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Snowflake 11-29-2007 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 175223)
Oh, it was the wine???
Um, sorry, bad commercial then. I had zero idea.

See? I got it, I know the wine. Formerly ultra cheap champagne in a black bottle.

I still think, fabulous commercial and fabulous take on Hitch.

References I caught were, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Birds and Rear Window.

Loved the small details, the hankie, exact duplication of Eve Kendall's gown.

It may be arcane for people not familiar with Hitch or the wine, so iSm, you are right, as a commercial this can fail on many levels. But, I got the joke and it made me want to but the wine.

I also loved the reference during the final shot with Scorsese declaring "We can do Greed, we have the stills."**




**famous silent film by Erich von Stroheim, meant to be ten hours by von Stroheim, ruthlessly cut by MGM to 2 hours. It's a grim film, but the full version has long been the holy grail amongst film geeks. Negative elements are gone, the film was reconstructed with stills and it's agonizing in the grimness and agonizing in the sheer detail von Stroheim shot. Too much, way too much.[/size]

Not Afraid 11-29-2007 10:07 AM

The fall = Vertigo?

Capt Jack 11-29-2007 10:18 AM

that was my thinking.

but...what was with all the birds at the end?

:cool:







(yes, Im kidding)

libraryvixen 11-29-2007 10:29 AM

nursing a crappy cold, but loving the fact I watched this commercial this morning! Thanks for posting it!

Gemini Cricket 11-29-2007 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid (Post 175235)
The fall = Vertigo?

I was thinking the fall was from Rear Window. But I guess it could be from Vertigo...

Not Afraid 11-29-2007 11:29 AM

The flash going off was a Rear Window moment.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 11-29-2007 11:34 AM

Delightful.

Not Afraid 11-29-2007 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 175246)
I was thinking the fall was from Rear Window. But I guess it could be from Vertigo...

Now I think the fall was North by Northwest.

The stabbing is Dial M for Murder.

The strangulation is familiar but I'm not placing it.

The cheers/kiss is To Catch a Thief? (No fireworks).

Snowflake 11-29-2007 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Afraid (Post 175235)
The fall = Vertigo?

It mirrored Jimmy Stewart almost exactly from Rear Window.

I was surprised nothing from Vertigo, nothing that I caught.

Morrigoon 11-29-2007 11:50 AM

Quite good, thanks for sharing!


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