Nothing can instantly pull me out of a scene in a TV show or movie like a piece of set dressing that is clearly the work of a crew member who grabbed a handful of random freebie posters and threw them up, assuming only lonely nerds like me would notice or care.
Can anyone think of any key examples of this?
a'la Meadow Soprano, fan of Thrill Jockey rock band Gaunt as well as midwestern female rap duo Nadanuf:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mz8sKJ0vJUQ/THea2yP2UYI/AAAAAAAAAEM/it_vBRlcq98/s1600/10_sopranos_season_1_blu-ray.jpg
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 27 August 2010 11:10 (fifteen years ago)
Ferris Bueller has Killing Joke and Cabaret Volatire posters on his wall (alongside Simple Minds and Bryan Ferry, if memory serves).
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 27 August 2010 11:19 (fifteen years ago)
Oh wow at the Ulver poster!
― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Friday, 27 August 2010 11:20 (fifteen years ago)
http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ferris-room-recorder.jpg
Looks like Flesh for Lulu and the Rave-Ups are in there as well.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 27 August 2010 11:21 (fifteen years ago)
...and Blancmanage and ..Charlie Sexton? Ferris was nothing if not eclectic, evidently.
http://hookedonhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ferris-room-overview.jpg
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 27 August 2010 11:23 (fifteen years ago)
I noticed recently in "Greenberg" that Greta Gerwig has a Prinzhorn Dance School poster on her wall (their label head, of course, composed the score) as well as a Mayday (Saddle Creek indie-rockers) one.
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 27 August 2010 11:53 (fifteen years ago)
Every movie/tv show based in the 80s seems to have a devo poster on a teenagers wall
― X-101, Friday, 27 August 2010 12:32 (fifteen years ago)
The IT Crowd has lots of opportunities for indie fuxxor posterspotting, but it's all in character.
― seandalai, Friday, 27 August 2010 13:02 (fifteen years ago)