Academy Award Winners' Movie Posters (Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters) [Paperback]

Bruce Hershenson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Bruce Hershenson (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887893008
• ISBN-13: 978-1887893008
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,211,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Stunning!, November 18, 1999

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Josh Mersereau ([e-mail]) (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Academy Award Winners' Movie Posters (Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters) (Paperback)

Bruce Herhsensons' series of poster books have become the bible of the poster world. The images captured are of extremely high quality and are a must have for any collector of movie materials. I highly recommend these series of books to anyone who is interested in the subject matter.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, Extraordinary Detail On Every Level!, November 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Academy Award Winners' Movie Posters (Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters) (Paperback)

This review can easily apply to any of the books in the Bruce Hershenson edited series of film poster history. Hershenson rightly treats film graphics not just as pop culture artifacts but true works of art. His books are filled with a curator's eye for superior choice and reproduction, each poster in striking color and with a clarity of printing that rivals most any coffee table art book. Somewhere between advertising and illustration, film posters, like book jackets and record covers, inhabit that imaginative and atmospheric zone where one art reflects another. It's not just the history of film or the history of film design, it's a history of twentieth century Saturday afternoons and Saturday nights. How often we would go into the dark theatre armed only with the ideas and ideals of the posters outside, and then return to them afterward, perhaps with nodding affirmation or smirking disillusionment, but still a vision of what could be. This series of books should be subtitiled: THE FINE ART OF ANTICIPATION, for no matter if expectation was filled or emptied by the films behind them, their posters kept on shining.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best poster series ever printed!, November 7, 1999

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A. J. Trivette (Piney Flats, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Academy Award Winners' Movie Posters (Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters) (Paperback)

For lovers of film, film history, and specifically, poster art, Bruce Hershenson's series of full-color books is the cream of the crop! And, the quality of printing and photography is superb, with razor sharp images and vibrant colors.