Poster Perfect

Something for the SE23 film enthusiasts…there is a Thai movie poster exhibition showing at the Horniman Museum which will run until 4 February.

The posters on display are just some of the thousands collected by Neil Pettigrew during his travels around south-east Asia during the past 10 years.

In an article, Mr. Pettigrew enthusiastically explains why Thailand’s amazing movie posters are a unique art form and how the artists expressed themselves much more visually than western poster artists:

"The Thai poster artists were largely unrestrained by the kind of censorship which governs posters produced in the West. As a result they were able to produce some of the most sensational and explosive images seen on posters anywhere in the world. If you have a taste for the dynamic action of high-kicking kung fu films, or for the blood-drenched gore of horror films, or for the steamy nudity of porn movies – then Thai movie posters will deliver all this and more."

It seems SE23 has gone Thai crazy, and Miss Kitty welcomes the influx of exotic and bold flavours and colours.