the greatest movie ever sold. should be quite the statement on the state of advertising + marketing. props to the sponsors who stepped up + at least acknowledged what the majority of us already realize about product placement + hollywood.

morgan’s been everywhere lately but caught a great interview with him on the mark + brian radio show yesterday.

as if anyone needs proof that in the hands of skilled media just about any material regardless of how innocuous can be moving, slanted, pointed, motivating, distorted, etc look no further then this clip. funny how it all can twist our emotions – i’d go see this.

now just imagine that power + control in the wrong hands. oh wait, i’m sure you’ve all seen that before. advertising, love it or leave.

in the words of holiday matinee, “If “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” came out this year instead of my birth year (1986, thank you very much), would hipsters flock in droves to see it? What if the movie trailer portrayed it as a coming-of-age, quirky (and perhaps, at times, dark) indie flick like that of Sofia Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides”? Watch UK filmmaker Joseph Brett’s recut trailer and revel in the slow-mo.”

thanks to outside for the nod, cb for the cell phone pics + ptor for getting his mug in the shot.

art + copy is a new film delving into the history of what many of us either can’t get enough of or find ourselves getting far too much exposure to. already starting the machine talking it’s sure to ring a few bells + make some waves on it’s current tour.

director Doug Pray (Surfwise, Scratch, Hype!) says on creativepro.com,

“This movie… isn’t about bad advertising. I didn

great to see friend + former ecuadorian national climbing champ pablo p up in the latest timex ad courtesy of yours truly. nice work mi amigo. this was from a shoot on mt rainier, wa though pablo + i have been lucky enough to work together in his homeland as well.