The last scene of this, where the circle-jerk is building towards it's final triumphant crescendo, and ad-men are literally spouting things like "I believe advertising can.. ah.. (*single tear welling in corner of eye*) change people's lives".. is so outrageous I was speechless when it ended.

If you're interested in hearing what the biggest players in the ad game have to say, then this is the film for you my friend. Just don't be surprised that what they have to say is a raging river of self-aggrandising, hyper-sentimentalised "we're creating dreams" bukkake that should make any sane person feel dirty in a way that a belt sander can't help you with.

Old people talking about how they changed the world by selling more shit. Great flick.

advertising is a cult and i'm about to be a part of it :/

we need women in advertising say it with me ‬

A largely unselfcritical glorification of advertising with ramshackle structure and an end that literally parallels the ingenuity of an iPod campaign with not just Toulose-Lautrec but the miracle of space flight. Nice to see inside Weiden + Kennedy, tho, as I used to work across the street.

we need women in advertising say it with me ‬

behind the scenes the ad circle jerk, the ̶a̶d̶ propaganda movie

I'm kinda glad I know some of the ads mentioned thanks to Mad Men. Cool to hear about the process for some of these ads.

For a film about revolutionary advertising, I almost fell asleep in the first 40 minutes.

I appreciated the heart in the latter half explaining how ads like "Just Do It" were so inspiring beyond their original purposes.

Also loved their acknowledgment of the "bad side" of advertising too. Makes me keep an eye out for the "good ones".

But generally - I'm surprised how boring and stale this film was considering the exciting history of their work.

As a young person working in Digital Advertising currently - I think the heart of this applies today. But the people were very old fashioned, very old, and very proud of themselves...

design class :ok_hand:

Viewed in my Advertising Management class at ASU.

We're told by the interviewees that they are creative people - they can't resist selling their trade to the film makers - beside the bullsh*t its still worth a watch.

"art for capitalism"
this may be the grossest phrase I've ever heard, A N G R Y

A largely unselfcritical glorification of advertising with ramshackle structure and an end that literally parallels the ingenuity of an iPod campaign with not just Toulose-Lautrec but the miracle of space flight. Nice to see inside Weiden + Kennedy, tho, as I used to work across the street.