The story of advertising can be traced right back into antiquity, when the Ancient Egyptians put up papyrus posters and the Ancient Chinese paid musicians to play jingles and shout about their products in the street. For centuries it changed very little, modifying its techniques only slightly to adapt to print publications and then to radio and television. The last 25 years, however, have seen it evolve rapidly to the point where much of it is now unrecognisable. Casey Suchan and Tim Cawley's film sets out to map this process, explicating wider societal change along the way.
Shot in a bright, glossy style with clear framing which nevertheless contains a lot of visual information, this is a film which mimics aspects of its subject. Alongside clips and images from ads themselves, it consists mostly of interviews with members of assorted marketing agencies, large and small, may f them speaking from offices.
Shot in a bright, glossy style with clear framing which nevertheless contains a lot of visual information, this is a film which mimics aspects of its subject. Alongside clips and images from ads themselves, it consists mostly of interviews with members of assorted marketing agencies, large and small, may f them speaking from offices.
- 3/29/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In today’s film news roundup, “Roma” is getting a DVD release, Joaquin Phoenix backs an animal rights documentary, Humanitas announces nominations and “The Wretched” finds a home.
Roma DVD
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” has become the first Netflix movie to get a Blu-Ray and DVD release, thanks to the Criterion Collection launching a special edition in February.
The release will include five separate documentaries about the creation of the film, and will feature the same 4K master and Dolby Atmos sound that were in the theatrical release. The movie won Academy Awards for Cuaron’s directing and cinematography along with the foreign-language film Oscar.
“Roma” follows Yalitza Aparicio, who plays a live-in housekeeper in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. It became Mexico’s first winner of the Oscar for foreign-language feature. The pic, produced by Esperanto Filmoj and Participant Media, joined foreign-language movies “Life Is Beautiful,...
Roma DVD
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” has become the first Netflix movie to get a Blu-Ray and DVD release, thanks to the Criterion Collection launching a special edition in February.
The release will include five separate documentaries about the creation of the film, and will feature the same 4K master and Dolby Atmos sound that were in the theatrical release. The movie won Academy Awards for Cuaron’s directing and cinematography along with the foreign-language film Oscar.
“Roma” follows Yalitza Aparicio, who plays a live-in housekeeper in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. It became Mexico’s first winner of the Oscar for foreign-language feature. The pic, produced by Esperanto Filmoj and Participant Media, joined foreign-language movies “Life Is Beautiful,...
- 11/16/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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