Warner Bros. Italia
Logophile, Jesse Coffey
Captures by
EnormousRat
Video captures courtesy of
4R Geo, The AVTB Archives
1st (known) Logo (1989 -2002)
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the Italian trailer of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Logo: On the blue sky with clouds background is the WB shield with "WARNER BROS. ITALIA" in the banner. Then "PRESENTA" (or sometimes Distribuzione) fades in below.
Variant: There is a 2.35:1 scope version of this logo.
FX/SFX: The zoom out and the text fading.
Music/Sounds: Usually silent, the film's opening theme, or the 80s WB fanfare.
Availability: Extremely Rare. Was seen on WB films released in Italy. Most current releases use U.S domestic prints, so this is long gone for the most part. However, it can still be spotted on some WB Italian productions such as I Mitici.
2nd (known) Logo (2002-?)
Logo: We fade in to a revised version of the blue sky with clouds background; in the foreground stands the WB shield with the words "WARNER BROS. ITALIA" in a slightly condensed font on the banner. The words "DISTRIBUZIONE" or "PRESENTA" would appear in a crystalized font below.
Variant: There is a 2.35:1 scope version of this logo.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Usually silent, the film's opening theme.
Availability: Extremely Rare. It may have been seen on WB films released in Italy, but many prints that were made after their theatrical release used standard domestic prints. Also, it may have appeared on Italian WB productions, but they were issued on DVD with the standard Warner Bros. logo of the time. The logo has, however, surfaced on a print of Perdutoamor (A Sicilian Dream) on Amazon Prime Video.
Editor's Note: Upon its discovery, it was the target of criticism for its appearance; many felt it was a cheap logo that looked as though it had been designed in Blender.