Director Eliot Rausch–whose work spans campaigns for such clients as Nike, Duracell, Starbucks, Google, Vans, Expedia, The Red Cross and Under Armour–has joined Stink USA. He had previously been repped by Uber Content.
Rausch cut his teeth as an editor before moving into directing full time, putting together a body of work that honors the resilience of ordinary, everyday heroes. ‘Last Minutes with Oden’ exemplifies Rausch's sympathetic leanings, collecting Documentary Award plus Grand Prize at Vimeo Festival + Awards. The sensitive work shares an owner’s final moments with his cancer-stricken dog, the noble partnership between canine and keeper finally at an end.
Rausch also helmed “Trust your Power” for Duracell, work embracing attitude and purpose while following all-pro (and since retired) linebacker Patrick Willis as he recites his personal journey into the NFL. Forgotten heroes of everyday life are also honored, especially poignant in the emotionally charged short “Remember,” a touching portrait of a man whose life is fading away due to the ravages of Alzheimer’s.
Authentic passion is also afoot in “Ready for August” for Under Armour, work shortlisted at the 2014 AICP Show in the Direction category. The campaign features inner city kids training with heart and soul to achieve greatness and a place in the NFL. Meanwhile, Rausch's short film “Find Your Understanding,” created for Expedia was one of TED’s 10 Best Ads of the Year in 2013.
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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