THEME EXPLORATION

television advertising

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
Amazon Women on the Moon
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · John Landis
Electro show
Electro show
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story
The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story
2015 · Vanessa Parise
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Haunted Houses
Haunted Houses
2001 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Twin Peaks: The Return
Twin Peaks: The Return
2017 · David Lynch
Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show
Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show
1973 · Shirley Clarke
Diane
Diane
1975 · Alan Clarke
Network
Network
1976 · Sidney Lumet
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Scott Waugh United Kingdom

Pioneered cinematic advertising aesthetics through groundbreaking commercials before directing films, fundamentally shaping how television advertising became an art form.

 David Lynch United States

Critiques consumer culture and television's manipulative power throughout his filmography, treating advertising's psychological methods as central to his surrealist exploration of American life.