Our friend Michael Stadtlender has designed seven really outstanding unofficial teaser poster designs for Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Biopic. It’s a pleasure for me to publish the work on Miles Davis Online. If I’m the person down the road charged with marketing the film, I would absolutely seek out talents like Stadtlender, along with Julien … Continue reading »
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The Miles Davis Movie: A Trio Of Awesome Unofficial Teaser Posters
I really don’t know what to write. Michael Stadtlender’s latest poster designs for the Miles Davis Biopic need no commentary from me. His trio of designs are just about perfect. I love all three. One has a very distinct Saul Bass style, which I love, but really I am enamored with all three. Stadtlender’s latest … Continue reading »
And Your Favorite Miles Davis Album Cover Is?
CLICK HERE to check out 69 Miles Davis album covers for your viewing pleasure. I might have missed an album here or there. And I did list two versions of the Miles Ahead album cover. Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: A few (more) words about the movie poster
If there’s one topic that gets me going it’s talking about what the movie poster for the Miles Davis biopic should look like. Back in June I threw out some ideas for the one-sheet, which remains one of the more popular topics around here. It’s a terrific subject because we’re so inundated with movie marketing … Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: The Miles Style
I have already mentioned the importance of costume design in the new Miles Davis film because, let’s face it — Miles Davis had a knack for the fashionable. A reader of the Blog directed me to their site, miles davis threads, which is dedicated to Miles Davis and his clothes. Now there’s a Blog I … Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: Art is fun
I stumbled onto a design site called Wordle, where users can generate “word clouds” from text that you provide. It’s really simple and you can come up with some clever text designs. I, of course, created a word cloud for the Miles Davis movie. If you click the photo you’ll see the bigger version. Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: What about costume design? or: let’s talk fashion!
Miles Davis was cool. Miles Davis is cool. The music he created is always top of the list, but damn if he doesn’t also look stylish playing it. The music, the fashion, the attitude… the guy personified the meaning of what being cool is about. While some might prefer his suit-style of the ’50s and … Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: What will the movie logo look like?
Let me first say that this post/question is inspired from a post I read today on the always informative/entertaining movie website First Showing. They have news (big news in some circles) abut the launch of the logo and website for the forthcoming Sony film “The Green Hornet,” set to be adapted by Mr. “Knocked Up” … Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: What should the movie title be?
I’ve read on the ‘net that the film is tentatively titled “Miles Davis.” For me, that’s fine. Even “Miles” is just as commanding. Yes, it recalls “Ray,” but that worked out just fine. And then there’s “Bird,” also a great movie title that says it all. Jazz-related films like “The Glenn Miller Story” and “Young … Continue reading »
The Miles Davis Movie: What should the movie poster look like?
I know I’m jumping the gun, but it’s still fun to think about what the movie posters might look like for the Miles Davis biopic. In most cases a teaser one-sheet will circulate to start the hype machine, which is then followed by a variety of movie poster styles that provides more meaning to the … Continue reading »
