The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996)

November 17th, 19962h 50min

Documentary
57%

Overview

An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face stylistic conventions of commercials have influenced feature films and the visual arts. A documentary film talking about art and advertising divided in three parts: 1. Crossing Over - from cinema to ads from ads to cinema 2. Humour - How humour affects us in advertising 3. Shock - The way shock is used to sell


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Balkan Baroque

Balkan Baroque


Released on: 1999-11-14
Documentary

Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramo...

Nelson Mandela, Beyond the Myth

Nelson Mandela, Beyond the Myth


Released on: 2019-10-26
Documentary

Mandela’s legend is built on his absence, during his 27- year incarceration. In 1990, when Nelson Ma...

Lit: All Access

Lit: All Access


Released on: 2004-11-16
Documentary, Music

With over two hours of footage covering the band's 10 year history, "All Access" provides an insight...

Die Frauen der Terrormiliz

Die Frauen der Terrormiliz


Released on: 2019-06-25
Documentary

Nanny, cook or sex slave. For a long time, the mistaken belief that the women in the terrorist organ...

Dead Set!

Dead Set!


Released on: 1998-11-01
Music, Documentary, Comedy

Celebrating the culture, spirit and style of Australian Music featuring interviews and live footage ...

Religulous

Religulous


Released on: 2008-10-01
Documentary, Comedy

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th


Released on: 2010-04-20
Documentary

A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring inter...

Forever

Forever


Released on: 2006-10-05
Documentary

Père-Lachaise - one of the world's most famous and beautiful cemeteries - is the final resting-place...

L'Énigme Mylène Farmer

L'Énigme Mylène Farmer


Released on: 2023-06-20
Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection

Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection


Released on: 1986-01-01
Documentary

A collection of deleted scenes and bloopers from the library of Toho Studios films, including severa...

We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company

We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company


Released on: 2001-11-10
Documentary, War

Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European...

American Hardcore

American Hardcore


Released on: 2006-09-22
Documentary, Music

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documen...

An Obese World

An Obese World


Released on: 2020-03-04
Documentary, TV Movie

As obesity progresses inexorably, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade investigate the causes of th...

Défilé du 8e bataillon

Défilé du 8e bataillon


Released on: 1896-09-28
Documentary

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A...

Homosexualité, les derniers condamnés

Homosexualité, les derniers condamnés


Released on: 2022-05-15
Documentary, TV Movie, History, Drama

Between the end of the Second World War and the abolition of the "offence of homosexuality" in 1982,...

The Making of Back to the Future

The Making of Back to the Future


Released on: 1986-10-25
TV Movie, Documentary

The Making of 'Back to the Future'

Helvetica

Helvetica


Released on: 2007-09-12
Documentary

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual cu...

24×36

24×36


Released on: 2016-03-05
Documentary

A documentary exploring the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through i...

Ancient Armageddon

Ancient Armageddon


Released on: 2023-06-05
Documentary, History

This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...

The Genius of Gothic Art

The Genius of Gothic Art


Released on: 2021-05-02
Documentary, History, TV Movie

Death and the devil, nudity and eroticism, horror in blazing colours, Gothic art cast a spell over p...