The Needle Viktor Tsoi Kino New Wave

£375.00

Original vintage movie poster for a Soviet thriller film The Needle (Игла / Igla) directed by Rashid Nugmanov and starring the Soviet rock musician from the band Kino Viktor Tsoi (Viktor Robertovich Tsoy; 1962-1990) as the main character Moro and Marina Smirnova as his drug addicted girlfriend Dina; one of Kazakhstan's first new wave films. Colourful artwork featuring the character Moro wearing fashionable 1980s clothing and sunglasses with gloves, standing under a scorching desert sun with a lady lying down and man sitting on the cracked dry earth behind him, a statue and shipwreck visible in the background and the title text in tall blue letters in the foreground, the letter L stretched out as the shadow of Moro. Horizontal. Good condition, printing defect resulting in slight doubling of image, creases in margins.

Country

Russia

Year

1988

Style

Soviet Film Posters

Artist

V. Karakashchev

Size (cm)

56x85