Nov 20 2008 Posters That Are Extremely Beautiful and, Typically, Delicate

Smashing Magazine has posted a list of what they're calling 40 Exquisite Independent Film Posters (via Digg), a showcase of indie film one-sheets that dared to take a more stylized approach than the stock "floating heads" approach. I'm not sure I agree with their assessment that the face of a concerned skater kid on the Paranoid Park poster is necessarily "exquisite", per se, but it was nice to be reminded of beauties like the above Chris Ware-designed Savages poster once more before death. Before you go, remember to grab a pen and paper so you can jot down which you want to pick up at your campus's next obscure film poster sale.

Dec 4 2007 AM Poster Post: 'The Savages' is So Indie

An indie dramedy starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, with a poster by hip comic artist Daniel Clowes Chris Ware? This is totally the most indiest indie film ever. But couldn't they have found some way to jam a speaker into it and crank out some Shins, too? Might as well really drive home the point.

The Savages Poster [IMPA]