Re: The Other Bench Apropos of Nothing #1

**Iago** Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:31 am

. . . and here is the film that inspired it, Chris Marker's La Jetee. I could not find a trailer for it, so here is the first part of the film to give you a taste. The film consisists of nothing but still images:

**Seamaster** Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:42 am

Interesting. Did you pick up the DVD that includes Sans Soleil? I'm tempted to pick up, but it looks like I may have to purchase as an import.

As I mentioned in the music thread, Youtube is not playing nicely for me. I will commence play shortly.

**Seamaster** Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:53 am

Changes gears slightly, but I think you'll get a chuckle out of this (please excuse the ad beforehand):

**Iago** Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:25 pm

That was amusing. It reminded me a bit of the Peter Cook/Dudley Moore bit "Good Morning," but unfortunately I could not find it. You will have to settle for them discussing women:

**Seamaster** Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:49 pm

Classic clip, that one.

Another Mitchell rant that you might appreciate:

**Iago** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 am

Another good one. Not sure why he keeps making me think of Pete & Dud, but I finally found the "Good Morning" sketch (it was mistitled):

**Seamaster** Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:01 pm

Nice!

I think I might have posted this on the old board. If I did I apologize for double-dipping:

**Iago** Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:55 pm

You have, but it is a classic nonetheless. It reminds me of this bit from the KQRS Morning Show -- unfortunately, that part of their site seems to be in maintenance right now, but I did find the bit on youtube. The problem is that it is a fan video (the bit was audio only) and for some reason the person who did it recrorded himself laughing at it, which really ruins it. But you get the idea:

**Seamaster** Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:01 pm

Time for another banned commercial:

**Iago** Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:11 am

**Seamaster** Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:55 am

**Iago** Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:43 pm

Obviously not real, but worthy:

**Seamaster** Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:22 pm

**Iago** Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:52 am

Nice.

Another good "fake":

**Seamaster** Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:21 am

Sadly, these commercials are all too real:

**Iago** Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:01 pm

**Seamaster** Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:38 pm

**Iago** Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:39 pm

Not relevant to that, but it is time to trot out Ridley Scott's commercial from over 25 years ago:

**Seamaster** Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:47 pm

Not nearly as cool, but an IBM ad from the same year:

**Iago** Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:33 am

Apple and Ridley Scott definitely won that battle.

Another from the same year. Fortunately Chevrolet has taken a step backwards since then:

**Seamaster** Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:58 am

That was bad. Though not brilliant, GM's other division did better that year:

**Iago** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:29 am

They advertised automobiles a bit differently back then:

**Seamaster** Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:15 pm

They seemed to do a pretty good job of lying back then too. An approach that Isuzu embraced:

**Iago** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:54 pm

Bill Hunt from the Digital Bits just posted this commercial on Facebook. It is pretty impressive!

**Seamaster** Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:26 pm

Very nice.

You force me to post the full Bear McCreary version of "All Along the Watchtower":

There is a version with video, but embedding has been disabled . . .

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