The other side of the poster
Realizador Marcin Latallo
Países Poland
Duração 52 min
Sinopse
This film will be the first documentary about one of the most important graphic movements of the XXth Century: the pl Poster School. It became a phenomena world-wide in the 1960-70’s. pl posters expressed the freedom of their creators in the communist times. The posters, present in everyday life and linked to the cultural and historical events, also tell the story of post-war PL, of censorship in the communist times and the ways artists found to bypass it, of the relationships of PL with the rest of the world, especially with FR, many of the famous pl poster artists emigrated there and where many famous fr graphic designers first studied in PL. Now PL has integrated the European Union, what is the place of the heritage of the post-communist countries in the contemporary culture, dominated by mass entertainment and the market laws?
This film will be the first documentary about one of the most important graphic movements of the XXth Century: the pl Poster School. It became a phenomena world-wide in the 1960-70’s. pl posters expressed the freedom of their creators in the communist times. The posters, present in everyday life and linked to the cultural and historical events, also tell the story of post-war PL, of censorship in the communist times and the ways artists found to bypass it, of the relationships of PL with the rest of the world, especially with FR, many of the famous pl poster artists emigrated there and where many famous fr graphic designers first studied in PL. Now PL has integrated the European Union, what is the place of the heritage of the post-communist countries in the contemporary culture, dominated by mass entertainment and the market laws?