{"product_id":"love-is-a-funny-thing-あの愛をふたたび-original-japanese-movie-poster-1969-b2-size-51-73-cm-za1064","title":"“Love Is a Funny Thing” \/ 「あの愛をふたたび」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1969, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA1064","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"343\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"157\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"232\"\u003eLove Is a Funny Thing \/ 「あの愛をふたたび」\u003c\/strong\u003e, the romantic drama directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"283\"\u003eClaude Lelouch\u003c\/strong\u003e and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"319\"\u003eJean-Paul Belmondo\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"342\"\u003eAnnie Girardot\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"680\"\u003eA stylish late-1960s European romance, \u003cstrong data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"409\"\u003eLove Is a Funny Thing\u003c\/strong\u003e combines \u003cstrong data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"530\"\u003eFrench New Wave atmosphere, emotional melancholy, American road-movie imagery, and the music of Francis Lai\u003c\/strong\u003e. This Japanese poster is especially attractive, with a sophisticated photomontage design, rich nocturnal city imagery, and elegant period typography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"1048\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"701\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"704\"\u003eReleased in \u003cstrong data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"724\"\u003e1969\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"751\"\u003eLove Is a Funny Thing\u003c\/strong\u003e follows a French film composer and a French actress who meet while working on a production in Los Angeles. Though both are married, they are drawn into a passionate affair, travelling together across the American West as their relationship becomes both intensely romantic and painfully transient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1302\"\u003eThe film was directed and photographed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1110\"\u003eClaude Lelouch\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a screenplay by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1151\"\u003eClaude Lelouch\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1179\"\u003ePierre Uytterhoeven\u003c\/strong\u003e. The principal cast includes \u003cstrong data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1301\"\u003eJean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Maria Pia Conte, Marcel Bozzuffi, and Farrah Fawcett\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1514\"\u003eThe film remains admired for its \u003cstrong data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1456\"\u003estylish visual language, naturalistic romantic atmosphere, American locations, and melancholic score by Francis Lai\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose music gives the story much of its emotional force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1899\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1533\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1536\"\u003eThe Japanese poster uses a dramatic and highly atmospheric \u003cstrong data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1623\"\u003ephotomontage composition\u003c\/strong\u003e. The upper half is dominated by large, superimposed portraits of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1711\"\u003eJean-Paul Belmondo\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1716\" data-end=\"1734\"\u003eAnnie Girardot\u003c\/strong\u003e, set against a glowing nighttime cityscape. Their faces are presented in warm, intimate tones, giving the poster a sense of memory, longing, and emotional distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"2190\"\u003eAt left, a small black-and-white inset shows an intimate scene between the lovers, while below, a yellow convertible races through a dusty American roadscape. The very bottom features the couple embracing on a modern walkway, reinforcing the film’s mood of fleeting romance and separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2192\" data-end=\"2229\"\u003eThe principal Japanese tagline reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2497\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2298\"\u003e「あの愛は遠く空の果て… 再び帰らぬ慕情のうたを フランスの名匠ルルーシュと フランシス・レイの名曲でつづる 珠玉の名作──」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2298\" data-end=\"2301\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2301\" data-end=\"2497\"\u003e“That love is far away, at the edge of the sky... A jewel-like masterpiece, weaving a song of longing that will never return, by French master Lelouch and the celebrated music of Francis Lai.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2499\" data-end=\"2828\"\u003eThe centre of the poster is dominated by the sweeping green Japanese title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2588\"\u003e「あの愛をふたたび」\u003c\/strong\u003e, rendered in expressive hand-styled lettering. The original French title \u003cstrong data-start=\"2662\" data-end=\"2687\"\u003eUN HOMME QUI ME PLAIT\u003c\/strong\u003e appears at left in clean blue block letters. 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