Bob Friedman Orchestra - Anatomy Of A Murder - Music from the Duke Ellington score (1959) (@256)

In this post, we'll deal with the brilliant film Precious and its fantastic movie teaser poster. The film definitely deserves its awards and nominations; the six Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Sidibe), Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique), Best Director (Daniels), Best Adapted Screenplay (Fletcher), and Best Film Editing (Klotz) are the most famous of them. The film's poster art is also a good opportunity to remember Saul Bass, one of the most prominent graphic designers in Hollywood.


















His tremendous work has influenced many; the similarity between his poster of Anatomy of a Murder and the poster of Precious is the last evidence of his influence. Between the two films, there is also Spike Lee's Clockers which is also based on the same concept.

















Furthermore, Bass has created some of the most memorable movie title sequences; his work for Vertigo is characteristic of the body of his work and is simply astonishing.


The uploaded album here, although it definitely worth a listen, is one of the most misleading albums in history! When I bought it I believed I bought the Duke Ellington original score, since the name of Bob Friedman who (along with his Orchestra) actually offers us an adaptation of the original score, is not printed anywhere on the front or back cover! Someone has to notice the circular stickers in the middle of the record to read the name of his group.

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