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VIDEO: Martin Scorcese Directs Chanel Ad

You know that a fashion house has staying power when it can enlist the directorial skills of an Oscar winner like Martin Scorcese. Such was the case with Chanel, who hired Scorcese to direct a commercial for its men’s fragrance, Bleu de Chanel.

While the French actor Gaspard Ulliel captivates most of my attention, I can’t help but compare it to David Lynch’s gig for Dior. With Lynch, at least you still saw his signature touch in the video. Scorcese’s, while much shorter in length, looked more like the typical run-of-the-mill fragrance spot. Even Frank Miller made an interesting take on Gucci’s perfume!

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David Lynch Does Dior

When I first read the news that David Lynch was recruited to direct a short film for Dior, I was both weirded out and yet intrigued at the same time. The film (check it out after the jump!), which premiered during the unveiling of the Dior Cruise Collection in Shanghai, is very much a Lynch film: eerie music, hard spotlights, creepy smoke, low camera angles, and a narrative that makes your head spin a bit.

According to Lynch, Galliano and company gave him little direction: “They called me up and said, ‘Would you like to make a short film for the internet? You can do anything you want, you just need to show the handbag, the Pearl Tower and some old Shanghai.’”

If anything, watch it for the chance to see

Marion Cotillard

the Asian guy with a bowl cut.

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