Due to what I'm guessing was the influence of Communism. Poland has had quite a different relationship with American films. It has been the case in the past that American movies seldom make it past the Polish borders as the country is far more content in pushing it's own domestic film industry. When films do finally make it onto the local cinema screens they are quite a few years after the original release. Furthermore, the polish authorities don't like to use the original posters for these films and have thus commissioned artists to draw posters that they deem more appropriate for the polish public. Despite the fact that these artists have never seen so much as a trailer for these films the final product can often offer a completely new insight into the films title.
Discovering Polish film posters has enlightened my life quite considerably over the last few months, I have spent many hours looking at these fine designs, I have even gone as far as purchasing my own piece of social history having invested in a poster designed for the stoner/bowling epic "The big Lebowski". This multi-coloured cultural masterpiece was purchased from the oh so brilliant www.polishposter.com, a company who are based in Warsaw and delivered my picture within 5 days of ordering, putting some of their British counterparts to shame. In addition to this, the poster arrived in a tube covered in these rather excellent, if not quite sinister polish stamps...Anyone interested in starting a Polish stamp collection?
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