FILM - HELVETICA [BLU-RAY]

Details

• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Helvetica is a documentary film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. An exploration of urban spaces and the type that inhabits them, Helvetica invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.; Interviewees in Helvetica include some of the most illustrious and innovative names in the design world: Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignetti, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut, David Carson, Paula Scher, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Michael C. Place, Norm, Alfred Hoffmann, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer, Leslie Savan, Rick Poynor, and Lars Muller. ;
• Cast: Michael Bierut, Neville Brody, David Carson, Matthew Carter, Wim Crouwel, Tobias Frere-Jones, Otmar Hoefer, Jonathan Hoefler, Alfred Hoffmann, Manuel Krebs, Lars Müller, Mike Parker, Michael C. Place, Rick Poynor, Stefan Sagmeister, Leslie Savan, Paula Scher, Erik Spiekermann, Bruno Steinert, Danny van den Dungen, Massimo Vignelli, Hermann Zapf, Gary Hustwit
• Director: Gary Hustwit
• Runtime: 1:20
• Company: Plexifilm, Swiss Dots
• Media Format: Movie