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Cuban silk-screen poster designed in 1970 to promote the Cuban documentary film TERCER MUNDO, TERCERA GUERRA MUNDIAL (Third World, Third World War) that focused on the United States' role in the Vietnam War. Please see below for a brief description of this 90-minute movie, directed by Julio Garcia Espinosa. This handmade 20 by 30 inch poster (a standard size, so easy and inexpensive to frame) was designed by the distinguished Cuban artist Rene Azcuy. Who moved in the 1980s from Cuba to Puebla, Mexico, where he worked as a university professor. Died in Miami in 2019. This rarely seen Cuban movie poster was silk-screened in the Cuban Film Institute's workshop in Havana in the past 20 years, a few decades after the poster and documentary were first released in 1970. Beware of cheap, photocopied, mass-produced reproduction "Cuban posters" made in the U. That lack the authenticity of the true Cuban silkscreens. Overall condition of this poster is good; as with many Cuban silk-screened posters, please note that you might find some ripples or wrinkles in the white borders around the images and small imperfections elsewhere because these posters are, after all, handmade. TERCER MUNDO, TERCERA GUERRA MUNDIAL (Third World, Third World War). Brief description of the movie. TERCER MUNDO, TERCERA GUERRA MUNDIAL (Third World, Third World War) is a documentary film that offers critical. Testimony about crimes committed during the Vietnam War.Filmed in North Vietnam, it begins as a political documentary, then progressively abandons the conventions of this genre: after the historical narration, the testimonies of ordinary people in silence give way to a journey of journey through destruction, with the intervention and direct shooting of the Vietnamese themselves. Source: adapted from a review by IMBd. TERCER MUNDO, TERCERA GUERRA MUNDIAL (Third World, Third World War), designed for a Cuban movie about the Vietnam War. 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm.
The ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in Havana. A few words about collecting Cuba's silk-screen movie posters. For more than 60 years, the. Cuban Film Institute has been designing silk-screened posters for most every movie shown on the island, whether the films originated in Cuba, the United States, Brazil, Japan or Italy. In the midst of the Cold War 1960s and 1970s, many of the subtitled foreign films shown in Cuba came from the island nation's communist allies in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Vietnam and even North Korea.
Unlike in the United States, where movie posters are often dominated by images of Hollywood stars, the Cubans assign a graphic artist to design an original piece of artwork for each film. These posters are widely recognized in graphic design circles. As stylish works of art, handmade one color at a time and often under difficult circumstances at various times, paint and even paper have been in short supply on the island. Cuba's silk-screen movie posters are nothing less than museum pieces.Examples of Cuban poster art can be found in the permanent collections of museums across the globe from the Victoria & Albert in London to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in prestigious institutions such as the Library of Congress in Washington D. And the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. Adding to their collectability, Cuba's movie posters are produced in relatively small numbers.
Typically, a few hundred copies are made for each film, although the runs have been as low as 50. Responding to demand from collectors, the Cuban Film Institute has re-screened some of its more popular posters. That's why some posters created in the 1960s and 1970s began reappearing on the Caribbean island in the 1990s and 2000s. Further adding to their collectability, many of Cuba's vintage posters are imperiled.
To us, these survivors are rare beauties, even those with obvious flaws. We are proud to have rescued hundreds of posters from almost certain extinction by storing them in an air conditioned, acid-free environment. We consider both to be collectible, and (in response to a question we often get) all of these posters were legally imported because the U. Government exempts artwork from its economic embargo against Cuba. While the pricier originals are favored by some collectors, the re-screens are also collectible because they were made in the same Havana workshop as the originals. Note that we never sell unauthorized reproductions that have been cranked out in print shops in the U.This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "cubanpostergallery" and is located in this country: US.
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