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the film is excellent. we leapt at the chance. we presented evan with a range of possible directions the poster could take, and he chose this one.

first we needed a close-up photograph of—the film's star—kole kimbro's eye. kole kindly obliged and evan sent a photographer to los angeles to retrieve this image. then we began building the eye's reflection out in photoshop, using stills from the film. when the work was done we smoked a cigarette, stubbed it out and covered the poster with its remains.

the film follows an idealistic film director as he clashes on set with his volatile star over how the mythological character of hercules should be portrayed. their creative disagreement quickly becomes a battle for control. as tensions erupt. both men are forced to question what strength, power and virtue truly mean. inspired by real experiences behind the scenes of a hollywood production, the film explores what happens when artistic ideals collide with ego, populism and the desire for control.

we presented sam with a range of directions the poster could take, and he chose the one you see here. inspired by a still image from kyoshi kurosawa's film the excitement of the do-re-mi-fa girl (bumpkin soup), caspar made the poster in the berlin studio using a still image from the film, a photograph of a roman statue of a young hercules, a laptop, paper, a printer, natural light and a camera.

an exercise in minimalism, compatibility and search engine optimization, the site functions simply and intuitively on mobile and desktop. furthermore it provides access to as near a complete works by the painter as there has yet been available.

the site would be nothing of course without the incredible fine art photography of the ipswich-based, douglas atfield. doug has visited thomas's studio on regular occasions and lit, photographed and elegantly cropped almost every single one of thomas's works to date.