Old timey Arabic movie posters

[Smacktard]

So I stumbled on this instagram somehow, and it's loaded with a bunch of cool posters like this. No idea if they're actually authentic, but it kinda seems legit? The Arabian Batman aesthetic slaps.

I kind of want to get one, but also, I don't really care that much about Batman? Anyway there's a bunch of other posters like this on their Insta. May be a cool (if pricey!) purchase for some of you or your loved ones.

 

[Crystal]

Amazing poster, though I'd find it hilarious if they were trolling and the Arabic actually said something like "The person that bought this is a twat."

 

[Mark]

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So I stumbled on this instagram somehow, and it's loaded with a bunch of cool posters like this. No idea if they're actually authentic, but it kinda seems legit? The Arabian Batman aesthetic slaps.

I kind of want to get one, but also, I don't really care that much about Batman? Anyway there's a bunch of other posters like this on their Insta. May be a cool (if pricey!) purchase for some of you or your loved ones.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t those guys typically have to do a considerable amount of editing to posters/films for content before they’re released there? That could be why there are stylistic changes and stuff like that, kinda like those Indian Spider-Man knock-offs, but for censorship.

 

[Smacktard]

I know movies were banned in Saudi for a while. I'm not sure when exactly, but from the posters I'm guessing it was some time in the 90s that they were banned. Now movies are censored, but those censorships are easing as well. Back then I'm not sure what sort of censorship was involved, but I'm guessing it was the same sort of stuff that's censored today.

The censorship is usually just nudity and kissing or sex scenes. Some swear words are sometimes censored, too.