GRAPHIC DETAIL

N THE WORLD OF MOVIE POSTER ART, STEVEN Chorney is a veritable Comeback Kid. One of the most accomplished realist illustrators of the ’80s, Chorney, like so many of his peers, saw the market for hand-painted. A skilled portraitist with a light touch, Chorney’s most memorable ’80s posters feature David Bowie cradling Jennifer Connelly in an orb for , Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez hiding under a bed for , and Eddie Murphy lifting the Capitol dome for . He worked steadily throughout the ’80s and early ’90s until changing tastes, and Photoshop, led to a rapid decline in the use of illustrators for movie posters. For most of the next 20 years, Chorney worked for publishing and board game companies. But in the early 2010s the hipster-led appreciation for all things artisanal, coupled with the work of Mondo and The Criterion Collection, gave rise to a new demand for illustrated movie art. Chorney has recently created striking campaigns for , , and , but his most highprofile commission in recent years was for . Not only did Chorney illustrate the official one-sheet, he also created a couple of prominent prop posters within the film for the Rick Dalton vehicles and —a project bringing him full circle to the Hollywood of his youth.