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Title: Helvetica (2007)
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Rick Poynor | ... | Himself |
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A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 September 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Гельветика See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$16,614, 18 September 2007, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$204,000, 1 June 2008Company Credits
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Rick Poynor: Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.
Michael Bierut: Everywhere you look you see typefaces. But there's one you probably see more than any other one, and that's Helvetica. You know, there it is, and it seems to come from no where. You know, it seems like air? It seems like gravity?
Jonathan Hoefler: And it's hard to evaluate it. It's like being asked what you think about off-white paint. It's just... it's just there. And it's hard to ...
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Written and Performed by Sam Prekop
The Afternoon Speaker Music
Courtesy of Thrill Jockey Records
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[first lines]Rick Poynor: Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.
Michael Bierut: Everywhere you look you see typefaces. But there's one you probably see more than any other one, and that's Helvetica. You know, there it is, and it seems to come from no where. You know, it seems like air? It seems like gravity?
Jonathan Hoefler: And it's hard to evaluate it. It's like being asked what you think about off-white paint. It's just... it's just there. And it's hard to ...
[...]
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Magic StepWritten and Performed by Sam Prekop
The Afternoon Speaker Music
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This is an 80 minute long movie about a font. People talk about the font, the history, the meaning and the significance of helvetica. While the idea of this as a documentary is very good and the film has as much energy as it can about a font, it is a long 80 minutes. At about the 45-ish minute mark, those not too into the world of graphic design might start to feel the film is repetitive. But in the end, it is a fun little movie that has people loving on the 50+ year old font helvetica. If that is your idea of a good time, you'll love this. If you say to yourself, "80 minutes about a typeface?" - this movie may not be for you.