A documentary by Gary Hustwit
Helvetica is an independent feature-length documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered around the typeface of the same name.
The documentary was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typeface’s introduction in 1957. Film content consists of a history of the typeface interspersed with candid interviews with leading graphic and type designers, including Wim Crouwel, Michael Bierut, Erik Spiekermann, and Massimo Vignelli.
The film aims to show Helvetica’s beauty and ubiquity, and illuminate the personalities that are behind typefaces. It also explores the rift between modernists and postmodernists, with the latter expressing and explaining their criticisms of the famous typeface.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Official movie site: Helvetica
Veer’s (co-producer) site: Helvetica Film
Posted on 10/09/2010
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