Heads Up: Fernando Fro Reza's "Time Bandits" Movie Poster

Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits is one of those films that a lot of us grew up with as children and enjoyed immensely, then we saw the movie as adults ... and it somehow got even weirder and better. Friend of Posterocalypse artist Fernando Fro Reza has created a great looking print inspired by one of Gilliam's most openly playful pictures and I, for one, couldn't be more pleased. Fernando's artwork clearly draws inspiration from Time Bandit's adventurous tone and cleverly implements several of the film's many gorgeous set pieces to form the visage of David Warner's Evil Genius.

Time Bandits Movie Poster
Fernando Fro Reza
18" x 24" (Giclée) - Signed and Numbered
$55 - Limited to 100

Here's what Fernando had to say about his design (taken from ubercoolstuff.com):

"When Über Cool Stuff contacted me about following up our Brazil collaboration I was really excited. We have a mutual love for Terry Gilliam, and it meant another shot at commemorating one of my favorite directors. Time Bandits is a hard movie to encompass because of its huge scope. The characters move through these beautiful surreal landscapes and settings. The movie has a kind of dream logic to it that transitions you from scene to scene. My favorite example is the giant emerging from the sea. Visually that scene, along with David Warner’s crazy H.R. Giger-inspired headpiece, make up the elements of the print, and I hoped to capture the eclectic bizarre beautiful imagery that set the movie apart."

Fro Reza's Time Bandits poster is currently available through ubercoolstuff.com for $55. The print measures 18" x 24" and is limited to an edition of 100. To learn more about the artist, check out frodesignco.com and follow @frodesignco on Twitter.

Fernando Fro Reza's "Brazil" Movie Poster

I haven't covered every Fernando Fro Rezza print to date (although I have written about his work before), but it's safe to say I'm pretty much floored by everything the man comes out with. His newest release, honoring the cult classic Brazil, is no different. Much like Brazil, a very strange and unique film, there's something quite off kilter and disquieting about this print.

Brazil
Fernando Fro Reza
11" x 17"
$30 - Limited to 50

I like Fernando's work for many of the same reasons I like Olly Moss' work. They're both great at using and manipulating iconic images, often transforming them into multiple-layered masterpieces. They both also happen to use simple color palettes, but almost always end up creating something quite complex. Fernando's Brazil poster captures that strange Terry Gilliam magic by employing jutting angles, creepy baby masks (seriously, Jason's hockey mask and Michael Myers' halloween disguise have nothing on Gilliam's creation), and a well honed sense of the bizarre. It's ultimately the artist's mix of day dreams and nightmares, and of symmetry and disproportion, that clearly show Mr. Reza knows exactly what he's doing.

This signed and numbered poster is currently available through the website Uber Cool Stuff for $30. The print measures 11" x 17" and is limited to an edition of 50. I have a feeling this is a giclee and not a screen print, but I'm not certain. To learn more about Fernando be sure to visit his portfolio and blog, where you can purchase a bunch of his prints, which runs the gamut from The Dark Knight Rises to Rugrats to Doctor Who. Good night everyone! I'm off to file a complaint with Central Services.