Regarding "Volkswagen GOLF GTI Car/Bboy Commercial"

This time I didn't post a short film but a commercial. More specifically a car commercial where they have replaced the classic scene from the musical Singing In The Rain with a more contemperary version, including a electronic remix of the song as well as three professional breakdancers playing the part of Don Lockwood which was portrayed by Gene Kelly in the original movie.

What makes this commercial interesting and different from the rest is not only the fact that it tries (atleast slightly) to reinvent something old but it also have some clear artistic qualities to it. The dancing routine would be the most obvious one. Now. Can simple commercials, brief and usually crude methods to brainwash us into buying something as they are, be what people usually refer to as "art"?

I for one, don't really know. I can't say what is art and what isn't. That's well beyond me. But what I can say is that I really like this commercial. And I appreciate it at a whole other level then I would simple entertainment. So I guess, if I had to choose if I consider it art or not I would say that it is.

What is art anyway?

Volkswagen GOLF GTI Car/Bboy Commercial

Bboy/Breakdance/HipHop Bboy Crumbs, David Elsewhere Volkswagen Commercial

Regarding "Vincent"

Vincent is a 6 minute long animated short that was made by Tim Burton,
as one of his first serious short films. It's a black and white film about a boy who dreams about being the legendary cult horror actor Vincent Price who also did the wonderful narration of this movie.

In this film you can clearly see how Burtons imagination works and how the beginnings of some of his more famous work like Nightmare Before Christmas (which he didn't actually direct but was the producer and writer of.) is taking form. 4out of 5!


(Vincent Price always wanted to do Shakespeare)

Vincent by Tim Burton

Tim Burtons first short film about a boy named Vincent who dreams about being something...different.