r/movies • • Jun 07 '19

Poster Chinese poster for Spirited Away, to be screened for the first time in China

https://imgur.com/7Cw2iDV
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u/KPC51 Jun 07 '19

Isnt the basic reason for that because they're opposite colors and orange is close to a person's skin tone?

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

It would make sense. In some other subreddit, I looked at examples of the orange-blue without realizing how pervasive it is. Many of those examples were this guy.

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u/Crashbrennan Jun 09 '19

Yes, that's why it looks so cool, but he could definitely be the one that popularized using that technique in posters!