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more about #sovietunion FrankN.Stein: They didn't actually see the movie before painting these posters, did they? more » Bootknife-Jackson: i would love a print of #2. are these even available anywhere for a decent price? more » Trystero: I hear the disco version of the Star Wars theme when I look at these. more » Shai_Hulud: Forget 'Star Wars'. I want to see the movie these posters are portraying. more » gods-n-clods: These posters are just as odd and incongruous as the lovely n' baffling Ghana movie posters of the 1980s. Fun fun fun. more » EdificeComplex: I'm getting more of a Star Trek vibe from No. 2 than anything else. And No. 4 makes me want to go watch Snorks. more » -
#movieposters
Space Cowboys and a Disco Death Star in Soviet Star Wars Art
These hand-drawn movie posters from the Soviet Union paint a much more surreal version of Star Wars than the familiar epic posters. In lieu of spaceships and stormtroopers, we get a horse-riding space cowboy and cat-like Darth Vader. [via Neatorama] More » -
#architecture
1970s Soviet Alien Architecture
French photojournalist Frederic Chaubin likes to take photographs of science-fictiony Soviet architecture from the 1970s and 80s. During that era, the Soviets erected several formidable buildings that look like cities you'd see on an alien world. Pictured here is a strangely organic-looking wedding palace which is located in Georgia. More U.S.S.R. spaceportecture below. More »
