The amazing world of Polish movie posters

[NoirFan]

For all the jokes that people make about them, the Polish certainly know how to turn a movie poster into an imaginative piece of art. Here's 50 of them (http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/), from Well Medicated. Here are some more:

Weekend at Bernies

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/weekendatbernies-1.jpg


Au Hasard Balthazar

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/NEUnalosbaltaz.jpg


Vertigo

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/image_4808614.jpg


Sunset Blvd

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/SWIsunsetbv.jpg


The Empire Strikes Back

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/4539.jpg


Rosemary's Baby

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/3380.jpg


The Shining

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd114/besh1/4334.jpg



Check out this (http://www.polishposter.com/) site as well.

[JumpCutz]

Wow. Great stuff indeed. Thanks for posting NoirFan. :thumbsup:

[FinkPish]

I have an 11x17 reprint of this one:

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4827/219230077217a920477byp1.jpg

[Tarantino]

I want that Critters poster. And the Getaway poster.

= J

[Giantrobo]

Wow. :up:

[Sierra Disc]

Good lord. That Vertigo one is like something out of my nightmares. And The Shining - eek!

[Gunde]

Awesome, awesome stuff.
A completely different way to approach movie posters. I love it

[MBoyd]

That Jedi poster is probably the only one where Richard Marquand could actually see his name.

[Geofferson]

Wow - great find. :up:

[Sierra Disc]

The more I look at that site the more I love it. I love how they make "Short Circuit 2" of all movies look like some existential Kafka-meets-Metropolis horror movie. THanks for the link!

[Giantrobo]

A completely different way to approach movie posters. I love it

Yep. It's like someone said, "Look, we have a new film coming out and I need you to make poster for it. Now, I'm going to leave you alone and let you do you thing. <i>And oh, we'll go with whatever you come up it so don't worry because no Fucking Studio Head or Shareholder will be allowed to have any input into the artistic process."</i> :lol::up:

[devilshalo]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/DES/D1387~Turtle-Wax-Posters.jpg

[majorjoe23]

Hitchcocka sounds dirty in multiple ways.

[riotinmyskull]

i want that SHINING poster framed and on my wall right now!

[NoirFan]

I like the way Ruth Gordon is listed as "Ruth Gordon - OSCAR '69!" in the Rosemary's Baby credits.

[printerati]

http://www.polishposter.com/images/4058.jpg

:lol:

[PopcornTreeCt]

http://www.polishposter.com/images/0129.jpg

Who wants to loan me $487? :)

[eedoon]

boy oh boy those are so weird and wonderful

[KillerCannibal]

I want Son of Godzilla and Christine. Also, that Rosemary's Baby poster is sweet.

[Mabuse]

I've always admired Polish film posters, but I've never understood why the asthetic was so different. Why did they never use the key art? From what tradition did these utterly different posters spring from? International one sheets have always been a variation from the US poster, but the Polish ones are SOOOO different.

[PopcornTreeCt]

It's like the Polish ones were created based on the artist's reaction to the film. I love them.

[The Bus]

I've been a big fan of Polish movie posters. Occasionally Print (the magazine) will have a feature on them.

That ESB poster is not the original, just a recent design.

[Cosmic Bus]

Wieslaw Walkuski's take on Rosemary's Baby is one of my most-desired posters, but it is difficult to track down and routinely runs for hundreds of dollars. I wish MovieGoods or someone could do an affordable reproduction...

http://www.polishposter.com/images/0341.jpg

Something about the style Walkuski uses on many of his pieces (a full listing (http://www.polishposter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH&dopowersearch=1&the_fieldlist=g.SRCH_DESIGNER&Search=Wieslaw%20Walkuski) from PolishPoster.com) just clicks perfectly with me:

http://www.polishposter.com/images/1553.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/images/0146.jpg
http://www.polishposter.com/images/0338.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/images/1826.jpg

[JarJar Fett]

if only the movie were as good as this poster:

http://www.polishposter.com/images/2738.jpg

or this:

http://www.polishposter.com/images/1542.jpg

[lukewarmwater]

Awseome thread op. Thanks for sharing. I love the getaway poster.

[rexinnih]

Wow. Just amazing artwork!

[JarJar Fett]

Revisited the site and found some Gems:

Pulp Fiction:
http://www.polishposter.com/images/4546.jpg

Fight Club:
http://www.polishposter.com/images/4588.jpg

Star Wars:
http://www.polishposter.com/images/4541.jpg

The Elephant Man:
http://www.polishposter.com/images/4571.jpg

[calhoun07]

Criterion needs to adopt some of these for their DVD covers. *and I realize that not all these titles would be candidates for Criterion...YET!

[Suprmallet]

I posted this in the other Polish posters thread (the one where the OP hated the posters), but I have an original of this, linen-backed:

http://www.polishposter.com/images/2450.jpg

[Dr Mabuse]

Good bump.

I had missed this the first time around.

Really cool stuff.

[JarJar Fett]

Trading Places:

http://www.polishposter.com/images/0819.jpg

Apocalypse Now:

http://www.polishposter.com/images/0784.jpg