Throwing it back to 2002, when one of the highest-grossing movie of the year was a Spider-Man movie, P.T. Anderson had a rom-com in theaters, and a revival of a classic musical was looking to win some Oscars.
Punch-Drunk Love | |
The Safdie brothers were about the same age as Cooper Hoffman when this came out. Japanese posters designed by Jeremy Blake. |
Spider-Man | |
Teaser one sheet for Sam Raimi's first Marvel movie. This poster was withdrawn from theaters after 9/11 due to the reflection of the World Trade Center in Spidey's eyes. |
8 Mile | |
The legend of Eminem's mom's spaghetti was born. Eminem had the best selling album of 2002. |
Morvern Callar | |
Lynne Ramsay's second feature, with the best soundtrack of 2002. One sheet designed by Kim Maley. |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | |
The highest-grossing movie of 2002. There were petitions to change the title of the movie after 9/11. Teaser one sheet. |
Spirited Away | |
Spirited Away went into limited release in the U.S. in September 2002, and won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Japanese B2. |
Talk to Her | |
Almodóvar took the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Director. Spanish B1 poster by Juan Gatti. |
Gangs of New York | |
Martin Scorsese back in the Mean Streets neighbourhood but in the 1800s. Rare Japanese B1. |
25th Hour | |
Spike Lee's post-9/11 New York movie. U.S. one sheet, with fold lines as part of the design. |
Minority Report | |
The most GIF-ed movie of 2002. 20 years later we have facial recognition tech, some driverless cars, and even jetpacks. Advance one sheet. |
Solaris | |
Soderbergh adapts Lem in the shadow of Tarkovsky. Underrated imo. |
Spider | |
One of my faves of the year, an oddity, even for Cronenberg, would make a good double feature with The Fly. Japanese B2, unknown artist. |
Cremaster 3 | |
The third installment of Matthew Barney's The Cremaster Cycle. |
24 Hour Party People | |
Factory Records origin story. U.K. quad. |