The Best Work You May Never See
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Friday, Feb. 22, 2002
Death Takes A Holiday—Overseas
Call it a Berlitz-like training session—but with a perverse twist. The camera opens on a row of cowboys who request in unison, "Come to Marlboro Country." Turns out we're in a classroom full of cowpokes, all wearing boots and Stetson hats—the quintessential American Marlboro Men. Yet this curious...
Friday, Feb. 22, 2002
"Beasty Boy"
In this spec spot we see a curious youngster, maybe six or seven years old, at his computer keyboard. The camera gives us a view of the boy's face as he stares intently at his PC monitor. Though we don't see what's on the screen, we can hear the proceedings. They sound unsavory, to say the least: a...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
"Valet"
This spec spot is set in the parking lot of the famed Hollywood Bowl, a landmark outdoor concert hall. A thoroughly bored parking valet is in his booth, listening to the night's performance at low volume via monitor. Yet things perk up when he hangs a set of keys in the lock box, accidentally...
Friday, Feb. 15, 2002
Dir. Patricia Murphy Gets Under Our Skin
Only a strategically placed towel, folded arms and sculptured shadows keep us from getting a thoroughly intimate eyeful of an attractive, otherwise unclothed woman. The camera moves around the female, almost romancing her with beauty shots from different angles. We glimpse her face and body in...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
"Banzai Cat"
This :30 opens on a man and his armada of miniature toy soldiers. He picks up his orange tabby from behind some furniture and sets her in the middle of the battlefield. Little plastic men and their equipment cover the living room floor. "Oh no, Banzai Cat is attacking the village!" shrieks the guy...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
Dir. Jim Byrkit Plugs In Philips—On Spec
Philips agency Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG, New York, had three solid concepts for its client's continuing "You've Got To Admit It's Getting Better" campaign. The problem was having only budget enough to produce two—both directed by Keith Rose of Velocity Afrika, Cape Town,...
Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
"Construction"
Showing ample leg and a bit of cleavage, a woman in a flatteringly fitted business suit sashays toward a group of boisterous construction workers at a building site on a busy city street. She seems headed for the inevitable series of whistles and catcalls, but instead the loud, laughing guys turn...
Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
Simply Floored By Director Robert Altman
Noted feature filmmaker Robert Altman—whose current release, Gosford Park, has earned numerous industry kudos, including winning a Golden Globe and an inaugural American Film Institute AFI Award for best director of the year—has made a foray into the spot arena, helming a Parisienne cigarettes...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
"Fast Food"
This spot gives new meaning to the notion that frequenting fast food restaurants can prove deleterious to your health. A toddler is seen playing underneath the table at a fast food eatery. Sitting at the booth are another young child in a booster seat, and an adult, presumably the parent of both...
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002
Going Topless For Downtown Manhattan
Have it your way." "The customer is always right." Those business-promoting adages ring particularly true in "Haircut," in which the customer gets what he asks for even though he doesn't need it. There's a lofty purpose in fulfilling his request—benefiting both him and the community at large—in...