Ah, ’tis the season for merriment and good will towards others.
Well, not quite–especially when it comes to hunting down bargains and coveted gifts come Xmas time.
This spot starts with a man opening the front doors to a department store. As soon as he turns the key, it’s as if the floodgates have opened with all of humanity pouring through the entrance, trampling the poor storekeeper in the process. His eyeglasses lay shattered next to his laid out body.
Once inside the store, shoppers are scurrying about in a frenzy, resorting to almost anything to get their hands on the merchandise they desire. A woman reaches for snow boots, only to have a shopping cart submarine her out of the picture, enabling another lass to grab the boots.
Similar aggressive behavior is evident most everywhere. For example, though she’s not as spry as she used to be, an elderly lady uses her cane to trip up a young man, separating him for a box he had been holding, which she in turn plans to scoop up for herself.
Outside the store and away from the fray, we see a woman peacefully and safely doing her gift buying, choosing from several New York Lottery game tickets (Polar Pairs, Surprize Package). Indeed the lotto not only has a big payoff (up to $750,000 in some games for the grand prize), but you don’t have to risk your neck to find the proper gift.
“Holiday Shopping” was directed by David Horowitz of Rock Fight, Hollywood, for DDB Worldwide, New York. Ross Richards was the DP.
The DDB team consisted of executive creative director Lee Garfinkel, art director Rich Sharp, copywriter Scott Grayson and producer Teri Altman.
Editor was Clayton Hemmert of Crew Cuts, New York.
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.
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