Art in Movie Posters
 

Posters are usually just used to "sell" a movie, at least in America. But apparently, in Poland, they take making a poster as an art, or at least that's how it seems to me after looking at some posters here and a summary here.

Here are a couple of examples:

Rosemary's Baby

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~trevino/F...emarysbaby.jpg

Gandhi

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~trevino/F...ers/gandhi.jpg

Empire Strikes Back

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~trevino/F...trikesback.jpg

Strangers on a Train

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~trevino/F...rsonatrain.jpg

Weekend at Bernies

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~trevino/F...datbernies.jpg

Down by Law

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~trevino/F.../DownByLaw.jpg

I think these posters are wonderful, felt like sharing.

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Those are really cool. I would like to have some of them for my wall.

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i've on several occasions very nearly bought some of these, but i seem to remember them being a bit expensive

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A friend of mine has a few of them, think he paid about £60 a piece

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I like the Ghandi one. The "Alfreda Hitchcocka" one made me laugh. The Weekend at Bernies one I guess I don't get -- WTF were they thinking? is what I'm coming up with. Plus it seems very funny to get artsy-fartsy with such a totally dumbarse movie.

Not sure I like the Rosemary's Baby one. Too obvious and garish.

I like the spirit of inventiveness in general, but I suppose sometimes it plays out better than others. I did like the Down by Law one.

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Great thread. I'm going to look at more of these later. I love poster art!


Dances With Wolves

http://www.polishposter.com/images/3894.jpg

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The Witches of Eastwick
(A Cher movie)


http://www.polishposter.com/images/1830.jpg




Here's one that Carter likes,


The Fly
http://www.polishposter.com/images/1846.jpg

Re: Art in Movie Posters
 

LOL Katy I like the Dances with Wolves one a bit. The Witches of Eastwick one is hilarious. The Fly one seems kinda meh.

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if we're gonna have polish poster art, we should mention a Polish film

The Double Life of Veronique

http://www.polishposter.com/images/0779.jpg

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The father of a childhood friend of mine created these posters for a living. This thread makes me want to figure out if he ever created anything well-known.