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Person · #101 Post by **Person** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:18 am

Liberace at Normandy

Bomb-blasted, bloodied beach
Of bountiful bodies who cannot speak
Krauts with guns behind barbed wire
Situation somewhat dire

Deafening noise is heard by all
But is suddenly broken as I fall
By tinklings of Mozart, Strauss, Gershwin
Oh what joy is now drowning out the din!

There he sits, 'neath candelabra,
Chesire-grin and draped in velvet
Covered in rhinestone and in fine wit
The gleaming glass piano a waterfall of notes
Plays on and on as doomed men leave the boats

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Lemmy Caution · #102 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:37 am

Yipes, I didn't realize the John Candy sketch was using a good amount of actual Orson quotes from his frozen pea ad session.

#103 Post by **Jeff** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:06 pm

Lemmy Caution wrote:Yipes, I didn't realize the John Candy sketch was using a good amount of actual Orson quotes from his frozen pea ad session.

Since it has only been mentioned here in passing, and in the unlikely event that somebody here is not familiar with the Orson Welles frozen peas phenomenon, here is:

• The MP3 of the original recording session

• Wikipedia article on the history of the session

• The entire Pinky and The Brain short "Yes, Always" which extensively parodies the session

Darth Lavender · #104 Post by **Darth Lavender** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:31 pm

Haven't the exact link, but do a search for "Welles" and "Batman" you'll find a parody trailer of Batman as directed by Welles (based on a famous internet hoax, which you can find described on Wikipedia)

Joseph Cotton as Commissioner Gordon, Conrad Veidt (Man Who Laughs style) as the Joker, Marlene Dietrich as Catwoman, Orson Welles as Bruce Wayne and best of all; Edward G. Robinson as Penguin.
(The original hoax used slightly different casting (with some neat in-jokes) Basil Rathbone as Joker and George Raft as Two-Face (replacing Humphrey Bogart)

Fletch F. Fletch · #105 Post by **Fletch F. Fletch** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:05 am

Antoine Doinel wrote:Guy Ritchie for Nike.

Nice use of the Eagles of Death Metal in that one...

#106 Post by **TomReagan** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:25 am

That Nike football ad is fantastic (and I'm not just writing that because I'm an Arsenal supporter). Between Ronaldo blowing kisses, Fabregas' slap, the WAG's disapproval of the breast-signing, and Materazzi's hand-in-the-face antics, I had a smile on my face throughout.

I suspect that only a true fan of the game could have pulled that ad off to such an exciting extent (Ritchie is a reported Chelsea supporter, which makes the Arsenal angle all the more satisfying), and it's nice to see that he has some gas left in the tank after his post Snatch disappointments.

And yeah, the music was perfect.

Antoine Doinel · #107 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:19 am

Yeah, that Nike ad went over really well with my friends who are big footie fans. Well done.

Fletch F. Fletch · #108 Post by **Fletch F. Fletch** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:38 am

TomReagan wrote:That Nike football ad is fantastic (and I'm not just writing that because I'm an Arsenal supporter). Between Ronaldo blowing kisses, Fabregas' slap, the WAG's disapproval of the breast-signing, and Materazzi's hand-in-the-face antics, I had a smile on my face throughout.

I suspect that only a true fan of the game could have pulled that ad off to such an exciting extent (Ritchie is a reported Chelsea supporter, which makes the Arsenal angle all the more satisfying), and it's nice to see that he has some gas left in the tank after his post Snatch disappointments.

Arsenal?!! AIgh. Liverpool all the way.

At any rate, the ad was very well done and I liked how it went through various teams and players (including Ronaldo, Ruud, et al.). Alto, I noticed, sometimes when its aired, they cut out certain segments, like when the vomiting and shower/losing a tooth(?) bit.

Very cool, nonetheless. The new Adidas ones with players training little kids all over the world is pretty good too.

colinr0380 · #109 Post by **colinr0380** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:48 pm

Nick Broomfield's advert for the Sky Plus box.

Arn777 · #110 Post by **Arn777** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:38 am

Sergio Leone for Renault, Fellini for Campari, and Banca di Roma

This French site is a gold mine or fans of ads. Culture Pub was a show on TV and is now only on the web, with a weekly program and a pretty large database of ads that can be searched by directors, themes, etc.

Antoine Doinel · #111 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:57 am

Audrey Tautou, Jean-Pierre Jeunet collaborate on Chanel No. 5 ad.

Antoine Doinel · #112 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:53 am

Christopher Doyle's ad for Coca Cola China along with the making of video.

Antoine Doinel · #113 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:45 pm

Martin Scorsese and Tina Fey for American Express Travel.

Antoine Doinel · #114 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:58 am

"I've never done anything like this before and never thought I would, but this Country Life ad was made for me and I couldn't resist the opportunity."

Antoine Doinel · #115 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:20 am

Dennis Hopper directs Gwyneth Paltrow for Tod's.

Hai2u · #116 Post by **Hai2u** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:24 pm

Awesome David Fincher Nike Commercial

#117 Post by **Jeff** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:58 pm

Hai2u wrote:Awesome David Fincher Nike Commercial

Lubezki was the dp.

Andre Jurieu · #118 Post by **Andre Jurieu** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:18 am

Hai2u wrote:Awesome David Fincher Nike Commercial

I knew there was a reason I've become ridiculously enraptured by that commercial over the past couple of weeks. It's a great touch to flash back to the shot of the kids right at the end.

Antoine Doinel · #119 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:02 am

Soffia Coppola ad for Miss Dior Cherie.

pianocrash · #120 Post by **pianocrash** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:17 am

Wes Anderson on behalf of a Japanese cell phone company (Softbank), featuring Brad Pitt (and France Gall).

kaujot · #121 Post by **kaujot** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:22 am

Channeling M. Hulot there. I like it.

Antoine Doinel · #122 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:32 am

A mixed bag of commercials including work by Ridley Scott, David Lynch and Jean-Luc Godard.

Antoine Doinel · #123 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:53 pm

The director's cut of Sofia Coppola's Miss Dior Cherie ad.

Antoine Doinel · #124 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:24 pm

Roman Polanski directs Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams in an advert for a fake perfume.

#125 Post by **Matt** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:34 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:Roman Polanski directs Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams in an advert for a fake perfume.

Terrible. As if they used the first take of every shot and there was no rehearsal.

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