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

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

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)

Antoine Doinel wrote:Guy Ritchie for Nike.

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

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.

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

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.

Nick Broomfield's advert for the Sky Plus box.

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.

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

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

Dennis Hopper directs Gwyneth Paltrow for Tod's.

Hai2u wrote:Awesome David Fincher Nike Commercial

Lubezki was the dp.

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.

Soffia Coppola ad for Miss Dior Cherie.

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

Channeling M. Hulot there. I like it.

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

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

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

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.