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By | September 27, 2008
While finding the hottest new trend is always easy on a college campus, sometimes the hot new trend is an old one that came back again. In the 1960s lava lamps and beads decorated every bedroom and Volkswagen Van in sight and in the 1990s they were spotted in nearly every girl’s college dorm room. In the 1960s and the 1970s, psychedelic colored posters and black lights were all the rage. In the mid 1990s, they were back again in full force. So, what is this years’ crop of college freshman decorating their walls with?
Vintage movie posters are populating walls from Hudson University to UCLA and everywhere in between. Girls that weren’t even a glimmer in their parents’ eyes when “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was released are hanging Audrey on their walls and purchasing dark sunglasses and pearl necklaces. Classic movie posters from A-list hits like “Scarface” to D-list wonders like “Evil Dead” are hung daily. The black and white posters are just the tip of the movie memorabilia mountain.
What draws young men and women back to the drive in, to old fashioned movies made in black and white? It’s not clear why they want to watch these classics again and again, but maybe 20 somethings crave a return to simpler times, when the world wasn’t so complicated and humor was just for fun.
Merchandising makes millions. At times, merchandising for films can make more than the film itself. With vintage movie posters being more popular than ever, college poster sales all around the country are making a killing selling out of old “Dracula” and “The Blob” posters, even more so than posters of recent films. From figurines and accessories to catch phrase t-shirts and movie posters, everything from your favorite feature film can be bought and sold.
Posters can bring back the magic of another time and a fantasy of what might have been. They can help capture the spirit of a time you wish you lived in or help to keep memories alive. Some students put up posters to remind them of childhood or high school, some put them up to let other know who they are. Independent art/film posters and vintage movies posters use to only be displayed on the walls of film students, but the audience for them now, is so much larger.
Movie posters of Faye Dunaway and Elvis Presley really seem to be one of the perfect gifts for son’s, daughter’s, niece’s, nephew’s or even that special college student. They were then and still are very popular wall items. As they unroll the poster and smile, remind them to save these movie posters. Twenty years from now who knows they could be the hot item once again.
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- Daniel Wright
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