Art & Copy

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Art & Copy

2009

1h 28m

Documentary

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A chronicle of the people behind corporate advertising.

Critics Consensus

Art & Copy doesn't probe deeply enough, or think critically enough about its subject.

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

11/12/2009

3/4

Pray inserts facts that are eye-popping (the food industry spends $34 billion annually on ads) and alarming (every year, the average child sees 20,000 TV commercials).

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Peter Schilling

Minneapolis Star Tribune

11/05/2009

Art & Copy offers an intriguing -- some might say frightening -- glimpse into the world that has prompted a generation of Americans to religiously tune into the Super Bowl just to watch those short movies that sell product.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

09/11/2009

4/5

They are the giants of modern advertising, and they have some alluring tales to tell.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

10/06/2017

... this survey of the greatest hits of salesmanship is an interesting look at the intersection of art, exploitation, business and popular culture, and the creative culture that creates these campaigns.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

08/22/2017

Funded by the very same business it purports to examine, the film does not question the hand that strokes and feeds it. Rather, it celebrates it. It is not documentary at all, it merely resembles one.

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Marty Mapes

Movie Habit

10/18/2009

3/4

Doug Pray asked them what it was like to change the world on behalf of someone else's product

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08/14/2019

It's a film all those that work in advertising should see and definitely clients should see too.

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12/22/2013

"Art & Copy" es un documental ideal para introducir al espectador al controversial y fascinante mundo de la publicidad. Se abordan algunos hitos de la historia de la publicidad norteamericana y se ofrecen testimonios de grandes personajes de la profesión. Si usted espera una mirada profunda o controversial sobre la publicidad quedara insatisfecho. Pero si usted quiere saber quienes están detrás de esas frases ingeniosas y esas imágenes que se quedan en la consciencia del consumidor, este documental es para usted.... Que espera, cómprelo ya!

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12/22/2013

"Art & Copy" es un documental ideal para introducir al espectador al controversial y fascinante mundo de la publicidad. Se abordan algunos hitos de la historia de la publicidad norteamericana y se ofrecen testimonios de grandes personajes de la profesión. Si usted espera una mirada profunda o controversial sobre la publicidad quedara insatisfecho. Pero si usted quiere saber quienes están detrás de esas frases ingeniosas y esas imágenes que se quedan en la consciencia del consumidor, este documental es para usted.... Que espera, cómprelo ya!

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08/11/2013

Pretty good doc on the advertising industry. A little self-congratulatory but I love advertising and the industry.

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Giulian T

06/21/2013

"Creativity can solve anything. ANYTHING!"

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05/14/2013

Its a good intro to what advertising is. For anyone who's properly informed, is not terribly reverlating.

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Synopsis

A chronicle of the people behind corporate advertising.

Director: Doug Pray
Producer: Jimmy Greenway, Michael Nadeau
Screenwriter: Gregory Beauchamp, Kirk Souder
Production Co: Art&Industry, The One Club, Granite Pass
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m