Art in Movie Posters

[Enrique]

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



Gandhi



Empire Strikes Back



Strangers on a Train



Weekend at Bernies



Down by Law



I think these posters are wonderful, felt like sharing.

[Rootabager]

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

[pryor15]

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

[samsdmf]

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

[Blarg]

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.

[katyseagull]

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


Dances With Wolves

[katyseagull]

The Witches of Eastwick
(A Cher movie)







Here's one that Carter likes,


The Fly

[Blarg]

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

[pryor15]

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

The Double Life of Veronique

[Wynton]

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.