Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
The Graphic Art and
Forgotten Spy Films of Cold War Europe
The Exhibition Catalogue
To coincide with the Kiss Kiss
Kill Kill touring exhibition, The
KKKK Archive is proud to announce the publication of a full colour catalogue
to celebrate this exciting touring show.
KKKK will appeal to everyone who loves “Eurospy†and the spy film genre. The
curator of the KKKK Archive, Richard
Rhys Davies, has spent many years creating one of the finest collections of
spy film posters in the world. The catalogue presents a selection of posters
from all over Europe as well as
fascinating artwork for many forgotten Soviet
bloc films.
The book is a large format A4 all colour art book on 100g paper stock
featuring over 100 stunning newly restored posters. All artwork from the KKKK exhibition is featured as well as
an introductory essay by the curator Richard Rhys Davies. The catalogue is
divided into the following chapters:
· The Iron
Curtain is Drawn
· Espion
Noir: French spy cinema before
James Bond
· Fritz
Lang : inventor of the spy
film
· Eurospy: The European Co-Production
· Fumetti
Nero Italiano
· Out of the Rubble: West
German Escapist Cinema
· Paella Spy: The Spanish Connection
· Spaghetti Spy: The Italian Factory 1964 -1967
· The Spy in the Cold: British Spy Films
· Czechoslovakia Before and After ’68
· Eastern Bloc Poster Design: The Polish and Czech Schools
· Eastern
Bloc Spy Films: Quotas
· Eastern Bloc Spy Films: Romania
· Eastern Bloc Spy Films: Russia
You can buy here directly from kisskisskillkillarchive.com website using Paypal.
Price is £24.99 (€29.99 / $39.99)
with free postage.
Alternatively there are credit card facilities available at pinkcatshop.com
It is also available on amazon.co.uk, amazon.com, amazon.fr
and amazon.de
See the whole archive on line
and for further details of touring
venues for the exhibition visit kisskisskillkillarchive.com
Touring exhibition
organised by the University of Hertfordshire Galleries and The Kiss Kiss Kill
Kill Archive in association with Goethe Institut, London, EUNIC and St. Albans
Museums.