Cuba is one of the five socialist countries in the world. Its history and culture are unique. The United States imposed a decade-long blockade on Cuba in the last century. As a result, Cuba has suffered severe setbacks, both politically and economically. Since Cuba and the United States are both located in North America, Cuban culture is influenced by the United States (Malitsky12). Until the 1930s, many Cuban cinemas showed American films. But with the success of the 1959 revolution, more and more Cuban films were produced to celebrate the revolution. Film posters have also appeared along with the boom in Cuban cinema.
The Cuban poster exhibition is not only a nostalgia for the films of the last century but also a memory of Cuba’s history. Film posters allow viewers to travel back in time to revolutionary Cuba. The audience can feel that although Cuba is only a weak country, all the people have the courage to carry out a great revolution to save the country from danger. It can be said that Cuban movie posters are a kind of revolutionary art. Red and passion are a feature of Cuban movie posters. The communist ideology was fully embodied in the movie poster.
With no capital restrictions, Cuban movie posters are creative. Artists use exaggerated lines and symbols to express what they want to convey. The intense colors express the strong feelings of the artist. Also, hand-operated screen printing makes Cuban movie posters unique and valuable. These movie posters can bring a sharp shock to the audience. In other words, Cuban movie posters not only attract the audience to watch the movie but also arouse people’s curiosity about the movie poster itself. It can be quickly concluded that Cuban movie posters are unique art in themselves.
Reference:
Malitsky, Joshua. Post-revolution Nonfiction Film: Building the Soviet and Cuban Nations. Indiana University Press, 2013.