Hi Bill / Mark -
Yes, this is true. I have a DVD copy of "The Way Things Go". It is a
very famous film within the art community.
In a very typical Hollywood/PR way, there's nothing original in the
marketing piece done for Honda, they just ripped the idea off from
these German guys without giving them any credit or money.
Welcome to Hollywood.
The Honda commercial is cool, but the original German version is
actually much more interesting to watch. It's a great film.
Alan
On 5/12/06, Bill Poff <healey2004@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I forwared this to my son who teaches digital film editing at a Cooper Union
>in NYC and he had these comments:
>
> Thanks dad. That video is amazing. A friend of mine
> forwarded the same thing to me a while ago. It's based
> on a film from the early 80s called "The Way Things
> Go" by two German film-makers named Fischli & Weiss.
> It's 30min long, with a few edits to
> seperate sections but basically unedited. They
> actually tried to sue Honda in 2003 since most of the
> tricks in the commercial are ripped directly from
> their movie.
>
> Bill Poff
> 100M
> 100
> Mark Goodman <mkgoodman@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> For the engineering mind!
>
> This Honda ad is the most incredible form of advertising I've ever
> seen . . .
>
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