Out of the Bachs

Will Schofield bio ↓  ·  August 10th, 2010  ·  filed under art, film

Cuban Film Posters by Eduardo Muñoz Bachs (1937 – 2001):

01 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1975 poster, El llamado de la selva
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1975 poster, El llamado de la selva

02 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1976 poster, Zorro
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1976 poster, Zorro

03 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1972 poster, El caballero inexistente
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1972 poster, El caballero inexistente

04 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1975 poster, Mercedes Sosa
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1975 poster, Mercedes Sosa

05 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1976 poster, Trópico
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1976 poster, Trópico

07 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1976 poster, La Patagonia rebelde
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1976 poster, La Patagonia rebelde

06 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1972 poster, Estación Bielorrusia
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1972 poster, Estación Bielorrusia

08 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1973 poster, Monólogo
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1973 poster, Monólogo

09 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1976 poster, El ladrón que vino a cenar
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1976 poster, El ladrón que vino a cenar

10 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1972 poster, Juegos tramposos de amor
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1972 poster, Juegos tramposos de amor

11 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1972 poster, La virgen y el gitano
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1972 poster, La virgen y el gitano

12 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1978 poseter, Las manos
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1978 poseter, Las manos

13 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1973 poster, Petulia
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1973 poster, Petulia

14 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1975 poster, Rosa Blanca
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1975 poster, Rosa Blanca

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15 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1969 poster, El Gallo de Oro (The Golden Rooster), a Mexican film about cock fighting
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1969 poster, El Gallo de Oro (The Golden Rooster)
see the original post on Cuban Posters

16 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1969 poster for the ICAIC's Cine Movil (Mobile Cinema)
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1969 poster for the ICAIC’s Cine Movil (Mobile Cinema)
see the original post on Cuban Posters

17 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1968 poster, Los Vengadores Incapturables, Edmond Keosaian's 1966 Soviet western Elusive Avengers (Неуловимые мстители), a cult classic featuring a gang of four protecting a village from bandits
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1968 poster, Los Vengadores Incapturables
see the original post on Cuban Posters

18 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1969 poster, El Hijo Prodigo (A poster from Bachs that references the style of Polish movie posters)
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1969 poster, El Hijo Prodigo
see the original post on Cuban Posters

19 Eduardo Munoz Bachs, 1967 poster, El Azote de Dios (God's Whip or Bicz Bozy), Polish comedy
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, 1967 poster, El Azote de Dios (God’s Whip or Bicz Bozy)
see the original post on Cuban Posters

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And an image — not Bachs’ — which I am constitutionally unable to resist posting:

20 Rostgaard, Nixon fold-out poster
Alfredo Rostgaard, Nixon fold-out poster
see the original post on Cuban Posters

The first fourteen posters come from the Efraín Barradas Collection at the Digital Library of the Caribbean. The last six are from the blog Cuban Posters (which seems temporarily dormant). I probably should have come up with a better title for this post, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to reference one of my favorite albums.

Two sites (1, 2) have covered Bachs in depth, though they both have dead links, etc. Georgetown University Library has a decent overview of Cuban posters in general.

I love Bachs take on what I think of as Push Pin Graphic / Polish poster styles.

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Will Schofield is the editor of 50 Watts (original name: A Journey Round My Skull) and Writers No One Reads. More from this author →

2 Responses to “Out of the Bachs”

  1. CRF Says:

    Groovy

  2. Sharanya Says:

    Love these! My fave is the caballero inexistente one.

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