Self Portrait in a Plumed Hat (1629)Rembrandt van Rijn
The New World (2005)dir. Terrence Malick
Becalmed off Halfway Rock (1830)Fitz Hugh Lane
The New World
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Badge
Mickey Mouse Club Badges (1936-1939)
Jurassic Park (1993)dir. Steven Spielberg
Spielberg, the consummate Boy Scout, rather brilliantly made the logo for his family adventure-gone-wrong film a badge. Badges were popular as scouting and fan club giveaways in the 1950s and '60s, and these two Mickey Mouse Club examples are a template for the JP style.
The form and font of the logo, inherently commodified, suggest a safe Jungle Cruise-style simulated adventure that the park visitors expect. The brooding color scheme and looming presence of death, however, foreshadow what is actually to come.
Club badges from Retro Stu.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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