Now, if you haven't seen the film, it's a sad little tragedy set decades ago in a small maritime mining community. Helena Bonham Carter plays Margaret - a woman who hates the local coal mine. You see, the mine has taken the lives of so many of her family, friends and neighbours. Everyone in this small town has lost someone to the mine. The town's men's lungs are all black with coal dust.
One day, she meets a Man and falls in love, but makes him promise never to work in the mine. Ever. Well, as you can guess, things go bad and he is forced to take a job in the mine to make ends meet.
There is an accident and many miners are killed - including Margaret's Brother, Father, Grandfather and Husband.
This is too much for her to bear, and when she collects the bodies, she cuts out various body parts, stores them in jars and creates her own 'museum' to the horrors of the mine. "The Cost of Coal."
She cuts out her Grandfather's blackened lungs and displays them beside her Husband's normal lungs - to show the damage caused by years of working in the coalpits.
She cuts off her younger Brother's penis - because he was a teenager, and it was the most important thing in his life.
She fills her little house with this kind of stuff as her way of fighting back at the evil mine. Basically, she goes nuts.
One day, she meets a Man and falls in love, but makes him promise never to work in the mine. Ever. Well, as you can guess, things go bad and he is forced to take a job in the mine to make ends meet.
There is an accident and many miners are killed - including Margaret's Brother, Father, Grandfather and Husband.
This is too much for her to bear, and when she collects the bodies, she cuts out various body parts, stores them in jars and creates her own 'museum' to the horrors of the mine. "The Cost of Coal."
She cuts out her Grandfather's blackened lungs and displays them beside her Husband's normal lungs - to show the damage caused by years of working in the coalpits.
She cuts off her younger Brother's penis - because he was a teenager, and it was the most important thing in his life.
She fills her little house with this kind of stuff as her way of fighting back at the evil mine. Basically, she goes nuts.
If you've looked around this site, you'll know that I'm a movie lover (heck, I work in the industry) and that I collect vintage movie posters.
This is my very favorite poster related story ever!
Not only is it ridiculous and funny - it shows you how unbelievably idiotic are the people running the Entertainment Industry (as if you didn't know that already)...
I once had the opportunity to meet Mort Ransen, the director of a little film called Margaret's Museum.
This is my very favorite poster related story ever!
Not only is it ridiculous and funny - it shows you how unbelievably idiotic are the people running the Entertainment Industry (as if you didn't know that already)...
I once had the opportunity to meet Mort Ransen, the director of a little film called Margaret's Museum.
(ANOTHER REASON) WHY FILM EXECS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE!...
Now, this isn't a horror movie or gore fest. It's a serious drama about a woman who loses everything to the mine - and it finally breaks her. It's an art-house film that won many international awards (Roger Ebert gives it 3.5 out of 4 stars). It even played at the most important film festivals on Earth - and this is where the ridiculous part comes in...
For one of the uber-major Film Festivals, the distributor needed to produce a poster for the film. They, of course, didn't consult with anyone who made the film and decided to produce their own...
So, there's the Director walking into the red-carpet premiere of his tender little drama. And, he's confronted with the film's poster (that he has never seen before), plastered everywhere around the cinema...
So, what did the distributors decide would be the perfect visual representation of the film:
A MASSIVE CLOSE-UP OF A SEVERED PENIS IN A JAR.
No shit! A penis in a jar!
You gotta love how Hollywood thinks!
PS. If anyone has a copy of this poster that they want to sell (or even an image of it that I could post), please contact me!
For one of the uber-major Film Festivals, the distributor needed to produce a poster for the film. They, of course, didn't consult with anyone who made the film and decided to produce their own...
So, there's the Director walking into the red-carpet premiere of his tender little drama. And, he's confronted with the film's poster (that he has never seen before), plastered everywhere around the cinema...
So, what did the distributors decide would be the perfect visual representation of the film:
A MASSIVE CLOSE-UP OF A SEVERED PENIS IN A JAR.
No shit! A penis in a jar!
You gotta love how Hollywood thinks!
PS. If anyone has a copy of this poster that they want to sell (or even an image of it that I could post), please contact me!