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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Wes Anderson and Brad Pitt Sell Out - Or Do They? You Decide


There are some people who think that doing ads makes you a sell out. We're kind of ambivalent about that. After all, it's hard to hate on people when your enjoying the smooth refreshing taste of Bud Light. True. One thing we can say for certain. If you're going to do an ad, and we're not saying you should (pauses for a sip of Coca Cola...always the real thing) then you should at least make it a shit cool ad by the likes of Wes Anderson. Brad Pitt obviously agrees with us and decided to star in this nonsensical but enjoyable tribute to Jacqes Tati, infused with Anderson's own inimitable style. One thing though Brad, don't think we won't notice you selling out just cause you're doing ads in Japan. We've got this little thing called the interweb around these parts.

Also, for anyone who hasn't seen it, here is Anderson's brilliant ad for American Express which makes us all kinds of confused. Yes it is truly great, but no we don't like to see great directors being paid to sell stuff to us. Oh the moral quandry.

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