Exclusive: Craig Drake's HAIL, CAESAR! Poster For Hero Complex Gallery
Craig Drake is one of my favorite working artists right now (here's my review of his book of artwork), so I'm happy to debut his brand new poster celebrating the new film Hail, Caesar! The movie is the Coen Brothers' love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood (my review here), and the awesome Los Angeles-based Hero Complex Gallery currently has an entire collection of posters dedicated to the film which you can check out right here.
Drake's addition focuses on Scarlett Johansson's starlet character, DeeAnna Moran, and it's rendered with the striking lines for which he's known. You can see him having some fun with the shadows here, reminiscent of the ones evoked in many of the film noir movies of the era.
Here are the specs of the poster:
Craig Drake
"DeeAnna"
24"x36" Screen Print
Edition of 100
$60
And here's a quick word from Mr. Drake himself:
"I was heavily inspired by George Lucas' personal collection of golden age Hollywood movie posters which lined the walls of Lucasfilm's SF headquarters. I've been wanting to work in 40's & 50's noir style for some time! Applying it to the Coen Brothers' Hail Caesar! film was the most perfect fit. They are masters at immersing you in this era. Especially films like The Hudsucker Proxy, one of my all time favorites."
The poster will be available this morning around 8:30am PT at HCG's official site, so make sure to head that way if you want to pick one of these up for yourselves.