KIDS
Original German theatrical poster — Larry Clark — Senator Film
Original German theatrical poster for Larry Clark's KIDS, issued for the film's 1995 German release. The design localises the film's now-iconic four-colour youth portrait imagery with German-language copy, distributor branding and contemporary critical framing.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Senator Film
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete single-sheet poster; no section is reported missing.
- Date
- 9 November 1995 (German theatrical release)
- Film
- KIDS
- Territory
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Format
- German A1 theatrical poster
- Dimensions
- 59.4 × 84.1 cm
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Status
- Original theatrical poster
- Release context
- German theatrical release
- Distributor
- Senator Film
Catalogue note
Original German theatrical poster for Larry Clark's KIDS, issued for the film's 1995 German release. The design localises the film's now-iconic four-colour youth portrait imagery with German-language copy, distributor branding and contemporary critical framing. Preserved as folded cinema ephemera, it provides a regional material record of the reception and promotion of one of the defining independent films of 1990s youth culture.
Why this object matters
The original German theatrical sheet directly documents KIDS' territorial promotion and contemporary youth imagery. Its folded, handled survival remains valuable alongside the US LaserDisc and UK DVD, without being conflated with an original US campaign or unique artwork.
Evidence limits: Complete single-sheet poster; no section is reported missing.
Historical context
A regional material record of the German promotion and reception of a defining independent film of 1990s youth culture, linked directly to Larry Clark, Harmony Korine, Leo Fitzpatrick and Chloë Sevigny.
Uncertainties
- Poster designer / graphic studio has not been securely verified; no print run or surviving-copy count is known. The rough 60 × 80 cm owner estimate is retained only in immutable accession history and is superseded in the canonical catalogue by the documented German A1 size.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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