A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
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A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only

A24

For Promotional Use Only
1st Edition, 2024
A24 Films

£40

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An archaeological dig into the fever dream of Hollywood marketing from the late 20th century. For Promotional Use Only is a lavish compilation of over 160 bizarre pieces of movie promo merch from the boom era of studio swag, assembled with a fetishist’s devotion by A24. Beyond baseball caps, neckties and satin jackets, a Kill Bill katana letter opener, knee hi stockings promoting Jaws, and a set of Being John Malkovich matryoshka dolls are amongst the zanier ephemera that studios once dreamed would make a film tangible in its viewers hands. Each object is photographed with the kind of reverence usually reserved for art pieces, tracing Hollywood’s willingness to go wild with giveaway culture, mapping the exuberant rise of cinema merch as its own lived aesthetic where consumer kitsch becomes cultural artefact.

Condition: New 236 pages, 22 × 28cm

A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only
A24: For Promotional Use Only