These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. It was hardly the dawn of broadcast television in 1958, but the medium was still finding its … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Nichols and May for GE Refrigerators
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. The U.S. movie industry has a long history of cruelly casting off figures who were once titans, … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Dark Tower commercial
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Forget about Clydesdales on snowy paths or croaking frogs, the best ad campaigns ever connected to a … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Bob Uecker for Miller Lite
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Let’s be very plain and direct about this. It’s entirely possible that this, created to promote (sort … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “Real Life” trailer
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. “Just moments ago, all of the VJs and the crew here at MTV collectively hit our executive … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “I Want My MTV”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I think of the various college rock bands from my youth as being hobbled by a lack … Continue reading The Art of the Sell, XTC, “Making Plans for Nigel”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. This has been a tough day for me and for anyone who has a political outlook roughly … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “The Courage to Change”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. In the early nineteen-nineties, movie poster design was increasingly dominated by incredibly dull images. As movie star … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “The Player” movie poster
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Friends, Converse shoes have been my primary footwear for a long, long time, and I can assure … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Converse, “For guys who want to keep playing….”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. By now, we are well past the point that television programming is a sad, forlorn cousin of … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — “You and Me and ABC”
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