Julia Brechler
The Poster of the 61st Festival of Cannes
The poster of the 61st Festival of Cannes is a photo by David Lynch, directed by Pierre Collier, a specialist in film-poster graphics since 1986.
The poster for the 61st Cannes Festival is a photo by David Lynch, adapted by Pierre Collier, a specialist in film-poster graphics since 1986. It is the theme of the visual signifiers that are guiding festival attendees through the world of this 61st event: the graphic identity is repeated with variations on all the Festival’s official publications, and is a motive in this year’s decoration of the Palais des Festivals.
“Reception / Projection… an instant of suspense… bathed in sensuality. A platinum blond suggestion that Norma Jean hovers nearby. Ruby-red lips, offered as an attentive echo of the anthracite mask/screen… awaiting a revelation? Something magical? Cinema?” mused Pierre Collier, poster designer for La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette, The Eel by Shohei Imamura, Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore, The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, and, most recently, La Graine et le Mulet by Abdellatif Kechiche.
