Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGhanaian movie poster for David Lynch's The Elephant Manlemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down12
arrow-up146arrow-down1imageGhanaian movie poster for David Lynch's The Elephant Manlemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years 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-up4·2 years agoReminds me of Polish posters: https://sabukaru.online/articles/the-insane-history-of-polish-movie-posters
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoIt’s fascinating how many of these use obscured or distorted faces as a main element
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoMy all-time favorite one is an entire distorted human:
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
My all-time favorite one is an entire distorted human: