Minimalist Movie Posters

Erica Gamet

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I have loved minimalist design since way before I knew the style had a name (or that it was even a style). I was the kid with a poster featuring silhouettes of Han Solo and pals in her bedroom. Luckily for me and other lovers of spartan style, designer Nick Barclay has created a set of prints that satisfies my love of minimalism and movies with his series of movie posters that contain only circles. Yep. He doesn’t even mix it up with an oval or a swirl!

By using only circles, Barclay has distilled down a theme, character, or plot device to its barest form. Obviously Lord of the Rings is pretty straightforward with its “one ring to rule them all.” The two blood-red bitemarks depicting Bram Stoker’s Dracula is genius in its simplicity and I incorrectly guessed Chocolat instead of Forrest Gump when presented with the various shades of brown circles and clearly seeing a box of chocolates. And while I thought the red and blue pills from The Matrix was clever, I laughed quite loudly (sorry, fellow Starbucks patrons) when I saw the depiction of one of Total Recall‘s most memorable characters. You know the one.

The prints are available for sale on Barclay’s website, along with his series of world cities, planets, and adult beverages to name a few. Most of the prints run about $23USD before shipping. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some film buffs* to buy presents for.

*me