The Ides of March Poster Splits the Difference

Robert here (Distant Relatives) with a look at The Ides of March poster which gives us half of Ryan and half of George staring out at us. What do we call this being? The Cloosling?

Still, it give us a look at both featured actors, throws in some political intrigue with the "is this man our next president?" line and is sure to get a few double takes hanging in a movie theater lobby. In that sense it's a well done poster. Then again, it's just about the only way to get George Clooney and Ryan Gosling together on a poster and make it somewhat aesthetically offputting.

It also reminds me of three similar face-mashing images in politics and movies.

• A famous magazine cover from 2000 that it might be intentionally referencing much in the way that Clooney's campaign posters reference Obama's.
• Ingmar Bergman's unsettling imagery from his film suggesting two people combining to build a bigger Persona.
• Or perhaps it's a more blunt assessment of a quality often found in politicians or operatives.

Newsweek 2000, Liv Ullman & Bibi Andersson in Persona, Two-Face

Comments

[Ryan T.]

Love love love this poster. It's just so well put together and eye-catching to boot. The Cloosling FTW! And you bring up the Bush/Gore mash-up, but how about this also famous cover that's actually from TIME?

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20080505,00.html

[Sherrie V]

I think this poster is genius!!!

[Jose]

Let's call him the Gosney and someone please get me a date with him/it!

[Kurtis O]

I'm not too crazy about this, but I like how the fold puts the word ME on Clooney's forehead.

[Kelley]

Amazing poster!!

[Janice]

IndieWire also has the trailer, I just watched it for the first time:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/watch_ryan_gosling_tries_to_find_integrity_in_politics_in_trailer_for_the/

The Year of the Goz? Indeed! Gosling, Cloony, Giametti - this just jumped to the top of my "must see" list.

[Arkaan]

Yeah, I think this poster is a masterstroke.