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I only recently recognized that a high number of movie posters contain an actor(s) with a gun(s). Studios have obviously done their studies and we humans are ob
by thelittleone 5y ago
I only recently recognized that a high number of movie posters contain an actor(s) with a gun(s). Studios have obviously done their studies and we humans are obviously drawn to such imagery. I find it genuinely interesting from a psychology perspective.
It would be interesting to process a dataset of movie posters to determine the % containing guns (or other objects of interest).
- bootlooped 5y agoIt's interesting that's true even for movies where the character barely touches a gun. In the movie Layer Cake the main character even states he hates guns and loathes having to use one at one point. Yet most of the poster art features him holding a pistol.
- Wohlf 5y agoIt's also easy shorthand to signal "this is an action movie".