Friday One Sheet: THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

Friday One Sheet: THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

Something that comes up in almost every entry of this column, lately, is the omission of the credit block in movie posters. As if to single-handedly compensate for this, the BLT Communications design for the latest Wes Anderson film, The Phoenician Scheme, goes wild with text. The credits are a waterfall of movie stars, and regular Anderson collaborators, in a chunky font, balancing a busy design. There is also the rather large tagline at the to…

Cinema Bambino: The Phoenician Scheme

Wes Anderson returns with another highly stylized adventure, starring Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda - one of the richest men in Europe - Mia Threapleton as his daughter and Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. The cast also includes Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright and Scarlett Johansson.