American Beauty
http://www.impawards.com/1999/american_beauty.html
The American Beauty poster is basically using only a few colors. The most prevalent color is the flesh tone which is displaying contrast - the right side seems to be a bit shadowed. The hand is coming in from the left and seems to be placing the red rose on this female's tummy. The redness of the rose stands out in stark contrast to the flesh tone.
The word "BEAUTY" is bold and stands apart from the word "AMERICAN." This seems to imply that beauty is more important than American. All of the letters in the title are capitalized, whereas the letters of the names in the credits are not. Beads of moisture on the rose indicate this film is of a steamy, sexual nature. The youthfulness of the hand shows that the sexual theme probably involves at least one young, sexy woman.
This poster gives the impression that the movie is a romantic comedy. I say comedy because the rose is an American Beauty Rose; the title is a play on words.
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