C’era una volta il West movie posters
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Italian 2 Foglio (39.25″×55″)
C’era una volta il West is the original Italian title of Sergio Leone’s epic spaghetti Western, known in English as Once Upon a Time in the West. The film starring Claudia Cardinale as Jill McBain and Henry Fonda as Frank was promoted in Italy with a series of posters that emphasize the cinematic aspect: each poster features a pair of juxtaposed black-and-white stills, shot by Angelo Novi.
Designer Folco Lucarini arranged the title in two crossing lines that levitate in the large whitespace above the scenes, further adding to the drama. The font in use is Playbill, which has become something like a typographic shortcode for the Wild West, together with other Italiennes, Egyptiennes, and related styles. The credit block is added in Letraset’s Compacta, likewise in all caps.
The posters were printed by Litoroma.
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Italian 2 Foglio (39.25″×55″)
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Locandina (13″×28″, cropped at the top)
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