The man is a genius!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4wh_mc8hRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4wh_mc8hRE
I had the pleasure of working with him.
I love this guy. I had the pleasure of working with him.
If product placement helps get the film financed I don't see the issue.
There are other ways to get your film financed.
Product placement doesn't have to be gratuitous....
I love this guy. I had the pleasure of working with him.
I love how the interviewer asked a 30 second question
and he answered in 3.
Tell that to the makers of WWZ. Most gratuitous product placement I have seen, ever, save for when a film is actively making fun of product placement.
May I just suggest the most gratuitous product placement in history has to be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdnoqCViqUo
It's a giant advertisement with a film somewhere inside.
Maybe this is why I don't like his films. This is not genius, it's stupidity.
What's more realistic to you? Cans of Generic Cola with their labels always pointed away from the camera? Or Coke held normally?
I don't think he has an issue with having a brand name in there, he's used it before. One of his movies mentioned some beer specifically by name.
But I must admit, if it fitted the story rather than the other way around, money is money...
Maybe this is why I don't like his films.
And if he can't see that and roll with the times, then I guess I won't have to watch anymore of his movies.