i don’t know about richter.. though i was looking through some world cinema dvd’s today and the bfi cover of salo stood out and i am not sure why such a cover is used 4 this type of film because from of all the thousand’s of freeze frames they could use 4 the design they use a titillating image not representing the sadness and what 4 more sales?
Think it’s great. The 120 dash-marks are very creepy and didactic, and not particularly Richter-y in ideology compared to the background image. And the transformation of the human form into an exploited symbol rather than an accurate representation of an autonomous being is spot on in keeping with the film’s style of doing the same.
Travis
Recently I was admiring my new copy of Salo and as usual appreciating Criterion’s excellent design decisions… I am curious if the artist who ‘painted’ the cover image was working from the style of Gerhard Richter?
The soft, out of focus technique as well as the odd framing and position of the girl reminds me greatly of Richter’s painting style — what do you think?
Some examples of Richter’s portraiture style:
http://sarahatlee.com/archivedposts/Richter_Betty.jpg
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2009/1/22/1232632799065/I.G.-by-Gerhard-Richter-001.jpg
http://quietbubble.typepad.com/quiet_bubble/images/gerhard_richter_reading.jpeg