The magazine, Print, has compiled an excellent and diverse selection of movie posters featuring the campy, cliche, classic A-frame design. Check it out (pulp novels, DVDs, and ZZ Top are also included). It’s an interesting look at how gender has been universally portrayed in pop culture up to the present (not much has changed, add Kal Penn and stir): a woman’s legs in the A-frame position usually connote domination and empowerment over a puddle of males, and lots and lots of sex; whereas a man’s legs in the A-frame usually express the desire to kill women, and sometimes, as in the case of Westerns like 3:10 to Yuma, men. Who ever said Hollywood and the human mind were creatively bankrupt? What a genius. I’ve included my faves from Print’s selection after the jump.
Discuss: Can you think of any A-frame posters that are missing? What’s your favorite?
via NYT’s Paper Cuts
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
The super troopers 1 sets the whole tone of the movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
We wrote a piece on this same topic last last year, which included a bunch of posters not featured above or in the Print piece:
Through the Legs Darkly
Very thorough examination however.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
the new guy directors cut dvd
http://jackasscritics.com/images/movies/new_guy_01.jpg
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Where’s OCTOPUSSY????
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
You forgot Munchies!!
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/8/81/200px-MunchiesCover.jpg
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Did they put the Reno 911 movie poster in there?
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
@ HolesInTheBucket
For the next two minutes, you’re my idol.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
lol, yeah man you got to love the munchies
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 pm
i think “the graduate” with mrs robinson’s leg could be on there too
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:43 am
Totally forgot “For Your Eyes Only” I loved that poster when I was a kid, thought it was so hot