Polish poster art depicts a FetchDog Top 20 dog movie


Posted on Jun 24, 2008
By Julia Szabo

Here at FetchDog, we appreciate a great movie about a dog - and a great movie poster as a work of art in its own right - as much as the next cinephile.
 
But did you know that the art of movie posters flourished in, of all places, Poland? Polish posters designed from 1947 forward took appreciation of American movies to a whole new level, with deeply felt artwork and dynamic graphic design. An excellent web site called The Art of Poster is dedicated to collecting fine examples of this art form and offering them for sale to aficionados.
 
The web site's home page places American films and Polish posters - and the connection between them - in a historical context: "American films have always been very willingly watched by the Poles ... due to the role that the USA played in the consciousness of an average Polish citizen living in a communist country. Many went to see American movies to become acquainted with the country that was meant to counteract, both culturally and politically, the Soviet Union. These were the times when only few people were allowed to travel, so western films and American in particular, showed different patterns of social and cultural behavior. They influenced fashion, the choice of music, and provided an instant trip to a different world."
 
We're especially smitten with designer Hanna Bodnar's imaginative, charmingly childlike take on Old Yeller, a.k.a. Zolte psisko, a movie that happens to be in the FetchDog Top 20.  
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