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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

TV 'Helvetica' Airing Tonight

Posted by Gillian Anderson on Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:49 PM

The film Helvetica is showing tonight on Independent Lens at 10:00 p.m. on channel 9.

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated its 50th birthday) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.

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I watched this via Netflix this weekend. It was great.

Posted by blaire with an e on January 6, 2009 at 5:02 PM

w00t, I can take it off my Netflix queueeueuuueueeueeeqeeue.

Posted by QQ something else. on January 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM

I think I saw this.

Was it at SIFF?

Very cool.

Posted by Will in Seattle on January 6, 2009 at 5:12 PM

*crickets*

Posted by Greg on January 6, 2009 at 5:14 PM

Add me to those who inquire: Will there be a mention of Helvetica Bold, Dan Savage's drag queen character? What about Helvetica Italic, Dan's ethnic comedian character?

Posted by Slip Mahoney on January 6, 2009 at 5:20 PM

what a boring movie...

Posted by teddy b on January 6, 2009 at 5:22 PM

@6 DON RUIN IT FOR MEeeeEEeee!

Posted by QQ something else. on January 6, 2009 at 5:51 PM

The dog dies at the end.

Posted by Rotten666 on January 6, 2009 at 6:04 PM

After you've seen the movie, check out this related tattoo:

http://typophile.com/node/52779

Posted by Uncle Vinny on January 6, 2009 at 6:17 PM

Life changing movie. After watching it, all you'll see is Helvetica, Helvetica, Helvetica

Posted by Bee on January 6, 2009 at 8:10 PM

I really enjoyed the film. I dragged my then boyfriend along, thoguh he swore it sounded horridly boring, but he wound up really loving it as well.

So don't judge the film on it's odd subject.

Posted by Marla on January 7, 2009 at 8:13 AM

Big hit at last last year's Hot Docs fest here. Go see it! It's fun and light.

Posted by Gloria on January 7, 2009 at 8:50 AM

The movie seems to want to convince the viewer that sans serif fonts were something new and amazing in the 1960s, but I was reading a copy of the Washington Post from 1901 yesterday and there were ads all over the place in a typeface virtually indistinguishable from Helvetica. The movie's basic thesis has a fundamentally flawed premise.

Posted by smade on January 7, 2009 at 9:57 AM

So, has anyone seen the prequel, Times Roman?

It's a great Italian flic.

Posted by Will in Seattle on January 7, 2009 at 10:05 AM

This is such a strange movie. There's one guy who is WAY too enthusiastic about the font itself, which is kind of uncomfortable to watch.

Posted by T on January 7, 2009 at 1:21 PM