A terrifying clown, a mass murderer with a chainsaw, and death itself–they all are fighting for their life underwater. Something seems to be pulling them down to their demise. They desperately try to fight their way up to the surface. But their fight is in vain, and all three of them lifelessly sink to the bottom. The resolution appears at the end of the film: an oversized tea bag was tied to each victim’s leg.
A super reads, “Drown your fears,” accompanied by a Herbaria logo and the branding description, “calming tea.”
Organic food producer Herbaria is breaking with the tea industry’s conventions by advertising their calming tea with this unusual film. It was directed by Andreas Roth, whose reinterpretation of the horror cult film “The Exorcist” for Dirt Devil caused a stir on the web and in creative competitions, including earning a slot in the 2012 SHOOT New Directors Showcase.
The film was produced by Tempomedia Hamburg in cooperation with Jung von Matt /Neckar and the Filmakademie Baden-W�rttemberg. The German Wahnsinn Team delivered music and sound composition and Harvest Digital was responsible for postproduction.
Shooting took place at Pinewood Studios in London, which have also served as a location for underwater scenes in the latest James Bond movies. The spot is run online, in German movie theaters and on www.herbaria.com.
“Beatles ’64” Documentary Captures Intimate Moments From Landmark U.S. Visit
Likely most people have seen iconic footage of the Beatles performing on "The Ed Sullivan Show." But how many have seen Paul McCartney during that same U.S. trip feeding seagulls off his hotel balcony?
That moment — as well as George Harrison and John Lennon goofing around by exchanging their jackets — are part of the Disney+ documentary "Beatles '64," an intimate look at the English band's first trip to America that uses rare and newly restored footage. It streams Friday.
"It's so fun to be the fly on the wall in those really intimate moments," says Margaret Bodde, who produced alongside Martin Scorsese. "It's just this incredible gift of time and technology to be able to see it now with the decades of time stripped away so that you really feel like you're there."
"Beatles '64" leans into footage of the 14-day trip filmed by documentarians Albert and David Maysles, who left behind 11 hours of the Fab Four goofing around in New York's Plaza hotel or traveling. It was restored by Park Road Post in New Zealand.
"It's beautiful, although it's black and white and it's not widescreen," says director David Tedeschi. "It's like it was shot yesterday and it captures the youth of the four Beatles and the fans."
The footage is augmented by interviews with the two surviving members of the band and people whose lives were impacted, including some of the women who as teens stood outside their hotel hoping to catch a glimpse of the Beatles.
"It was like a crazy love," fan Vickie Brenna-Costa recalls in the documentary. "I can't really understand it now. But then, it was natural."
The film shows the four heartthrobs flirting and dancing at the Peppermint Lounge disco, Harrison noodling with a Woody Guthrie riff on his guitar... Read More