Thursday, February 17, 2005
Blasphemy!
Take the time to look at this Volkswagen commercial in Quicktime. (HT: In the Agora) The technical making of this spot is amazing, but the spot itself hurts my soul.
Why do we need to mess with greatness? Gene Kelly's "Singing In The Rain" is widely considered the finest musical number ever put on film -- why mess with it? If they wanted to put the VW in the otherwise unaltered number, maybe edited to a minute -- cool. This; however, is an abomination, like painting graffiti on a Rembrandt.
Why do we need to mess with greatness? Gene Kelly's "Singing In The Rain" is widely considered the finest musical number ever put on film -- why mess with it? If they wanted to put the VW in the otherwise unaltered number, maybe edited to a minute -- cool. This; however, is an abomination, like painting graffiti on a Rembrandt.
