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Art traditionally is valued by its technical brilliance, the difficulty of execution, the composition and fundamentals of aesthetics. But some art circumvents all of these principles and criteria, and they're no worse for it than the former. Sometimes, a "bad" piece art can be more valued than the "good" one, and not just for reasons of bad taste. Enter the African (mostly from Ghana) bootleg movie posters, which have, as a matter of fact, a very rich tradition. Why? Well, because of the perennially poor economy, Africans were forced to create the means for their entertainment. Of course, there were no fancy printers or presses, and even if there were, they wouldn't bother with something as silly as posters for bootleg movies. And so came a tradition of artists who created posters to create interest in these movies, even if they had to hand-paint them on flour bags. Though the means of printing became much more accessible, the tradition survives because of its extremely unique entertainment value.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This doesn't describe anything in the film but IT SHOULD. I'd pay to see Don Felix take on the five families

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nice to see the toilet get the prominence it deserves, but I'm struggling to find a name for the fetish depicted in the lower right corner

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love that they added the MAGA moron from the Jan.6 attempted coup , a perfect example of the Idiocracy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So they saw this one before painting this. Kinda seems like cheating.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell you what, cats and kittens - if the artist could just keep his decapitation fetish under control he'd be pretty good

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it captures the spirit of the film pretty well!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

With a side of The Butterfly Effect, Anaconda, Isle of Dr. Moreau....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What western movie would it had been without iconic 1800's guns like an Uzi?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What the what? This story would definitely end quick and end badly.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I said I wanted frikkin sharks with 'laser' beams attached to their heads. These are dolphins 🤦‍♀️

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven't seen this and now I desperately want to, so the poster has served its purpose

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This must be the sequel to Death Proof where Kurt gets to kill singers

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You cannot deny the truth of that statement, although I doubt if it was in the script

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mary Stoker's classic tale of two feline scientists and their quest to create a green vampire. "It's alive!" - Dr Tiddles

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the artist could have done a better job of rendering Freddy's iconic stripy sweater

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's been a while...but I definitely don't remember any helicopters, or Uzis or...anything else that's depicted here 😂

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't remember Keir Dullea's teeth being that bad, but there again I don't remember Horny Monster either

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The harrowing story of how a peace-loving community of leeches was brutally invaded and killed by a gang of humans

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Been a while since I saw this, but I don't remember the zombies ?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anjelica Huston bitterly regretted taking part in this film, stating that the dismemberment scenes were edited in without her knowledge or consent

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When your large intestine struggles to escape from the crushing pressure of your abs

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA! But here it looks like the other way around...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is such an incredible film that I'm just glad that anybody watches it. Even in the hope for a decapitation.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know what this movie is about, but somehow I now know even less what this movie is about.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"there's nothing like the smell of lighter fluid in the morning," thinks Pesci's character

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd completely forgotten Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in this film

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suspicion Breeds Confidence - coming soon to a motivational poster near you

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