An elderly couple go through the motions in their relationship, uttering unintelligible gibberish to one another in a series of scenarios. In one, the hubby holds up two shirts for his wife to see. He mumbles as if to ask her which shirt she likes.
Acting as if she couldn’t be bothered, the misses throws up her hands and responds with more incoherent gibberish.
This verbal shorthand continues as we see the wife vacuuming in the living room where her spouse is reading the newspaper. Seemingly annoyed that she doesn’t get any help from him on cleaning chores, she babbles to him and he babbles right back, perhaps fed up that she’s interrupting his morning read with a noisy vacuum.
We get more exchanges of gibberish while the two are in the car driving and later when shopping for clothes.
Finally the couple is at the dinner table enjoying a beautifully prepared, home-cooked meal. The man looks down at the food on his plate and says to his wife adoringly in crystal clear English, “You got your hair done.”
“Yes, I did,” she smiles.
“It looks wonderful,” he says in earnest sincerity.
A voiceover then intervenes, relating, “Never underestimate the power of a good meal,” at which point the logo for the Albertsons chain of grocery stores appears.
“Gibberish” is one of four spots directed by Sean Ehringer of bicoastal Tool of North America for agency Dailey & Associates, West Hollywood.
The Dailey ensemble consisted of creative director Hugh Callahan, art director Darren Johnson, copywriter Mitch Obatake and producer Joe Stanley.
Jennifer Siegel and Brian Latt exec produced for Tool, with Jeff Tanner serving as producer. The DP was William Rexer.
Editor was Gordon Carey of Filmcore, Santa Monica.
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More