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Helvetica
2007 80m Not Rated
Documentary
7.2
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A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.
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Directed By
Gary Hustwit
Studio
Swiss Dots
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Cast of Helvetica
Michael Bierut
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Neville Brody
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David Carson
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Manfred Schulz
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Massimo Vignelli
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Rick Poynor
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Wim Crouwel
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Matthew Carter
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Alfred Hoffmann
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Mike Parker
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Otmar Hoefer
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Bruno Steinert
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Hermann Zapf
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Leslie Savan
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Tobias Frere-Jones
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Jonathan Hoefler
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Erik Spiekermann
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Lars Müller
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Paula Scher
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Stefan Sagmeister
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Erwin Brinkers
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Marieke Stolk
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Danny van den Dungen
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Michael C. Place
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Manuel Krebs
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Dimitri Bruni
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Helvetica Reviews
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Director Gary Hustwit opens our eyes to the visual culture of typography in much the same way as Andy Warhol once freed us from the tyranny of advertising, by inviting reflection upon that which is intended as a subliminal encounter.
New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
Overlong but fascinating, Gary Hustwit's documentary posits Helvetica, a sans-serif typeface developed in 1957.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The computer revolution may have democratized graphic design, letting anyone decorate his own desktop or MySpace page, but a certain amount of conformity is necessary for society to function.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
By rounding up a great group of eloquent obsessives eager to explain their feelings about a font, Hustwit has come up with 80 unexpectedly blissful minutes.
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
A little like a study of the American Civil War that discusses the Confederacy without mentioning the Union.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets
A splendid documentary about one typeface, designed in 1957 in Switzerland.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
Helvetica is one of those rare films in which the exploration of a specific topic leads to expanding horizons of perception.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Even viewers who've never given a serif a second thought are in for an exclamation point of joy from such a well-designed doc.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Though their interest sometime borders on obsessive, [director] Hustwit's stellar roster of experts parse Helvetica's origins and implications with engaging passion and striking articulateness.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Helvetica makes a game attempt to understand how typefaces have been applied to contemporary modes of information and how battle lines have been drawn about their usage.
Village Voice
Julia Wallace
Helvetica keenly distills the eternal aesthetic battle between the classical and the baroque and explores what happens when a revolution goes mainstream.
Film Journal International
Chris Barsanti
Helvetica spins its wheels for a good part of its rather short running time, making the same points over and again, with diminishing effect each time.
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Rob Nelson
Funny to think that the font movie would have the potential to restore one's faith in art and its myriad meanings, but it does.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Rumsey Taylor
Appropriately, once the final credits roll, you're likely to sit through them with an enhanced understanding of the typeface they're in.
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