Far from the limelight of Cannes, Greece's last painter of film posters toils away in a little garden studio to deliver his latest commission. Vassilis Dimitriou is 80 years old, works alone and knows his days on the job are numbered -- his left hand trembles from the early onset of Parkinson's disease. "For instance I have drawn Clint Eastwood 50 times.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Greece's last film poster painter soldiers on
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