The amazing world of Polish movie posters
09-15-08, 11:16 PM
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The amazing world of Polish movie posters
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, from Well Medicated. Here are some more:
Weekend at Bernies
Au Hasard Balthazar
Vertigo
Sunset Blvd
The Empire Strikes Back
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
Check out this site as well.
Weekend at Bernies
Au Hasard Balthazar
Vertigo
Sunset Blvd
The Empire Strikes Back
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
Check out this site as well.
09-16-08, 12:59 AM
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Wow. 
09-16-08, 03:11 PM
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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!
09-16-08, 03:46 PM
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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. 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." 
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09-17-08, 12:26 PM
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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.
09-17-08, 03:30 PM
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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.
That ESB poster is not the original, just a recent design.
09-17-08, 10:10 PM
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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...
Something about the style Walkuski uses on many of his pieces (a full listing from PolishPoster.com) just clicks perfectly with me:
Something about the style Walkuski uses on many of his pieces (a full listing from PolishPoster.com) just clicks perfectly with me:
