British quad for Lili Marleen, Fassbinder’s 1981 film, another gorgeous piece of artwork by the great Tom Chantrell. I spotted a very affordable copy of this poster last week on eBay and almost pulled the trigger on it, but ultimately let it slip in a final moment of indecision - I don’t have the wall space to display it, and perhaps the swastika and suspenders are just a little too provocative for something that would be seen by visitors. I popped back onto eBay this evening in the hope that it was still there, but of course it’s gone. Hanna Schygulla looks fabulous here, and I love the 80’s flavor of the illustration, the Warlord-style blasting tanks, and there’s a nice bit of British video history courtesy of the Alpha logo on the bottom left. The film was released on VHS the following year on Alpha’s Intervision label.
