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Grotesque and Beautiful: The Polish School of Film Posters

68 points by lermontov 10y ago

ihm 10y ago
In case anyone else wanted to see some of these posters: http://www.poster.pl/polish_poster_artists.html http://www.poster.pl/polish_poster_artists.html
- msimpson 10y ago
  Thanks. You'd think an article about the posters themselves would show more than just one ...
  - yetihehe 10y ago
    Yeah, and it's not even a polish one, it's czech.
  - FabHK 10y ago
    FWIW, I'm using a JavaScript blocker, and the page doesn't show even a single poster. HTML & CSS alone are not powerful enough to display images, apparently.
- bshimmin 10y ago
  Very helpful. It wasn't immediately obvious to me, but if you click any of the thumbs on that page, you get through to the individual page for each artist, where it shows their work and actually identifies which film each poster is for, which is helpful if your Polish is as limited as mine. I clicked on the only one from your link that was immediately obvious to me, "Last Tango in Paris", and ended up at a page with many well-known films and fantastic posters for them: http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Homework_Joanna_Gorska_Jerzy_Skakun http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Homework_Joanna_Gorska_Jerzy...
- asciimo 10y ago
  This Aliens poster is one of my favorites: http://www.polishposter.com/images/0851.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/images/0851.jpg
keiferski 10y ago
If you ever find yourself in Łódź, Poland, check out the cinematography museum. They have a huge collection of Polish film posters. http://kinomuzeum.pl/?page_id=1871&lang=en http://kinomuzeum.pl/?page_id=1871&lang=en
jboggan 10y ago
Here in LA we have summer movie screenings at the Hollywood Cemetery by a group called Cinespia, and they project the founder's collection of movie posters on the screen before the show. He has a ton of amazing Polish posters but my favorite one is always the Muppet Movie: http://www.polishposter.com/images/2450.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/images/2450.jpg
praptak 10y ago
I grew up in Poland and this is what I internalized as typical for movie posters. Actual Hollywood posters that came after the fall of communism looked cheap and tacky by comparison. Sort of like the game box art with actors in the recent HN article.
bundze 10y ago
Despite the title mentioning Poland, the only poster to illustrate the article is actually in Czech language. Funny thing.
hypertexthero 10y ago
One of the greats, Waldemar Swierzy - http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Swierzy_Waldemar http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Swierzy_Waldemar
jacekm 10y ago
Here's the poster for "Eyes wide shut" mentioned in the article: http://polishpostershop.com/plakat/leszek-zebrowski/oczy-szeroko-zamkniete.html http://polishpostershop.com/plakat/leszek-zebrowski/oczy-sze... And here's a nice gallery: https://wellmedicated.com/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/ https://wellmedicated.com/50-incredible-film-posters-from-po...
Razengan 10y ago
Some of these qualities seem to be unique to that region of Europe. If you dig the style, you may like the games by Amanita Design, a Czech studio: http://amanita-design.net/ http://amanita-design.net/

68 points by lermontov 10y ago

ihm 10y ago

In case anyone else wanted to see some of these posters: http://www.poster.pl/polish_poster_artists.html http://www.poster.pl/polish_poster_artists.html

msimpson 10y ago
Thanks. You'd think an article about the posters themselves would show more than just one ...
- yetihehe 10y ago
  Yeah, and it's not even a polish one, it's czech.
- FabHK 10y ago
  FWIW, I'm using a JavaScript blocker, and the page doesn't show even a single poster. HTML & CSS alone are not powerful enough to display images, apparently.
bshimmin 10y ago
Very helpful. It wasn't immediately obvious to me, but if you click any of the thumbs on that page, you get through to the individual page for each artist, where it shows their work and actually identifies which film each poster is for, which is helpful if your Polish is as limited as mine. I clicked on the only one from your link that was immediately obvious to me, "Last Tango in Paris", and ended up at a page with many well-known films and fantastic posters for them: http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Homework_Joanna_Gorska_Jerzy_Skakun http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Homework_Joanna_Gorska_Jerzy...
asciimo 10y ago
This Aliens poster is one of my favorites: http://www.polishposter.com/images/0851.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/images/0851.jpg

keiferski 10y ago

If you ever find yourself in Łódź, Poland, check out the cinematography museum. They have a huge collection of Polish film posters. http://kinomuzeum.pl/?page_id=1871&lang=en http://kinomuzeum.pl/?page_id=1871&lang=en

jboggan 10y ago

Here in LA we have summer movie screenings at the Hollywood Cemetery by a group called Cinespia, and they project the founder's collection of movie posters on the screen before the show. He has a ton of amazing Polish posters but my favorite one is always the Muppet Movie: http://www.polishposter.com/images/2450.jpg http://www.polishposter.com/images/2450.jpg

praptak 10y ago

I grew up in Poland and this is what I internalized as typical for movie posters. Actual Hollywood posters that came after the fall of communism looked cheap and tacky by comparison. Sort of like the game box art with actors in the recent HN article.

bundze 10y ago

Despite the title mentioning Poland, the only poster to illustrate the article is actually in Czech language. Funny thing.

hypertexthero 10y ago

One of the greats, Waldemar Swierzy - http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Swierzy_Waldemar http://www.poster.pl/gallery/?q=Swierzy_Waldemar

jacekm 10y ago

Here's the poster for "Eyes wide shut" mentioned in the article: http://polishpostershop.com/plakat/leszek-zebrowski/oczy-szeroko-zamkniete.html http://polishpostershop.com/plakat/leszek-zebrowski/oczy-sze... And here's a nice gallery: https://wellmedicated.com/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/ https://wellmedicated.com/50-incredible-film-posters-from-po...

Razengan 10y ago

Some of these qualities seem to be unique to that region of Europe. If you dig the style, you may like the games by Amanita Design, a Czech studio: http://amanita-design.net/ http://amanita-design.net/