Average movie poster size4/17/2024 I was pleasantly surprised that the bezels were much thinner on the actual product than in the product photo. When I was going through the Amazon listing, I was also a bit concerned that the bezels would be quite bulky after the poster was inserted. A matte texture would have been the way to go. As with piano black in cars, fingerprints and smudges are smeared everywhere. It’s a lofty frame and it does feel quite sturdy, but there was absolutely a cheap “piano black” vibe when the overhead lights were turned on. While this is a black frame that does look good from a distance, I don’t necessarily like the aluminum alloy material constructed from it. Unlike art frames, I do prefer black unobtrusive designs so that it doesn’t take away from the poster it’s accenting. I’m also not that excited at the frame body material used here as well. I understand why they had to put the rails for the hooks flaring out of the frame (the magnet layout), but I prefer the hooks hidden behind the backboard for a cleaner look. It’s not a complete eye sore to the overall aesthetics of the framed poster, but this is one aspect that does differentiate how Cinema chains display their frames. Since there are hanging hooks, they are visible on the wall holding up the frame. That means that this frame isn’t specifically built for movie posters as you could hypnotically insert a printed sign in landscape orientation. There are two sets of hanging hooks on both orientations of the frame. ![]() Not an Eyesore, but… Since there are hanging hooks, they are visible on the wall holding up the frame. Over time, the value of the remaining posters continued to climb and it was sought out not only by cinema fanatics, but comic collectors as well (which I’m in both clubs). However, like most things involving monetary value, not all of the posters were destroyed and this instantly became a piece of history. ![]() The reasoning for this was that seeing the World Trade Center buildings on a poster would be difficult on a nation mourning the loss of innocent lives. They were hung around the world for about a month before the tragedy of 9/11 where Sony then issued a worldwide recall to dispose of these posters. Dubbed the “Twin Towers”, this was the first Tobey Macguire Spider-Man poster on cinema walls promoting the movie. The poster I’ve wanted for years now and ultimately acquired was a special recalled poster from 2001. This still isn’t a preserving gadget, but it does have some qualities of preservation while displaying the art. For those who aren’t familiar with PMMA, it’s a plastic material that is often substituted for glass due to certain benefits of how it handles light emitting through it. A middle ground would be this Spolehli frame which uses a Ploy(methyl methacrylate) aka acrylic glass material to display a two-sided poster. That completely defeats the original intended purpose of a poster, which was to market and attract eyes to a movie. It’ll be rolled up and tubed away safely. This means that if you’re collecting to preserve the historical value of a poster, it shouldn’t see the light of day. Sunlight, tape and oxidation are the top enemies to every vintage poster collector. On the one hand, preserving paper is a big deal for old movie posters that hold value. Poster collecting is an odd field to dig into. While it was a bit on the pricey side, after hanging it up on the wall for months now, did it do the job I wanted it to do? What does it do? I didn’t necessarily find what I wanted in a lower price range and after searching outside of Amazon, I did eventually circle back to an LED poster frame on Amazon from Spolehli. As always, my go to in any purchasing situation was to check Amazon Prime first. I recently acquired a movie poster that had (in my opinion) cultural significance and wanted to display it properly and safely. Just because I haven’t reached the peak of my home theater design doesn’t mean I couldn’t start looking at things that would eventually add to the aesthetics. While I’ve made leeway into the arcadeaspect of my goal, I’m still a long ways away from having a well designed home cinema. I’m also a big history buff who hoards things because I enjoy preserving pieces of art that have significant rarity and value. As I got older, that concept evolved into an arcade/theater hybrid as I got further along into my filmmaking career. One of my goals as a child growing up in the 90’s was to have my own home arcade.
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