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I watched this via Netflix this weekend. It was great.
w00t, I can take it off my Netflix queueeueuuueueeueeeqeeue.
I think I saw this.
Was it at SIFF?
Very cool.
*crickets*
Add me to those who inquire: Will there be a mention of Helvetica Bold, Dan Savage’s drag queen character? What about Helvetica Italic, Dan’s ethnic comedian character?
what a boring movie…
@6 DON RUIN IT FOR MEeeeEEeee!
The dog dies at the end.
After you’ve seen the movie, check out this related tattoo:
http://typophile.com/node/52779
Life changing movie. After watching it, all you’ll see is Helvetica, Helvetica, Helvetica
I really enjoyed the film. I dragged my then boyfriend along, thoguh he swore it sounded horridly boring, but he wound up really loving it as well.
So don’t judge the film on it’s odd subject.
Big hit at last last year’s Hot Docs fest here. Go see it! It’s fun and light.
The movie seems to want to convince the viewer that sans serif fonts were something new and amazing in the 1960s, but I was reading a copy of the Washington Post from 1901 yesterday and there were ads all over the place in a typeface virtually indistinguishable from Helvetica. The movie’s basic thesis has a fundamentally flawed premise.
So, has anyone seen the prequel, Times Roman?
It’s a great Italian flic.
This is such a strange movie. There’s one guy who is WAY too enthusiastic about the font itself, which is kind of uncomfortable to watch.