Despite being a movie buff, I must admit I had never heard of Drew Struzan before seeing this film. However once I saw his iconic and brilliant movie posters, I realized I had seen his work many times. This documentary, directed by Erik P.Sharkey, gives the viewer an incredible and mesmerizing look at Struzan's work over the past decades.
The movie describes the very difficult early life of Struzan, how he met his wife Dylan, and eventually the birth of their son Christian. His amazing artistic talents were only slowly discovered, but once filmmakers began to see his work his success really skyrocketed. Struzan has an innate instinct on how to paint incredibly vivid posters that capture not only the themes of the movies, but rivet you with the facial characteristics of its' stars and characters.
Struzan did the striking posters for the movie series of "Star Wars", "Indiana Jones", "Back to the Future", "E.T., and "The Muppet Movies", among many others. Unfortunately today, many of the movie studios are cutting advertising budgets by going with computer generated posters rather than have an artist like Struzan paint them, so his talents are becoming a "lost art". I think that's a real shame as the magical quality of these posters will suffer greatly.
I've used many adjectives here to describe Struzan's artistic work, but I honestly was mesmerized by his talents and how they were presented here. I would give this documentary my highest rating, as I remained engrossed throughout.
The movie describes the very difficult early life of Struzan, how he met his wife Dylan, and eventually the birth of their son Christian. His amazing artistic talents were only slowly discovered, but once filmmakers began to see his work his success really skyrocketed. Struzan has an innate instinct on how to paint incredibly vivid posters that capture not only the themes of the movies, but rivet you with the facial characteristics of its' stars and characters.
Struzan did the striking posters for the movie series of "Star Wars", "Indiana Jones", "Back to the Future", "E.T., and "The Muppet Movies", among many others. Unfortunately today, many of the movie studios are cutting advertising budgets by going with computer generated posters rather than have an artist like Struzan paint them, so his talents are becoming a "lost art". I think that's a real shame as the magical quality of these posters will suffer greatly.
I've used many adjectives here to describe Struzan's artistic work, but I honestly was mesmerized by his talents and how they were presented here. I would give this documentary my highest rating, as I remained engrossed throughout.