Academy Award Winners' Movie Posters

by Bruce Hershenson

Book Overview

1998, oversized paperback edition, Bruce Hershenson, Missouri, 84 pages. Spectacular reproductions, of full-color movie posters, highlighting films that have won an Oscar. Includes coverage from 1927... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887893008
• ISBN13: 9781887893008
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Bruce Hershenson
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.1" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Stunning!

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.

Superb, Extraordinary Detail On Every Level!

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.

Every movie lover will want to own this book.

Gorgeous color reproductions of great movie posters remind you how captivating the appeal of movies has been. Bruce Hershenson's books are a tremendous value, and his efforts to record movie history through poster art represent a real service to movie lovers.

Best poster series ever printed!

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.