Originally published at: David Lynch directed this funny pasta commercial | Boing Boing
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“That man” is acclaimed French actor – and accused rapist and sexual assaulter – Gerard Depardieu.
Um. They didn’t have those 30 years ago. That’s a motor scooter.
Looks like an old bicycle-seat-style Vespa, but a little hard to tell in the half-second blurry shot of it on its side.
Couldn’t watch. No subtitles.
/s
Not to mention publicly dissing the acting skills of Juliette Binoche and interrupting his own daughter’s acceptance of the Cesar award. What a misongynistic turd.
Knowing that and the following kind of ruined it for me.
He’d be making you a bowl of borscht with Polonium in it these days.
You must not be a USian?
Since most in the U.S. would instead write,
Couldn’t watch. Subtitles.
Or maybe, Wouldn’t watch.
Remarkably middle-class.
Fair assumption. Wrong, but fair.
I was in that part of the world at the time. It was a big deal in Russia. All over the Russian news channels for weeks.
It was kind of depressing, too. Russian news was going nuts that one guy wanted Russian citizenship.
Looks like a small frame Vespa to me, but it is hard to tell. Maybe this model. Motorino del Vento - [Vespa 50HP] -
[ring-ring-ring]
[crash]
[ouch]
[boo-hoo]
[bark]
[boil]
[chop]
[motor rev]
[crash]
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I’m not saying it’s not a competent ad, but when you noted it was made by Mr. Lynch I was definitely expecting something not quite so pedestrian. /shrug
I believe “trame” is the french doggo for woof.
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