’t show up on Google or Imdb. You think an epic about Napoleon would appear on the internet, but nothing so far. From 1912 is this English poster for the short FIXING A FLIRT. It measures 30×38 inches.

Adieu 24×33 inches, Belgium 1910′s

Fixing A Flirt 30×38 inches, UK 1912

The US posters are from the serial STREETS OF NEW YORK. Unfortunately of one of the chapters I only found the bottom panel.

Streets Of New York – Give Me My Money 42×72″, USA 1913

Streets Of New York – Me For New York Now 28×41″, USA 1913

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Is it weird in here, or is it just me? 1

Mar

26

2012

SAGA DE LOS DRACULA (1973) - director Leon Klimovsky - color still

It’s spring again and once again I’m reminded of the above quote of Steven Wright. Spring is the season for the weird and wonderful. Spring is the season of adolescence. Bulbs and other young growths are sprouting enthusiastically and surprisingly, often unsightly, but ready to grow into something beautiful. Two upcoming events underscore these sentiments. From April 5th to April 17th there’s the Brussels International Fantastic Festival and from April 17th to April 28th there’s the Imagine Filmfestival formerly known as Amsterdam Fantastic Filmfestival. Both festivals started out as small events organized by hopeful and enthusiastic exploitation shockjockies and have evolved into respected cultural events with an international appeal covering all aspects of imaginative film. I must admit that I always enjoyed the enthusiasm more than the respected, but there you go, no one and nothing will be young forever.

There’s a wide range of exploitation genres and sub genres to be described as this wikipedia page proves. Still in essence an exploitation film is a cheaply made film from the late sixties up to the eighties with the premise that sex and violence could be fun and that there’s an audience big enough to make a profit. I’ve always been intrigued in the appeal of exploitation. Why do I like it?  Surely I don’t enjoy watching rape, or eating people’s intestines or both? Again the answer is in adolescence, but not in the obvious psychological terms of exploring borders, the stuff of teen angst and your wildest dreams. It’s in the terms of pure amateurism. The best of these movies are made with a lot of gutso and have a do-it-yourself attitude that is infectious.

ZOMBI 2 (1979) - director Lucio Fulci - colour still

No matter how I enjoy exploitation I haven’t yet displayed it in the gallery for various reasons. For one it would not be appreciated by the girl I share the workspace of the gallery with. Somehow this stuff appeals less to women. Other reason is that the gallery is located opposite a kindergarten. Somehow this stuff is not considered to be for small children. Last, but my no means least, I feel a bit uneasy about displaying it publicly. Exploitation is a guilty pleasure. I won’t feel comfortable being looked at by unknown passers-by as being a bit of a freak. Exploitation is better be enjoyed in the private company of a few like minded fans.

LESBO (1969) - director Edoardo Mulargia - Italian due foglio (100x140 cm)

This brings me to the excellent magazine CREEPY IMAGES. If you like exploitation and exploitation memorabilia you can’t afford to miss this wonderful source of pulp, rot and red paint on paper made by Thorsten and his crew. I’m privileged  to have contributed to the last episode as I happened to have the German lobby card set for GRETA – HAUS OHNE MÄNNER better known with the more delicious English title WANDA, THE WICKED WARDEN directed by Jess “Fountain Of Youth” Franco and starring Dyanne Thorne from the infamous ILSA of the SS films. Now there’s exploitation royalty for you.

DYANNE THORNE and LINA ROMAY

If you like exploitation memorabilia and want to purchase or browse through some and have a chat visit the gallery. All featured posters and stills in this blog entry are examples of what MOVIE INK. can offer. I don’t have a lot of the stuff, but what I do have is quite interesting. If it’s more convenient, you could also come over to Brussels on April 8th. The Brussels Fantastic Film Festival also hosts a convention and MOVIE INK. will be there with a nice selection. We will be among friends, but if you are a bit self-conscious like me, maybe a password of sorts will help to make contact. You don’t know the password? It’s easy, I say: “Is it weird in here?” and you reply …

Contes Immoraux - Walerian Borowczyk

Oh yes, i will run a small competition in a week or so with a small bag of explo goodies, so keep checking this site

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Gallery Features – Posters for sale 1

Jan

9

2012

Somewhat reluctantly I’ve added a FOR SALE category. I did not want to combine general poster talk with sales pitches, but one of the purposes of the gallery is to sell stuff…..  As I don’t have the know-how to make a decent site designed for selling, I’ll try to stir some interest via this FOR SALE category. I’ll call the entries GALLERY FEATURES, so if you don’t want to be bothered by them, you don’t have to.

To start off I’ve put a few posters together so you get a taste of what you might find in MOVIE INK. Main aim is to show some of the different formats, languages, styles and prices I can surprise you with. For a bigger photograph just click the poster. At the bottom of this blog entry you’ll find some buying and shipping information.

First poster in the spotlights is the Spanish one-sheet poster for the 1972 release of BUTTERFIELD 8.

BUTTERFIELD 8 (1972, 69x100 cm, Spain) € 100,--

Easily the best poster for this title, designed by Spanish artist JANO. This is the movie that won ELIZABETH TAYLOR her Oscar. Poster is folded, but has little wear. CONDITION is VERY GOOD to FINE. PRICE: € 100,–

Next is this Italian fotobusta with a great headshot of JACK NICHOLSON from Roman Polanski’s masterpiece CHINATOWN.

CHINATOWN (1974, 26x18", ITA) € 40,--

Have some more fotobusta’s of this title would you be interested. This one has been folded vertically and has some border wear and some nicks. CONDITION: GOOD to VERY GOOD. PRICE: € 40,–

To show off the more bizarre and wonderful side of Asian posters this interesting and eery poster for the Shaw Brothers production of THE GHOST STORY aka GUI JIAO CHUN, directed by Li Han-Hsiang.

THE GHOST STORY aka GUI JIAO CHUN (1979, 20x30", Hong Kong) € 70,--

Poster is folded and has only the littlest of wear. CONDITION: FINE PRICE: € 70,–

Here’s an example of an Australian daybill poster I MET A MURDERER, a nice pre WW-II litho.

I MET A MURDERER (1939, 13x30", AUS) € 75,--

Great James Mason portrait. Poster has been folded and has some edge wear.  CONDITION: VERY GOOD. PRICE: € 75,–

A Japanese poster featuring stars ROCK HUDSON, ERNEST BORGNINE, JIM BROWN and PATRICK MACGOOHAN in the Cold War action drama ICE STATION ZEBRA directed by action man JOHN STURGES.

ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968, 20x28", Japan) € 75,--

Poster has some slight wrinkling and minor edge wear, but is unfolded. CONDITION: VERY GOOD to FINE. PRICE: € 75,–

Classic film noir pose of DICK POWELL and EVELYN KEYES for this 1956 reissue of ROBERT ROSSEN’s JOHNNY O’CLOCK.

JOHNNY O'CLOCK (1956, 27x41", US) € 225,--

Poster is linen-backed by Dario Casadei’s Vintage Movie Art in Vancouver (the best and nicest there is) and has received some minor expert restoration. Before linen-backing the poster had some very minor edge wear and was slightly wrinkled. If you like, I have a photograph of the poster prior to linen-backing. Email me.
CONDITION: FINE. PRICE: € 225,–

One of the eye catchers in the gallery is this beautiful Italian quatro foglie poster in great shape featuring JEANNE MOREAU in LA MARIEE ETAIT EN NOIR aka THE BRIDE WORE BLACK finished by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT in 1968.

MARIEE ETAIT EN NOIR aka THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (1968, 140x200 cm, ITA) € 300,--

Poster is printed in two sections and is in almost pristine condition. CONDITION: FINE PRICE: € 300,–

Hard to beat really, AUDREY HEPBURN and HUMPHREY BOGART together on one poster with the added bonus of WILLIAM HOLDEN. That’s what you get with SABRINA by Billy Wilder. Every gallery should have one. This is the more quirky of the two styles of half sheet that are around and is pretty hard to find.

SABRINA Style B (1954, 28x22", US) € 475,--

Poster is unfolded, but has some chips and small tears in the borders. There’s a larger 5″ tear in the middle of the bottom border, also a few smudges and some tape on the back to repair the small tears.
CONDITION: VERY GOOD to FINE. PRICE: € 475,–

Polish posters are quite something else. A good example is this striking design by Polish artist Andrzej Pagowski for the classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI by Akira Kurosawa.

SEVEN SAMURAI aka SCHICHININ NO SAMURAI (1987, 67x97 cm, Poland) € 100,--

Year of the poster is 1987. It’s in great shape with only the tiniest of wear and is unfolded. CONDITION: FINE. PRICE: € 100,–

To finish this first virtual tour one of the best blaxploitation posters around TNT JACKSON featuring JEANNIE BELL as Diana “TNT” Jackson, “She’ll Put You In Traction”! Not only that, but she’s also A ONE MAMA MASSACRE SQUAD. An idea I like particularly as the gallery is opposite a children’s daycare centre.

TNT Jackson (1974, 27x41", USA) € 80,--

Poster is folded with minor wear. CONDITION: VERY GOOD to FINE. PRICE: € 80,–

INTERESTED?

If you are interested in a poster have questions or want to make me an offer, just email me at movie-ink@bqjansen.demon.nl or use this blogsite. Keep in mind that the cost of shipping will be added to the price of the poster. Outside Europe these costs start at € 18,– for any package between 0 and 2 kg. It’s ridiculous I know, but it’s the cheapest option available. Packages between 0 and 2 kg inside Europe vary between € 9,– and € 12,–. These costs take care of Priority Shipping. Registered Shipping or Track and Trace will be extra.

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