By Robert Goldrich
A youngster bicycles down a suburban street. “I don’t dream like you,” he says.
A man gets a newspaper from a vending machine. “I don’t have the same skin as you,” he relates.
A woman, carrying a child, then notes that she doesn’t wear her hair like you.
A sailor, eating a hamburger in front of a fast food restaurant, shares, “I don’t dance like you.”
A young guy in a grocery store parking lot, relates, “I don’t come from the same place as you.”
And finally a jogger says to the camera, “But I will give you CPR.”
A super then appears on screen against a black background. It reads, “Learn To Save A Life Today.”
A voiceover by actress Julianna Margulies then observes, “When you help the Red Cross, you help America.”
The American Red Cross logo appears, accompanied by a Web site address (redcross.org).
This PSA is part of a broad-based campaign–which includes two :60s (one English, the other in Spanish) and four :30s–from Hill, Holliday, New York. The public service spots all depict people from different walks of life who talk about the many ways in which they are unlike us–yet despite the differences, they believe in being there for others, through CPR, blood donations, and financial contributions to the Red Cross. The PSAs were directed by Steve Rogers via Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles. Line producer was Helen Hollien. The spot was shot in New Orleans by DP Eric Tremel.
Editors were Crandall Miller and Marc Langley of The Whitehouse, New York. Colorist was Victor Mulholland of Company 3, New York. Audio mixer was Tom Goldblatt of audioEngine, New York.
Composer Aimee Mann donated the ads’ instrumental track, “Wise Up,” from the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated soundtrack for Magnolia.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More