Died Young Stayed Pretty
Living in Austin has it’s perks… one of them is South by Southwest– for those who don’t know it’s a citywide music, film, and media festival that brings artists from all over the country and world to the capitol of Texas.
This year, Died Young Stayed Pretty is a film directed by Eileen Yaghoobian that is having two screenings (3/14, 3/18) during the festival. According to the design magazine Print, Helvetica paved the way for this new brand of art/design doc (Amze did a review of Helvetica a while back). Let’s hope these are just the beginning.
The film spotlights the American rock music poster subculture. From the website…
Died Young Stayed Pretty is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. This unique documentary examines the creative spirit that drives these indie graphic artists. They pick through the dregs of America’s schizophrenic culture and piece them back together. What you end up with is a caricature of the black and bloated heart that pulses greed through the US economy.
Here’s the trailer…
On a related note, SXSW also features Flatstock– a poster convention produced in conjunction with the American Poster Institute. Should be interesting.
(Via Luanne Stovall)
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