Nike Football Fate - David Fincher.mp4

Nike Football Fate - David Fincher
Have you sen David Fincher's latest? No, not Benjamin Button... I'm talking about the Nike commercial he directed. "Fate" tells the life-long journey of pro football players LaDainian Tomlinson and Troy Polamalu as their destinies collide in an NFL football game.
Based on a concept by Wieden & Kennedy, the portland-based advertising agency behind some of Nike's best campaigns (including Bo Knows, Spike Lee's Mars Blackmon Air Jordan ads, Charles Barkley's I Am Not a Role Model ad), the Bruce CVampbell Old Spice "Experience is Everything" ads, and Coke's The Coke Side of Life campaign. Filmed by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (Sleepy Hallow, Ali, Great Expectations, Children of Men), edited by Angus Wall (Benjamin Button, Zodiac, Thumbsucker, Panic Room, and the creator iof the title sequences for Carnivale, Rome, and Big Love), and scored to a remix of Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
A fantastic but unexpected commercial. The spot feels more like the work of Michael Mann or Peter Berg. When I think Fincher, I think smooth yet edgy, but as far as I can remember, Fincher rarely makes use of handheld camerawork (maybe in Se7en). Thanks to DannyTRS for the recommendation.

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• Nike
• Football
• Fate
• David Fincher