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The Posters of Pedro Almódovar

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The Posters of Pedro Almódovar

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As a movie buff, I love Pedro Almodóvar movies. His stories are heavily inspired by a combination of his particular peculiarities with women, mothers, daughters, sisters, sex, religion, gender, Spain, and Alfred Hitchcock. But what often draws me into to his movies time and time again are his posters. Much of that work can be attributed to Juan Oreste Gatti, an Argentine graphic designer, art director, and Almodóvar’s closest collaborator. Spain-based El Deseo is Almodóvar’s biggest distributor, and Gatti is Almodóvar’s most consistent artist. Red favors heavily in nearly all of this work, which is remarkable considering who gets to design these posters vary from movie distributor to movie distributor.

Movie poster design is a difficult field. The work is highly visible and highly regarded. But finding proper attributions to the artists and designers is extremely difficult. Often artists give up their rights to claim credit for their work, and ownership goes to the movie’s distributor. But if one particular artist happens to be highly prolific, in-demand, or well-known, then finding attribution becomes easier.

Posteritati continues to do excellent work archiving and documenting artists and designers of movie posters. And while their catalog is well-kept, finding the original artists is still quite difficult. And because Gatti is based in Argentina, most of his credits are cited in Spain and Argentina.

The following is a selection of posters, in chronological order.

 

Matador – 1986

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Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

 

 

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) – 1988

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Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

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The UK DVD release cover art: The Church of London

 

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Átame!) – 1989

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Movie distributor: Miramax Films

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Movie distributor: El Deseo. Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

 

Kika – 1993

 

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Movie distributor: El Deseo. Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

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Poster art for France. Artist: Bielikoff Gustavson

 

All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) – 1999

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Movie distributor: El Deseo

 

 

Talk To Her (Hable con ella) – 2002

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Movie distributor: El Deseo. Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

 

 

To Return (Volver) – 2006

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Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

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Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

 

 

 

Almodovar Poster

Graphic Designer: Juan Gatti

 

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