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Saul Bass's movie posters rejected by Stanley Kubrick

Added by TEAM 2 8 on Apr 2nd, 2026

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This pieces are ones of the 300 versions rejected that the legendary designer Saul Bass produced to create one of the most iconic movie poster of all time for one of the greatest movie ever made in cinema history, “The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick. The rejections became famous because of Kubrick's handwritten critiques.

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