Downhill Racer (1969)

Downhill Racer occupies a pivotal place in late 1960s American cinema, capturing the era’s growing fascination with anti-heroes, ambition, and individualism. Emerging alongside New Hollywood films that questioned traditional success narratives, it reframed the sports movie as a psychological study rather than a triumphalist tale, influencing later character-driven dramas both within and beyond the genre.

The poster reflects this stark, introspective tone with a minimalist, almost abstract composition: an immense, grainy close-up of a face dominates the frame while a tiny skier cuts across the lower edge, dwarfed by scale and silence. The design emphasises isolation, obsession, and inner pressure over spectacle, visually echoing the film’s cold, unsentimental portrait of competitive drive.

• Year: 1969
• Nationality: United States / Int'l
• Condition: Tri-folded only
• Type: Original One Sheet
• Size: 27 X 41 Inches
• Product Code: W3958