Movie Posters That Got, Um, Lost In Translation

Apparently mind-numbing surrealism is an advertising strategy, in some places.
Movie Posters That Got, Um, Lost In Translation

Movie posters are supposed to be a way to get butts into cinema seats, right? You'd think so. But in some cases, the people who design posters don't seem to think so. Instead they use poster design as an excuse to make bizarre art, as long as it has a wafer-thin connection to the movie it's supposed to be advertising. And the results range from baffling to outright bizarre.

Take a look.

ACCORDING TO THE JAPANESE POSTER, STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE IS ABOUT DROID KUNG FU. ARt?hzhg EuE uyfs tt, STAR WARS HBDEK OWADA *fo1tul -DIFFUHIN- The des
ACCORDING TO POLAND. THE BIG LEBOWSKI IS A WACKY COMEDY ABOUT SMASHING CARS. BRACIA IEFF BRIDGES* MOOKEJIOIN BUSCEM COEN olownych: IULIANNE JOFN FILMA

The Godfather

SPAIN THINKS THE GODFATHER IS ABOUTA CHESS MATCH AT OLIVE GARDEN. Toda herencia puede rehusarse, To let the menos la sangre audience know this movie i
THE EXORCIST'S POLISH POSTER MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK THE MOVIE IS SURREAL SCAT PORN BGZORGYSTA WILLIAM FRIEDKIN Is the devil pooping into the woman's hea
GUYANA MADE THE 2006 WORM APOCALYPSE MOVIE SLITHER LOOK 100% SURREAL. A.A VIVEO NIMA SLITHER It is a bizarre movie, but it doesn't have grinning dogs
POLAND MARKETED '80S TEARJERKER TERMS OF ENDEARMENT AS AN ABSURDIST CARTOON. SHIRbEY MICLAINE DEBRA WINGER TACK wICoSeN czule stowka filnie Scewars ro
SOMEHOW, POLAND MADE SAVING PRIVATE RYAN LOOK GORIER THAN IT WAS. Steren Srieliag Seretice Ryr The D-Day landing scene was bloody, but not splatter-fi
RUSSIA MADE RETURN OF THE JEDI LOOK LIKE A GRITTY REBOOT OF SESAME STREET. 3BE3AHbIE 0 H bl TANAKTNYECKNA BECTEPH- NPOM3BOOCTBO- CLA ABTOP CUEHAP PEXW
IN POLAND, SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPES LOOKS LIKE REALLY WEIRD SCIENCE FICTION SEKS, KEAMSTWA 9 KASETY 210a Palnd magyoa VIDEO FIPRESCI CANNES 89 W rela
LITHUANIA SOLD DISNEY'S PETER PAN AS LO-FI SKETCH ANIMATION DiSNEY's WALT Prodnetions LLA Piotrus Pan WEZWIKLE PRZANGODY CO CHLOPCA For some reason, a
GHANA MADE THEIR JURASSIC PARK POSTER ALL ABOUT GENNARO GETTING EATEN. Jurassicj ROyA GATE LarK Ashaiman The tost Phenomenal Discovery of our Timo. Bi
JAPAN MADE NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET LOOK LIKE IT WAS SET IN THE MATRIX. ortd-ovfiipos' CAWIINIEEOKONONY CSHHU HKAKID-KEZO'PL HPBKETJTILS VLFLXID- Accor
IN POLAND, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT A CUTE CARTOON CHARACTER. AMERYKANSKI FILM FANTASTYCZNO-NAUKOWY REZ.:STEVEN BLISKI
ROMANIA PROBABLY MADE PEOPLE THINK PLANET OF THE APES WAS A KNOCK-OFF SUPERHERO FLICK. MAIMUTELOR o PRODUCITE A STUDIOURILOR PLANETA ba E KEGALM EANKU
POLAND INTERPRETED GONE WITH THE WIND PRETTY LITERALLY KLASYKA KINA DAVID O. SELZNICK PRZEMINELO 7 WIATREM TYLKO W KINACH STUDYJNYCH It's a love story
THE CZECH BIRDS POSTER WAS PROBABLY INSPIRED BY A MUSEUM VISIT ON LSD. Americky filmouy horror Alfreda Hitchoocka PTACI Somehow, the Hitchcock movie i
SOUTH KOREA IMPLIED ICE AGE 3 WAS ABOUT TINY MECHA WARFARE. CIOITIB 21CH 8 1201 CHHO Apparently, whoever designed the poster thought Korean kids would

Aliens

POLAND APPARENTLY THOUGHT ALIENS WAS ABOUT MANY-EYE LIZARD CREATURES. OPCY film perdukeji sriskie Ri. Jamas slanera NRofach Lw uKjA SIGoURNE ale Ame H
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