Surf movie tonite! - surf movie poster art, 1957-2004

Häftad bok. Chronicle Books. 2005. 145 sidor.

Mycket gott skick. Surf movies have always attracted a certain kind of audience: passionate, committed, and, quite often, stoned.
• The posters that advertised these low-budget movies began as colourful notices stapled onto beach-side telephone polls in the early fifties. They were full of promises - "See the biggest wave EVER!!", "You'll NEVER witness a wipeout this big!!" - and surfers poured in, wanting to see the best surfers of the day on the greatest waves.
• Five decades later, surf expert Matt Warshaw brings to wave riders everywhere this singular collection of more than 140 amazing and rare posters, covering everything from the vacuous optimism of Gidget to the psychedelic inventiveness of Pacific Vibrations. Including old ticket stubs, photos of old-time premieres and a side-splitting history of the surf movie in all its shaggy glory, Surf Movie Tonite! brilliantly illustrates the intersection of beach and film culture.