Polish Film Poster

"In postwar Poland, film poster artists employed the universally recognized symbols of the Western - horse, six-shooter, boots, tin-star badge, Stetson, saddle - to convey violence as a negative force. Unlike many other art forms, the film poster did not fall within the censor's domain because it was not expected to pose a threat to the social order. But messages were conveyed through subtle means of symbol and color. The Polish poster has been likened to the Trojan horse, with the artist smuggling messages onto the streets in the guise of ephemera."--BOOK JACKET. "The posters displayed so strikingly in this book, and discussed in three essays, are from the golden age of Polish poster-making, the mid-1940s to the 1970s."--BOOK JACKET.

The world s best, wittiest lowbrow designers reimagine movie posters for 150 cult films that are built into the DNA of any movie buff "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Psycho," "Vertigo," "Poltergeist," "Metropolis," "Ghostbusters," "Blue Velvet," "Blade Runner," "Star Wars," "Alien," "Mad Max," "Robocop," "Reservoir Dogs," "Jaws," " The Big Lebowski," "Rosemary's Baby," " Taxi Driver," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and many more films are given new art by the likes of Grimb, Coop, O'Connell, Alderete, Hertz, Pullin, and more. Almost always better than the originals, these new visual takes on iconic movies will delight anyone with an interest in film. For the Hollywood aficionado this visual feast makes a perfect gift; while for graphic designers, both professional and students, this makes for a great source of ideas and inspiration."

The traditions of Polish graphic art and the influences of folk culture, nationalism, and European art movements are evidenced in a collection of posters created by Polish artists from 1961 to 1977

"This book examines the history of the film poster in Poland. Dorota Folga-Januszewska's story of this intriguing corner of the art world is illustrated with nearly 480 reproductions of posters not infrequently inspired by painting, graphic design and film art. From the earliest moving pictures, through the avant-garde and psychoanalytic theories of the interbellum, to the birth of the Polish poster school, and into the present day, we see how the worlds of film, reality and the imagination of the artists are reflected in the film poster. Reality and the imagination of the artists are reflected in the film posters."--