Chuck Sperry created this poster for the 90’s classic ‘coming of age’ comedy “Dazed and Confused” for Odd City Entertainment’s inaugural release. It is a 20″ x 35″ 9-color Screenprint w/ 3 metallics, signed/numbered and available on regular (Ed of 240, $65) and Opalescent Pearl (Ed of 50, $135) paper.
The prints will be sold at Austin Film Society’s Dazed and Confused screening event on March 6th at the Marchesa Hall & Theatre in Austin, TX – more info can be found at the event page. Event attendees will receive priority when purchasing. All net proceeds from the sale of the art prints will benefit the Austin Film Society.
For those that miss the screening Chuck Sperry will have additional copies available for sale during an H18 Project live event at the H18 Studio in Oakland on Thursday, March 7th from 6-9 pm located at 1428 34th Street, followed by an online release on www.chucksperry.net on Friday, March 8, 2013 at a random time.
Any remaining prints will be sold on the Odd City store after that. Sign-up for the newsletter, or follow on Twitter or Facebook for more info.
“Dazed and Confused” by Chuck Sperry. 20″ x 35″ 9-color Screenprint. Regular (Ed of 240, $65) : Opalescent Pearl (Ed of 50, $135)
“I was born in 1962 and was fourteen in 1976, I remember that year vividly. I was growing up in Ohio. If I’d grown up in Austin, Texas, I would have been Mitch in Dazed and Confused. In fact, Mitch is my referent within this well balanced ensemble cast in Richard Linklater’s outstanding paean to the era of my youth.
Like Mitch, I loved pinball, and the Fireball machine specifically, the popular arcade game upon which my Dazed and Confused poster is based. You can see it in the Emporium; Slater plays Fireball in the pinball scene. Pinball reflects the nuts and bolts affections of the analog spirit of ’76. To me, Dazed and Confused presents a pinball storyline structure and afforded me the opportunity to present the cast in equal weight to emphasize the ensemble nature of the film. They appear as bonus lights on the play table. I reproduced Mr. Linklater’s director notes to the actors on the pinball instruction card. The directions inspire the cast towards spontaneity, truthfulness, and in Linklater’s words, “100% accuracy and thoroughness in detail”, as I sincerely hope is also reflected in my poster design.
There’s a groovy, bicentennial pop quality to the mod design elements and use of gold and blue-silver metallic ink, and the use of nine colors to portray this icon to a bygone era immortalized in Mr. Linklater’s far out movie.” – Chuck Sperry
