Event Review: The Night of the Ad Eaters
Created and produced since 1981 by Jean Marie Boursicot,
The Night of the AdEaters is a show that now runs in more that 40 countries worldwide dedicated to showing the production of advertising among 60 different nationalities on the Big Screen and in a crazy atmosphere!
It’s the opportunity to fling open a window on the world and for six hours to get a taste of what Russian, Asian, African, and South American advertisers serve up.
The Night of the Ad Eaters is cinema and, of course, a show, but it’s also a testimony to our era, based on a language shared by all. With advertising you don’t need subtitles. The message is sufficiently brief and dense to be understood by everyone, transcending linguistic and cultural differences.
Every year, all around the world, 300,000 enthusiasts meet-up to unreservedly celebrate the “Publivore cult”, in a friendly, convivial and fun atmosphere, enjoying each and every advert or singing along to the best-known jingles.
More than 100 cities throughout the world sign on to the tour annually, from Tokyo to Paris, including as well Moscow, Santiago de Chile, Mexico City, Hong Kong or Geneva.
On the menu... are 500 films, 480 of which have never been shown in this format, and the fare always has plenty of appeal and more than a few surprises! International, exotic, even historic in flavor (going from 1898 to the present), the offering translates the vitality and the trends from the different parts of the world of advertising. No censorship is involved: alcohol, tobacco and sex are present. Top actors are involved as well as Top level athletes.
LA Premier Show Program:
Part 1. (1hr)
1. Singing America. (Popular songs in commercials produced in the USA on 50-60th)
2. New York in Ads
3. Selected European Ads
Part 2. (2hrs)
1. Pepsi ads (Produced in different countries at different times)
2. Star Wars theme and characters in Ads
3. Selected ads from the Great Britain
4. World best directors making ads for Parisienne cigarettes
JEAN LUC GODARD
DAVID LYNCH
BAKHTIGAR KHOUDOYNAZAROV
GIUSEPPE TORNATORE
EMIR KUSTURICA
ROMAN POLANSKI
WIM WENDERS
ROBERT ALTMAN
JOËL ET ETHAN COHEN
5. Movie stars in ads:
Ziyi Zhang
Kim Basinger
Brad Pitt
Sean Connery
Pierce Brosnan
Jean Reno
George Clooney
Sharon Stone
Harrison Ford
Jackie Chan
Val Kilmer
Catherine Deneuve
Clive Owen
Gerard Depardieu
Hugh Laurie
Uma Thurman
Richard Gere
Leonardo DiCaprio
Melanie Griffith
Dustin Hoffman
Mickey Rooney
Tommy Tune
Paul Newman
Monica Bellucci
Jack Black
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