Suicidal animals star in global-warming PSA
Creativity
McCann Portugal created this anti-global-warming spot on behalf of Quercus, the country's national nature-conservation association. The animation is nice and bleak, the piano music plaintive. But the science seems dodgy—will [...]
‘Wristcutters’ readies suicide ad campaign
Creativity
AfterDark Films, the distributor of the film Wristcutters: A Love Story, either hasn’t heard the recent fuss about suicide images in advertising, or it doesn’t care. “A potentially controversial marketing [...]
All of a sudden, car ads are to die for
Creativity
Volkswagen apparently has some “edgy” work on tap, including a commercial called “Jumper,” in which a suicidal man on a ledge changes his mind after a stranger tells him about [...]
Suicide-bombing ad too much like a movie?
Creativity
In May, we wrote about EFX Films and 900 Frames’ elaborate, expensive shoot in Los Angeles for an anti-suicide-bombing commercial. The ad’s now been released. Check it out in Windows [...]
Major anti-suicide-bombing ad shot in L.A.
Creativity
The last time we saw a suicide bomber in a commercial, it was in that controversial viral for the Volkswagen Polo (shown here). But over the weekend, the warehouse district [...]
VW suicide bomber called top viral of ’05
Creativity
Bore Me has compiled a list of the top virals of 2005, and the Volkswagen suicide-bomber spoof commercial is on top, edging out President Bush’s tussle with a locked door [...]