Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGhanaian movie poster for David Lynch's The Elephant Manlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12cross-posted to: movies@lemm.ee
arrow-up153arrow-down1imageGhanaian movie poster for David Lynch's The Elephant Manlemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: movies@lemm.ee
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoI love these. During Ghana’s series of military govermments through the 70s and 80s, import laws made it functonally impossible to get printing presses into the country. Ghanaian cinemas, undeterred, did all their posters by hand instead https://www.dannydutch.com/post/bizarre-movie-posters-from-africa-that-are-so-bad-they-re-good
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoReminds me of Polish posters: https://sabukaru.online/articles/the-insane-history-of-polish-movie-posters
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s fascinating how many of these use obscured or distorted faces as a main element
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt is very strange and consistent to the point that there had to be a reason why. Perhaps they were all done by the same artist, and that was their thing.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMy all-time favorite one is an entire distorted human:
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month ago Absolutely beautiful. A story of a spy and his lover suffering from a fish allergy induced angioedema and their race against time to find the nearest doctor.
I love these. During Ghana’s series of military govermments through the 70s and 80s, import laws made it functonally impossible to get printing presses into the country. Ghanaian cinemas, undeterred, did all their posters by hand instead https://www.dannydutch.com/post/bizarre-movie-posters-from-africa-that-are-so-bad-they-re-good
Reminds me of Polish posters: https://sabukaru.online/articles/the-insane-history-of-polish-movie-posters
It’s fascinating how many of these use obscured or distorted faces as a main element
It is very strange and consistent to the point that there had to be a reason why. Perhaps they were all done by the same artist, and that was their thing.
My all-time favorite one is an entire distorted human:
Absolutely beautiful.
A story of a spy and his lover suffering from a fish allergy induced angioedema and their race against time to find the nearest doctor.