my Man: "Buried" movie posters

Monday

Slated for a possible Autumn release, Ryan Reynolds' upcoming movie "Buried" made a huge impact at Sundance this year. The general premise of the movie is this: Ryan plays a character who is buried alive with but a lighter, a faulty flashlight, a knife and a cellphone in the coffin with him. Apparently, Ryan is the only actor we get to see in the entire movie.

The film was directed by Spanish newcomer Rodrigo Cortes, who had nobody but Ryan in mind for the role after watching the actor in "The Nines" (easily my most favourite Reynolds movie). When asked how he came up with the idea for the movie, the director replied, "I thought: 'What would be the cheapest movie to make ever?' I just thought of smaller and smaller locations, and less and less actors."

Though the movie is entirely Ryan in a coffin, with (as the director confirmed) only the lighter or cellphone light providing illumination throughout, critics and those lucky enough to catch it have described the movie as being "intense" and "gripping" (that last one quite literally, because even by end of the movie, people found themselves still gripping the arm of their theater seats).
The Sundance crowd gave it a rousing applause.

You don't need me to tell you that a movie that is all Ryan beginning to end is my kinda movie. But I'm not really here to talk about the movie (though I felt it necessary to keep you in the loop with an intro).

One other element that has helped to create buzz for the film is its poster. Actually, make that posters.

The one above is the official poster -- I like how they incorporated the flame from the lighter into the typeface, and how (as with the other posters), you don't really see Ryan's face anywhere. Here's another:




Prior to these, a couple of other designs were made. I find them to be really exceptional, harking back to Old Hollywood, when graphic design played a crucial element in movie posters. These are the kinda posters I want as art on my walls:




This one reminds me of Six Feet Under.


Apparently those two designs were rejected but recently, a new poster design has been released as another official "Buried" one-sheet:




Like the yellow one, this one reminds me of Hitchcock, of "Vertigo" in particular by graphic designer Saul Bass.

And just 'cause, another "Paper Man" poster to complement the one I already posted :)



Disclaimer: I don't own the rights for these images. Simply sharing :)

A.