Disappointing
Just watched it, and it was like... watching a pretentious ad for a handbag. So much for artistic integrity, Lynch is just another sellout.
shareAre you telling me that you've never heard of directors filming commercials?
Lynch is no more a sellout than any other director who films commercials on the side to make money to live. He's done it his entire career as have pretty much all great directors. There are his films and then his commercials. Don't be so naive.
Are you telling me that you've never heard of directors filming commercials?
Those commercials don't have credits, thereby pretending to be a film.
Commercial, film, music video. What exactly is the difference? They are all made to make money one way or another. I really don't think the intent of this short film was to sell Dior handbags. I'll bet you never saw this "advertisement" on tv. Dior wants to maintain an image for themselves so they can charge ungodly amounts of money for their products, and not just purses. What better way to do this then to have a director like Lynch make something for them. I'm sure they couldn't care less what he made for them as long as they get their name along with his. They basically tell him to make some art and we'll put our name on it. I've seen this done many times, in fact I've worked on a few projects much like this one. I can't say for sure that Dior didn't tell Lynch exactly what to shoot, but I highly doubt that they did. Looking at the film and seeing how very little product is on display tells me that they played a minimal role in this.
shareCommercial, film, music video. What exactly is the difference?
I'm sure you'll figure it out one day.