Gorgeous Prints Turn Great Films Into Starry Constellations
Dorothy Star Chart, Open Edition Pairs Dorothy From The Jazz Singer to Avatar in two prints. Design studio Dorothy (see: these awesome color wheels made from musicians and songs) have struck again with a set of "Star Charts" that map classic Hollywood films through constellations: one charts films from the Golden Age, the other charts films from the Modern Age. The individual stars represent actors and directors, and the constellations represent the movies themselves. For example: Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart and Paul Henreid make the constellation Casablanca. In the first print, the designers at Dorothy created a print for the classics, working off what the night sky over Los Angeles looked like on October 6, 1927. That was the day The Jazz Singer, the first film with synchronized dialogue, began the slow demise of silent film and ushered in the Golden Age. Included on the print are 62 films like...