I like the collage elements of this poster. The unfinished quality of it makes it look less professional, yet more professional at the same time. It's unfinished enough that it has an intentional quality to it. I also enjoy the very simple colour scheme.
I enjoy the use of the poster surface itself as a subject of the design. The writing in blood is clearly written on the poster itself, or else on a piece of glass, like a window, which is otherwise not transparent. The dripping blood in the previous poster has a similar concept behind it. In both cases, the design reminds the viewer that they are in fact looking at a poster, not the subject within the poster; in that sense the designs are quite Brechtian.
Now here's a very avant garde use of collage. Very comedic and also kind of disturbing. Definitely gives the impression of a black comedy. Like the first poster, the intentionally unfinished nature of the design, the hand-made, almost unprofessional style is very compelling.
Reminiscent of Magritte's "Son of Man," this enigmatic image of a man with a type-writer obstructing his face challenges us to see behind the surface. The man and the object blend, yet are at war with one another, a comment on the nature of modern life.
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