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McCain Attack Ads Redone By Famous Directors
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What would happen if John McCain, his electoral fortunes sagging, hired an acclaimed film director to shoot an attack ad? That's the question answered by this satiric video that's been making the rounds today, in which McCain's message is reconstructed through the lens of auteurs like John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson.
For my money, the results are mixed. The Woo parody has copious gunplay and a couple satisfying slo-mo moments, but I feel that John Woo would have probably given the McCain character two guns, not the Osama bin Laden character. Plus, critically: NO DOVES FLYING THROUGH THE SHOT. I mean, come on, now. The Kevin ...
McCain Attack Ads Redone By Famous Directors
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What would happen if John McCain, his electoral fortunes sagging, hired an acclaimed film director to shoot an attack ad? That's the question answered by this satiric video that's been making the rounds today, in which McCain's message is reconstructed through the lens of auteurs like John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson.
For my money, the results are mixed. The Woo parody has copious gunplay and a couple satisfying slo-mo moments, but I feel that John Woo would have probably given the McCain character two guns, not the Osama bin Laden character. Plus, critically: NO DOVES FLYING THROUGH THE SHOT. I mean, come on, now. The Kevin ...
Taking Back The Campaign Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
If McCain's ads were made by John Woo (meh), Kevin Smith (decent), and Wes Anderson (brilliant):
If Hollywood Made McCain Ads…
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If Hollywood Made McCain Ads… LandlineTV shows what John McCain's ads would look like if they were directed by Hollywood. The YouTube clip features fake McCain ads as if they were made by John Woo, the action-movie director, Kevin Smith, filmmaker of reefer-themed comedies "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," and Wes Anderson, director of quirky films "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums." See the video below. (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan .)
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Matthew Yglesias —
I’d say this pretty much sums up why I don’t care for Wes Anderson movies:
John Woo’s signature style has been so oft-imitated that it’s become absurd and open to parody. But in the early nineties, the Cinema Village right next to the apartment where I grew up played a ton of Asian films (and I think it was only one screen back then) and watching Hard Boiled, Once a Thief, etc. was a real revelation. ...
Hollywood for McCain
Weekly Standard Blog —
The Gormogons point us to this fantastic bit of parody: What it would look like if John Woo, Kevin Smith, and Wes Anderson directed attack ads for McCain. Really top-notch stuff.
Finally: If M. Night Shyamalan directed McCain’s attack ads
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Finally: If M. Night Shyamalan directed McCain’s attack ads posted at 6:52 pm on October 30, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly The second in a series of “famous director attack ads”; I skipped the first one because it was more miss than hit, although the Wes Anderson spoof almost saved it. This one? More hit than miss, thanks to the David Lynch segment. Exit question: What do the avocados represent?
