The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_(1946_film)
poster language: French
Not to body-shame exactly but she seems rather slim for a femme fatale of this era. Maybe that's how the French artist wanted her to look?

Another in a long LONG line of poses where the man is looking intensely at the woman and the woman is not looking at the man.

The simplicity of this makes it great.

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"The people of this country can't afford to let the president run the country by himself, even foreign affairs, any more than domestic affairs, without the help of the Congress, without the help of the people."

-Daniel Ellsberg
The Pentagon Papers (2003)
Dir: Rod Holcomb

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)
poster language: French
Great imagery/design, spoiled only perhaps by the fact that the artist had never seen a falcon and thought a sulky pigeon would be close enough.

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"Have you ever laughed at a comedian when he pretended to stutter? There's nothing funny about a man who stutters but people laugh. They're amused but they're not happy about it."

-Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels
The Parallax View (1974)
Dir: Alan J. Pakula

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Detour (1945)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detour_(1945_film)

The whole "scene seen in a mirror" thing is weird. Why bother? Is there something on the dresser which tells me something about the room or the characters? You have to admit this one is different. Having the word "DETOUR" in a sign is a bit on the nose.

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"How peaceful life would be without love…. How safe. How tranquil. And how dull."

-Sean Connery as William of Baskerville
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Dir: Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Street of Chance (1942)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_of_Chance_(1942_film)

Weird choice to add that stylised knife and dagger, getting in the way of her face and causing me to think it was "street of change" for a moment.

Also not being weird but why does Burgess Meredith look like he has 80s eyeshadow amateurishly applied? You do you, Burgess, live your truth.

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"I guess love is like the ozone layer. You never miss it until it's gone."

-Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Dir: David Zucker

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_a_Reasonable_Doubt_(1956_film)

Wow, lots of the plot laid out in detail for you here. You could turn up a few minutes late and not need to ask questions. That motif of a man and woman running toward the viewer, the man dragging the woman behind him, is a classic of this poster genre.

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