Comments on: A Clockwork Orange: The Complete Original Score

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:44:27 +0000

I'll note for the record here (and so I don't forget) that the title lettering looks like it may have been based on Milton's Glaser's Baby Teeth typeface. Then again the Seventies had a lot of these fat type designs. And it's a style that's been coming back recently.

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:34:57 +0000

Hi Matt. Yes, I’ve seen that font before, think I even have a copy somewhere. The question for me is who designed the ACO poster type in the first place, I’ve yet to see that credited anywhere.

By: Matt Paul

Matt Paul — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:16:45 +0000

The font, I think by Michael Hagemann, is called ‘Timepiece’. It’s actually free to download (Google it). The 3D version is an illustration just for the poster.

By: John

John — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:41:09 +0000

Hi David and thanks for that which I hadn't seen before. I nearly went searching on Flickr for more ACO stuff but this post was already sprawling. A nice idea to try updating film posters although many of them look to me more like book covers (in fact one of them is, for Dr. No); they're self-consciously clever in a way books are still allowed to be but Hollywood posters rarely are, as a glance at Apple Trailers regularly confirms. Some really nice work there, however. As it happens, all Kubrick's later posters tended to be very spare like book jackets, two of them (for Barry Lyndon and The Shining) being designed by Saul Bass. From 2001 on, he advertised his films with a single striking image.

By: David C

David C — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:22:44 +0000

If you’re not aware of it already, check out this brand-spanking new reworking of the ACO poster:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keepsmesane/2542689020/in/set-72157601618281265/

This is the first time I’ve ever seen an inversion of the droog outfit… obvious really. It doesn’t quite work for me, but I can’t put my finger on why. Maybe it’s the arbitrary feel of the ‘knife’ or the lack of dynamism in the pose. A decent enough attempt, though.

The other posters in this flickr set are worth checking out, my personal favourites being Psychomania and Rashomon. Least favourite is probably Blow-up – a missed opportunity IMHO.