Art & Copy
Aug 21, 2009 | IMDB 6.9
89 min Watch NowDocumentary
The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.
Documentary
The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Codes of Gender
The Corporation
King Lines
The Atomic Cafe
Paris capitale de la mode, 50 ans de Fashion Week !
Objectified
Generation Sputnik
Helvetica
Greetings From Planet Smurf
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Pressing On: The Letterpress Film
Oso
Valldaura: A Quarantine Cabin
Blue Gold: American Jeans
Programming the Nation?
The Merchants of Cool
Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman
Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Codes of Gender
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2010
Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial culture's inability to let go of reactionary gender representations. Jhally's starting point is the breakthrough work of the late sociologist Erving Goffman, whose 1959 book The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life prefigured the growing field of performance studies. Jhally applies Goffman's analysis of the body in print advertising to hundreds of print ads today, uncovering an astonishing pattern of regressive and destructive gender codes. By looking beyond advertising as a medium that simply sells products, and beyond analyses of gender that tend to focus on either biology or objectification, The Codes of Gender offers important insights into the social construction of masculinity and femininity, the relationship between gender and power, and the everyday performance of cultural norms.The Corporation
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 2003
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.King Lines
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2007
King Lines follows Chris Sharma on his search for the planet's greatest climbs. From South American fantasy boulders to the sweeping limestone walls of Europe, Sharma finds and climbs the hardest, most spectacular routes. Off the coast of Mallorca he discovers his most outrageous project yet, a 70 foot arch rising from the Mediterranean Sea...The Atomic Cafe
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1982
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.Paris capitale de la mode, 50 ans de Fashion Week !
IMDB 8 | Jun , 2024
Objectified
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2009
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.Generation Sputnik
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2016
From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.Helvetica
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2007
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.Greetings From Planet Smurf
IMDB 8.2 | Jun , 2018
The Smurfs were created in 1958 by the Belgian comic author Peyo (Pierre Culliford, 1928-1992) and they are one of Belgium's most recognized exports. From Brussels to Los Angeles, via Dubai, a journey into the tiny world of the famous little blue people, from the story of the creation of the original comic to the account of their huge global commercial exploitation.POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 2011
A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.Pressing On: The Letterpress Film
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2017
Why has letterpress printing survived? Irreplaceable knowledge of the historic craft is in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. Fascinating personalities intermix with wood, metal, and type as young printers save a traditional process in Pressing On, a 4K feature-length documentary exploring the remarkable community keeping letterpress alive.Oso
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2020
OSO is a journey through the history of a pop icon told by its own protagonists, the Tous family, Spain's most famous jewelers.Valldaura: A Quarantine Cabin
IMDB 6 | Jul , 2022
A group of young architects, confined to a forest in Barcelona during the COVID crisis, explore the problems generated by the ambition of wanting to be completely self-sufficient.Blue Gold: American Jeans
IMDB 6.2 | May , 2014
Tracing the history of blue jeans around the globe.Programming the Nation?
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 2011
Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late 1950s subliminal content has been tested and delivered through all forms of mass-media including Hollywood filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock and William Friedkin. Even our modern military has been accused of these practices in the "war on terror" against soldiers and civilians both abroad and at home. With eye-opening footage, revealing interviews, humorous anecdotes, and an array of visual effects, the film categorically explores the alleged usage of subliminals in advertising, music, film, television, anti-theft devices, political propaganda, military psychological operations, and advanced weapons development. Director Jeff Warrick makes it his personal mission to determine if these manipulative tactics have succeeded in "programming the nation?" Or, if subliminal messaging belongs in the category of what many consider urban legend.The Merchants of Cool
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 2001
A documentary on the marketing of pop culture to Teenagers.Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2024
This subversive documentary unpacks the tricks brands use to keep their customers consuming — and the real impact they have on our lives and the world.The Light Bulb Conspiracy
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2010
Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2005
A brief history of the DC Comics character Batman, created by Bob Kane in 1939.Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating
IMDB 9 | Nov , 2024
Chris van Tulleken takes a personal view at why ultra-processed foods are so irresistible and how they have come to dominate food culture.