David Lynch on Product Placement

[greyeyed123]

Just look at "Mac and Me". Without product placement, that wouldn't BE a movie.

Remember the famous dance scene, and that wonderful song "Down to Earth" that everyone was singing?  No?

/watch?v=NdvO0tmNjGo

lol

[FooFilmOfficial]

0:29.

Where'd you guys go?

[mk741]

Great answer.

[aura0noir]

One of my favorite vidoes of all time

[getinthegoat]

I love him.

[keeperofthecheese]

Is he saying "the point you are trying to make is bullshit" ?

Or is he saying "Advertising in films is bullshit" ?

[meladellaterra]

@keeperofthecheese the latter

[oladapobamidele]

Lynch has got a point.

[urbancavewoman]

David Lynch has made many commercials, but what he is against is embedding commercials (product placement) within movies. Although I am generally anti-advertising, I don't let the fact that he has made commercials get in the way of my admiration of him and his work. I really like Bill Hicks too: "If you're in marketing or advertising go kill yourself!"

[zirtapot57]

Actually he is totally right. Product placement would only manipulate his own unique style and ruin it.

[PublicSecrecy]

His interviews in the mid-to-late 2000's are so great. They're just short, 1-or-2-or-3 word utterances that basically capture everything wrong with commerce when it mixes too much with art.

[unholyimage]

The sad thing is how many directors think they have to do product placement to make a film. There are plenty who want to say this but don't have the juevos. David realizes life is to short to fuck around with what you love.

[RedTailedTuna]

what a total fucking prick. There is no problem having products like Pepsi, in a movie they're in our houses anyway it makes the movie more realistic. If this guy would make at least one movie while not on LSD he may of figured that out.

[jordanthewizard]

This video needs CROWN ROYAL

[Scarlett4Zanzibar]

David Lynch is great. Love him. Love his answer. Straight and to the point, haw.

[roseruiz57]

i thought he meditates twice a day what happen.

[energ8t]

@roseruiz57 He isn't pissed. He's just making a succinct point about the industry. Product placement is garbage and renders movies as such.

[Stranglehold432]

That's exactly what I think about reality shows.

[LewizX90]

So David, what are your Thoughts on Twilight?

[niddyd]

two words: georgia coffee

[DeviousTelevision]

HEY GUYS! DON'T FORGET TO BUY DAVID LYNCH BRAND COFFEE AT HIS WEBSITE - davidlynch*com!

[Arkeband]

Mah boi fruitsnax!

[WastedTalent1632]

This video needed more Dr.Pepper.

[alabastercomix]

Fuck that shit. PABST BLUE RIBBON

[daviddtor]

Crystal clear :)

[Jcolinsol]

Hasn't David Lynch directed advertisements before?

Didn't Bill Hicks have a routine about how your name is stricken from the honor roll of artistry if you ever do advertisements?

[SamCrut]

@Jcolinsol Advertising ≠ product placement. Lynch isn't anti-capitalism.

[Jcolinsol]

@SamCrut

Yes it does, it's just advertising in a different context.

[Jcolinsol]

@SamCrut

Looking back on this response and going: "Total non-sequitur"

[eduleal]

@Jcolinsol Hicks isn´t God. Although I think God cowrites his stuff.

[whatthehell187]

Yeah, whatever. The simple truth is that Lynch is a hypocrite. The guy screams about how product placement is pure evil but he's fine shilling Calvin Klein's Obsession, Nissan Micra, and Parisienne cigarettes. Usually doing the Euro ad route so he can keep his art image clean in America. There are worse and more serious things in the world to bitch about than product placement in a movie. You and he need to find something real to get worked up over.

[Raflegan]

DKNY in Muholland Dr., anyone?

[whatthehell187]

Let me get this straight. David Lynch doesn't like product placement but he's okay directing commercials for Calvin Klein's "Obsession" that were written and directed around the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and D.H. Lawrence. Obviously Lynch is a genius but as far as his philosophy about product placement I think he's full of "bullshit...total fucking bullshit."

[YouOnlyDeleted]

@whatthehell187 settle down and go watch Josie and the Pussycats.

[whatthehell187]

@YouOnlyDeleted I think the magic dust from the chemtrails has drifted down and turned your brain into a gooey pudding. You see, I'm not the one who needs to settle down, it's Sir David Lynch. (And perhaps you.) He's the clown who responded "'bullshit...total fucking bullshit!" when asked about product placement. He's as goofy as you are. What's the big deal with product placement? There is none. Now go back outside and stare at the sky.

[YouOnlyDeleted]

@YouOnlyDeleted I can see the sky just fine from my window.

So, You ask, "What's the big deal with product placement" ?

To that I say....Are you fucking kidding me?! I'd hate to see the skies where you live. Looks like that magic dust has gotten into your fruity pebbles too.

Product placement defiles a film. It makes the film automatically smell like shit.

Now run along and go watch some Adam Sandler movies.

[whatthehell187]

@YouOnlyDeleted Yeah, whatever. The simple truth is that Lynch is a hypocrite. The guy screams about how product placement is pure evil but he's fine shilling Calvin Klein's Obsession, Nissan Micra, and Parisienne cigarettes. Usually doing the Euro ad route so he can keep his art image clean in America. There are worse and more serious things in the world to bitch about than product placement in a movie. You and he need to find something real to get worked up over.

[TheZachReed]

@YouOnlyDeleted Talk about a hole in one!

[whatthehell187]

Let me get this straight. David Lynch doesn't like product placement but he's okay directing commercials for Calvin Klein's "Obsession" that we're written and directed around the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and D.H. Lawrence. Obviously Lynch is a genius but as far as his philosophy about product placement I think he's full of "bullshit...total fucking bullshit."

[vlaSINda]

Awesome.

That's why I created my own brands, to make fun of product placement.

[spyro303]

Amen to this. Art and industry are at odds.

[ashtonas89]

God I love David Lynch

[popcornwbutter]

You GO David! Absolutely correct.

[squeakyfromme69]

awesome!

[matthewtaronno]

@squeakyfromme69 damn straight !

[PsychoticBallet]

This made me burst out laughing. I love David Lynch and his quirky interviews.

[JOHN411S]

View, Safe Sex In A Bottle, on YouTube

[MrLazyEyes]

So Dave, how do you feel today?

Bullshit, total fucking bullshit.

[matthewtaronno]

@MrLazyEyes that response could be used with any question!

[FetaCheese222]

You know what else is bullshit? Eraserhead. *ducks for cover*

[Conway79]

HEINEKEN? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!

[MrWhoization]

Ha, this is so true. I was watching this while sipping on a Coca-Cola, and munching on a fresh Krispy Kreme doughnut! Mm-mm. Delicious! You should try some! Only a dollar at most stores, and it's most definitely worth it!

[TheCeembee]

insert crickets in the end

[RoboLaserCat]

WAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[OpusMioda]

David Lynch is Winning.

[alkalinecuban]

@OpusMioda He never stopped

[MrReznor]

love this guy

[SABRENOSE]

David Lynch is more funny than he's actual writing

[KleWdSide]

Hahahahahaha!

[jamesaellis]

At least he likes cheese.

[Dayberry]

People people! Product placement is when a company pays the filmmaker to have the product in the film.

[uradildouche]

@Dayberry I certainly don't like to be advertised at every time I want to watch a movie or be entertained. Lynch is a film artist, not a marketer/advertiser. Anyways, if a product is decent enough, it can sell itself.

[BareMaximum]

I like Heinekin



[shuckslbj]

I'm so glad this guy explained it! Lynch probably had no idea what product placement was!

[AlleUndWir]

good opinion

[TheHoleBag]

PABST BLUE RIBBON!

[alanaisaac5]

@TheHoleBag Just because he used the brand names in the film doesn't mean he was paid to put them there. Product Placement, as described by definition, is when (and the interviewer even says this) the product company and filmmakers collaborate and exchange money in order to place a product in the film in order to sell it.

[alanaisaac5]

@TheHoleBag And the reason he used Pabst Blue Ribbon specifically in the film is because of the "Blue Ribbon" part of the name. If you recall the character Frank Booth is obsessed and comforted by Blue Velvet in any and all forms.

[dullath]

ok, but how do you really feel? lol i so love him

[j009aguar13]

Lynch is such a nice guy, he probably had to spend days in bed recovering from this burst of rage lol

[RonAlmeida]

As if Hollywood wasn't already F**ing up film making by making money rather than films.

[Tigerlily21]

lol so is it true that he was so mad DeLaurentis made him place Heinekin in Blue Velvet, so he used it in the film in a way that made fun of it? He's the man.

[ReeceHughesRocks]

TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT

[LaurentCRS]

He did direct several commercials, so by keeping this separate from his filmmaking doesn't make him a total hypocrite when he said that.

[MeLoni0usfunk]

Thank God for David Lynch!!!!! Says it how it is and how it should be heard!!!!!

[chemicalbrotherkid]

I wonder what would happen if you put Lynch in a locked room alone with Michael Bay, the king of product placement?

[Nigelcf]

DL is THE MAN!! \m/

[TheZhayne]

How nice of him to elaborate at length on his point of view.

[francobegbie22]

@TheZhayne hahaha!

[WrestleTheDecibel]

This is easily the best clip on YouTube

[snakevillefilms]

i like how the interviewer feels he has to explain what product placement is to david fucking lynch

[OnlySeanJohn]

53 people have made films in conjunction with budget support from multinational corporations.

[Jay41]

ROFL!!!!Oh god I love this man!

[jeebles1]

Heinneken.

[themachman19691]

lol.classic.

[Bluehawk2008]

If you're actually filming an advertisement, it's not product placement since the whole piece centers on the product itself. You've Got Mail, on the other hand, is not an ad about AOL or Starbucks, but features them heavily and overtly because of studio-corporate agreements.

[HeroPrinnyDood]

David, did you forget about your Twin Peaks "Georgia" coffee commercials?

[GabeMorris]

The ads he directed were either incomprehensible or very close to product placement.

[SgtVadge]

that 35 seconds was more entertaining than any of his self indulgent films...... except Elephant man.

[seavoyagerful]

@SgtVadge bullshit

[iwannabeyourdog1969]

@SgtVadge youre saying the elephant man isnt entertaining?

[hcollection]

@SgtVadge well said

[tarman2]

@SgtVadge He makes art films not commercial entertainment, what do you expect?

[scaredmonkey]

Go on Dave

[TheKappaVFS]

Funny, Lynch's reaction was the same one I had after watching Inland Empire.

[srlinski]

It's hard to defend product placement against an artist like Lynch, but if the movie needs some extra money and doesn't beat the audience over the head with the product then I don't really have a problem with it.

[CardiohallPictures]

He needs to elaborate on why it's 'bullshit.' I know his directing style is to be surreal and vague, but this is just bad. If he never backs-up what he says in interviews, he loses his credibility in terms of opinions.

[octagon79]

@CardiohallPictures now that's Bullshit, total fucking Bullshit.

[TerminalxIllusions]

Now, that's what I call a perfect example of laconicism. ;D

[Birdieupon]

Those 52 dislikes all work for Coca Cola lol!

[bushbasher85]

The worst product placement or least the most blantant was in the 1st home alone "Fuller go easy on the Pepsi!" and he turns to the camera with Pepsi in hand and smiles.

[MichaelAdamWarren]

David Lynch does not disagree with commercials, he just does not approve of filmmakers pretending to make art when they are making glorified extended commercials. So when I mentioned my "35 Years of David Lynch" blog on the most popular Lynch video, I was not pretending to make art, but promoting a series of articles written about the man they are searching on YouTube.

[EmpireLS56KW]

I don’t think is bullshit total fucking bullshit.

Products are what we use in life it’s not product placement it’s what we use in daily/daily life.

[SamCrut]

@sickandtwisted058 That was a part of the script. It wasn't shilling product placement. Do you think Heineken or Pabst Blue Ribbon paid to be in Blue Velvet?

[sickandtwisted058]

@SamCrut

All I know is, I really fucking wanted a Heineken after having watched the film. PBR is fine too. David Lynch FTW

[StuffedMannequin]

@SamCrut I'm confident that Heineken paid David Lynch to advertise their product by having a depraved sexual maniac scream "FUCK HEINEKEN".  It makes too much sense.

[unj]

@SamCrut I don't think Heineken is too happy about being described as "for pussys".

[CodyRicheson]

@SamCrut, I'd also like to add that it resulted in absolutely priceless dialogue from Hopper.

[colenbrak]

@SamCrut it very well could have been

[EmpireLS56KW]

@sickandtwisted058 What about the cars driving around in the film the cloths that the actors were warring and so on. What about the oxygen that Denis breathed was that a well known oxygen brand? Who give a fuck?

[EmpireLS56KW]

It’s like Ghostbusters (1984) look at all the junk food! What do you see in the fridge! Rot your fucking rubbish propaganda Coke Cola!

[no1beanflicker]

@EmpireLS56KW

It's Coca Cola...nitwit

[MaghoxFr]

@sickandtwisted058 yeah, and tarantino sold burger king and mc donalds in pulp fiction. You should get your head straight mate.

[goonsackmask]

@sickandtwisted058 he said "heiniken fuck this shit." how is that selling heiniken?

[b0mbcityrocker]

@sickandtwisted058 it was pabst blue ribbon because frank loved blue velvet, blue velvet=blue ribbon

[vdochev]

@sickandtwisted058

Yeah... and in the next scene he calls Heineken a piece of shit. Some product placement there...

[MichaelAdamWarren]

I recently began a 5-month-long series of article on my blog analyzing the films of David Lynch. You can check it out by searching "35 Years of David Lynch"

[TwoCows23]

@MichaelAdamWarren Your post is spam. Hence, it is TOTAL. FUCKING. BULLSHIT.

[theXNtric]

It's a shame he feels this way, because Eraserhead could have made a really good case for birth control...

[MrBlockishMark]

A Bull fucking bullshit? I can picture that in my head, a Bull humping the crap outta crap!

[squreshi10]

To be or not to be? Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take oreo cookies against a sea of milk...

[Moneymyke357]

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-Just do it

[niemanickurwa]

lol Don't mince your words David.

[benmrhall]

@niemanickurwa LMAO

[IsKeLeToR]

He is a genius.

[noveltysongs]

Wha???? Heineken Beer is in Blue Velvet 2 or 3 times, including a mention by McLachlan while peeing...? I thought it was product placement.

Here's the classic scene watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4

[HoosierMF]

@noveltysongs That's part of the character not product placement.

[HungerCultFilms]

Bravo. Love his attitude :)

[6980MulhollandDrive]

he's the greatest

[jazzvermin]

"Bullshit, that's how I feel. Total. Fucking. Bullshit."

[sukkyatlife]

his expression doesn't match his words

[Totiloz]

what does he mean by bullshit? that this doesnt exist? advertising has been there practically since the first films were made

[1978deus]

@Totiloz He means that product placement is bullshit and compromises the art of filmmaking.

[MidnightCardinal]

iw ould have liked him to explain mroe

[FireProMMA]

This comment is brought to you by Pepsi.

[Totiloz]

@FireProMMA before seeing this i saw a pepsi commercial. wtf? who are you

[Hotlantaa]

When has product placement actually taken away enjoyment from the film? And I mean really taken it away. Not just "ooooooo I saw a Coke can now I guess I can't watch this because I'm being advertised to" but where you truly couldn't focus on the plot of the story. It's just another way for companies to get there product out and it's less in your face than TV ads so I say go for it lol.

[StuntManPliskin]

@Hotlantaa

It warps the process of writing/developing the movie. If you're writing a story specifically about character development or a story, then all work will be focused on that.

If corporations want product placement, parts have to be made to accomodate that, thus detracting from the message of the movie, thus wasting your time, thus breaking momentum of the story.

[BrekanArts]

And thats why he's now shooting features with a sony handycam....

[ramjet81]

Lol, what more there is to say? It turns movies into effing commercials...

[seppomuppit]

lmao

[lanaluvzyuxx]

HAHAH

[proceedapathy]

TRUTH!

[Djarra]

Of course he has first hand experience because DeLorentis forced him to have a lot of product placement for Heineken in 'Blue Velvet' he subverted it and annoyed them.

[noveltysongs]

@Djarra Yep, that's probably true. Can you imagine if there was some kind of product in Eraserhead !!

[Djarra]

@noveltysongs Mini Chickens, "They're new!"

[HorleyMan6]

@noveltysongs Did they not have KFC for dinner ?

[squreshi10]

@noveltysongs Well, it's right in the title. Erasers hide your pencil mistakes!

[tacospartan]

the interviewer is speechless

[SamCrut]

@tacospartan Actually, the film crew is all turning blue behind the camera trying not to bust the interview by busting out laughing. That's what he's looking around smiling about there at the end.

[TheDM75]

LMAO This is priceless, Lynch is so fucking awesome.

[matthewtaronno]

@TheDM75 You said it!

[thesir27]

i like how you can't even be sure exactly what his answer means... maybe he thinks product placement does not exist and thus is calling the concept "bullshit" !

[peterphilip]

wow.

exactly.

a man with that kind of view definitely made Eraserhead and Mulholland Dr. and not Transformers.

[OBDjFH05]

Amen David!

[yoobitoobi]

lol

[warwize]

awesome.

[nedwarp]

Product placement? Fuck that shit, pabst blue ribbon.

[BrekanArts]

@nedwarp Exactly! If he really thinks its bullshit, he needs to get more creative.

He could have Laura Dern say a line like: "I love the smell of Tampax in the morning..."

[noveltysongs]

@nedwarp Damn right! You know how many Heinekens I've bought since seeing Blue Velvet? AND Pabst Blue Ribbons!! LOTS

[agwoodliffe]

He could have been a bit more discrete

[JNRoDz]

I lol'd

[twatypants]

to the point! well said

[DharmaInitiative420]

hahahaha awesome

[2ndsB4]

he totally pwns

[BishopOcelot]

hahahaha, this guy...

[LeoPirate]

I LOL'd. I was half expecting some elaborate eloquent answer.

[tictixtiv]

"Bullshit Total Fucking Bullshit Thats How I Feel" Word Of Wisdom

[memartinmartin1]

hahah his hilarious

[Joshuabishop]

@Danaelious: Have you seen his commercials? They're masterpieces. He has on many occasions admitted to doing commercials strictly for money. He is talking about the artist having 100% control over his product and believe it or not he even has that with his commercials.

[Danaelious]

@Joshuabishop I personally think his commercials are OK.

[haribo687]

I love it how he looks around at the end like, "can I get an Amen??"

[econometricsly]

Rock on David lynch! Damn capitalism ruining films

[tankianfanfan]

long question, very VERY short answer^^

[pointzeropictures]

way to go David! He's the best!

LOL, David Lynch is awesome and it is so true. One of