Mad Men - The Carousel (720p HD Version)

From the first season finale, episode 13.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• mad
• men
• carousel
• kodak
• don
• draper
• amc

[flashgunfilms]

i'd share this everyday on Facebook - but it's always disabled for embedding :(

[TomR35]

@flashgunfilms Not my choice. AMC disabled embedding, alas.

[jmitchellbelderson]

one of the best scenes ever put to tv. near perfect

[jerik86]

They really knocked it out of the park with this scene.

[venomchris]

i dont get it. man this show sucks

[TheKlobeUpdate]

Know what I just realized? The smoke (from their cigarettes) makes all the pictures look like they're on the verge of being burned by fire. It's just like Don Draper's family life; all about to go up in flames.

[DonDraperism]

Wow what a great show and I still can't figure out why I like it so much. One of my favorite characters was Sal. They didn't have to play up the homosexuality so much as I didn't think that was necessary. The guy is just cool and so is Draper and Roger.

[faltat2]

@jmitchellbelderson perfect? i'll tell you what perfect in Drama is, 99 cents, somebody thought of that jmitchellbelderson

[BarryDennen12]

.. but potent!

[bluechao]

@MartoEmeraldHonor Heh. They didn't even take their next meeting. We find out later they called from the lobby, cancelled their other meetings and went with Carousel.

[bluechao]

@essxm22 Most of the best writers are now working in TV. TV writers can have more power and control over a show than a film writer has over a movie. It's a writers medium, like theater. DVD and digital download have allowed long-form stories to thrive in the marketplace. We can watch a whole season over the course of a week, like reading a good book. Mad Men, The Wire, Deadwood, etc. are all only possible now because of how the new means of distribution allows for longer form storytelling.

[bluechao]

@Ttran778 Don does love, but he's forced to live and operate in a cutthroat corporate world. It's a big source of all of his problems and failings. He loves Betty and his family, he loves Anna and Peggy like a brother. This is a scene where we see that side of him. The tension between both sides, who he is vs. who he has to be or who he thinks he has to be is profound.

[bluechao]

@aramdosuzman It's an advertising pitch to Kodak executives for their new slide projector. Kodak wants to call it "the Wheel." Don sells them on calling it "the Carousel." Needless to say, the Kodak guys call off all their other later meetings and go with this idea. But the scene is also about a lot of dramatic things happening in Don's life and in Crane's life (the guy who runs out of the room). Don's an artist who happens to work in the corporate world. It's a beautiful moment from the show.

[willmercury]

Genius writing, production and performance. The medium itself doing what only it can do...