I was looking to add a few posters to my room, and this came at the right time. The only one that interested me was: Colossus: The Forbin Project, as I love Michael Colombier's OST in that. Other than that, it's hard for me as a 23-year-old to find movies I've seen here. The earliest I can think of is Indiana Jones, and The Rocketeer, and those are in the 90s.
I've restored a couple film posters for my apartment. Some (unsolicited) advice:
* Do a test print on a small size for the same paper. Color's on the screen will differ to the print (and the print in your room's lighting).
* Use upscayl to bring the resolution up. I aim for at least 300 DPI.
(Plug: check out some of my amateur restorations https://liampulles.com/ )
++ for reference to "Colossus: The Forbin Project"
I only discovered that film about a decade ago, and it quickly became a favorite.
What’s wild is how it’s shifted from pure sci-fi to something that feels eerily plausible, especially with how tech has evolved in just the last five years.
Colossus: In time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love. Dr. Forbin: NEVER!
Never ?
You can just google image search the poster, save the image, upload it to a poster printing website and print it.
I've done it 9 times and I've even gotten a 10 x 5 foot poster made of the park city ski map.
Recommendation on a solid online printing shop?
Bay Photo, https://bayphoto.com. Good prices, great service; I use them for my own work, at sizes beyond what I can do in my own shop. Next time they disappoint will be the first.
I've used https://www.uprinting.com/ for all mine and it has been great so far.
Recently discovered this movie. I still can't believe it was done in 1970! The visual props of the huge mainframes, tape drives, blinking lights, etc were real-computing gear from Control Data Corporation (CDC). Probably one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time.
The first Indiana Jones was released in 1981. Still not 70's but it has stood the time pretty well. Maybe except for some special effects.
I'm fairly familiar with films and I would say a lot of that is relatively obscure. I've certainly seen some but definitely a minority.
The poster for Colossus:Forbin was very disappointing. The title sequence graphics for the movie were great - but the poster doesn’t show a computer at all, although the movie is all about them.
I prefer this one: https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2023/10/06/colossus-the-forbi...