Fando and Lis movie poster
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Oct 27th, 2024. Artwork published in
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Alphabet Lapidaire Monstre was originally shown by Jean Midolle around 1835. A simplified version – ALM Text, if you will – was used in 1971 on a poster for Fando and Lis.
Fando y Lis is the feature length directorial debut of Chilean-French film maker Alejandro Jodorowsky. It’s based on a 1958 play by Fernando Arrabal. Produced in Mexico, the surrealist film premiered at the 1968 Acapulco Film Festival. The use of ALM here likely is a nod to Marcel Duchamp’s appropriation of Midolle’s typeface for La Septième face du dé from 1936.
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The version from the poster (left), compared to the original by Midolle (right). The names inside the base serifs have been removed, and the level of ornamentation decreased.
