Movies Revisited by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

We've all said it, "you should watch that film in the theater, it deserves it". Well most of us never got that experience because we saw them on VHS years later.

Enter stage left, The Alamo Draft House, a movie theater out of Austin, Texas. They play everything from the upcoming spectacular Coraline, to the classic Escape From New York. I first heard about it through reading Harry Knowles website AintItCoolNews.com who goes there to watch all his new and old flicks, as well as host his yearly ButNumbAThon. The BNAT is famous to film geeks because he crafts a 24 hour film marathon with soon to be released Hollywood films like Che and old cult films like Metropolis. For many, it's the holy grail of film watching. All of this has created quite a reputation for the The Alamo Draft House and out of it they've made their own special movie night events.



They've taken the most notable cult movies, that can be rented at Blockbuster, and created a night out of them. To give the movie a refreshing new look and presence they've used local artists to reinterpret the movie posters. The artist they choose must have his/her own special love for the films the Alamo chooses because the posters are incredibly well crafted. Each one forgoes the use of photography and instead uses their hand drawn techniques to create a unique and refreshing take on the film.

I particularly like the collage ink drawn pieces. If you're a huge fan of the film you'll recognize the scene that the character has been pulled from, which highlights the best moments of the character.

As for the other posters like The Godfather and Shining they go more internal and abstract and reminds me of the movie posters done in Poland from the communist era days. Click here to learn more about them.

Seeing these movie posters reminds me of how good they are and because of that they are incredibly successful. In fact I want to go watch Escape from New York right now. If an artist can do that, then they will be very successful in this business.

Some of the posters can be purchased at mondotees.com, get them while you can because they sell out fast.