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Quiet

2016-03-13T04:07:23Z

Kevathens: /* External links */

[[Image:Telecom-italia-still.jpg|thumb|250px|[[wikipedia:Leonardo Dicaprio|Leonardo Dicaprio]] featuring in a boc movie directed by [[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]]]]

"[[Quiet]]" is a 2000 advertisement for [[wikipedia:Telecom Italia|Telecom Italia]] directed by [[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]]. It starred actor [[wikipedia:Leonardo DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio]] and featured unreleased music by [[Boards of Canada]].

This is one of three known ads featuring the music of [[Boards of Canada]]. Commenting on the ad, [[Boards of Canada]] explained that they did the ad out of respect for [[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]]. "We actually gave him [[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]] an hour and a half's worth of music, of which he used one 20 second fragment. He was just really excited to have new [[Boards of Canada]] tracks that no one else has heard, that's why he likes working with us. But we trust him. We know he wouldn't do anything else with it. He also knows we'd break both his legs if he did."

Although the brothers did not personally meet [[wikipedia:Leonardo Dicaprio|Leonardo Dicaprio]], they expressed some contempt for his role in the project: "He utters one word. God knows what he got paid. We wanted to record '[[wikipedia:Leonardo Dicaprio|Leonardo Dicaprio]] is a wanker' and put it in the advert music backwards." [[Interviews#1999-10:_Jockey_Slut|(Jockey Slut, 2000)]]

== Details ==
; Title: Quiet (Leonardo DiCaprio)
; Date: September 19, 2000
; Country: Italy
; Agency: Leagas Delaney, Milan
; Agency Producer: Nerine Soper
; Director: Chris Cunningham
; Directory of Photography: Jan Richter-Friis
; Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

== External links ==
* Video:
** [http://www.richter-friis.com/movies/italian/filmen.html Director of Photography's page]
** {{#ev:youtube|CNlV2XtwFfo|200}}
** [http://www.thereel.net/Preview/PreviewMovie.aspx?item=30335101&ft=5 The Reel] (free subscription required)
* [http://www.director-file-two.com/cunningham/telecom.html Director File article about the ad]
[[Category: Advertisements]]

Statistics

2016-03-13T04:05:29Z

Kevathens: /* External links */

"[[Statistics]]" was a 1999 advertisement for [[wikipedia:Nissan|Nissan]] directed by [[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]]. It featured music by [[Boards of Canada]].

== Filming ==
The advertisement was shot in Iceland.
<blockquote>
[[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]] and [[wikipedia:Darius Khondji|Darius Khondji]] found the right landscape for their idea here and that's why they came," says Dis Olafsdottir. "They were looking for a stark contrast between the black sand and the cloudy sky. They wanted cloudy skies all the time." - Dis Olafsdottir<ref>http://www.boardsmag.com/articles/magazine/20000201/saga.html</ref>
</blockquote>

== Music ==
The advert includes excerpts of "[[The Color of the Fire]]" (minus the Sesame Street samples) and "[[5.9.78]]". A search for "[[Michael Sandison]]" in the [http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?fromrow=1&torow=25&keyname=SANDISON%20MICHAEL&querytype=WriterID&keyid=715039&page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&affiliation=PRS&cae=275693032 BMI repertoire database] returns a song named "Nissan Statistics"; this is believed to be the name of the background music collage for trademark/royalty purposes.

The advert was released commercially on a collection of works by [[wikipedia:Chris Cunningham|Chris Cunningham]]. The track is called "Engine (Nissan Commercial)" on the DVD.

== Details ==
; Title: Statistics
; Date: August 19, 1999
; Country: Netherlands
; Agency: TBWA Campaign Company, Amsterdam
; Production: RSA, London (Oliver Szekessy)
; Post Production: Glassworks, London
; Agency Producer: Stefany Rietwerk
; Director: Chris Cunningham
; Producer: Cindy Burnay
; Directory of Photography: Darius Khondji
; Production Designer: Dennis Lewis
; Copywriter: Paul Wilmot
; Creative Director: Béla Stamenkovits
[http://www.thereel.net/search/content/backissuescontents.aspx?job=294119]
[http://www.clipland.com/Summary/500001661/]
[http://www.adforum.com/adfolio/reel_detail.asp?ID=01560&TDI=VD16cWry&PAGE=1&bShop=True&awid=]

== External links ==
* Video:
** [http://www.ukshowreels.tv/showreels/reel_play_full_screen.php?reel_id=chspqrtu&file_id=472710 UK Show Reels]
** {{#ev:youtube|72t0uld3XyE|200}}
** [http://www.thereel.net/Preview/PreviewMovie.aspx?item=18193601&ft=5 The Reel] (free subscription required)
** [http://www.shots.net/video.asp?id=2823 Shots] (paid subscription required)
* [http://www.director-file-two.com/cunningham/nissan.html Director File article about the ad]

== References ==
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[[Category: Advertisements]]

User:Kevathens

2016-03-13T04:01:12Z

Kevathens: Edited

I created the original version of Director File: Chris Cunningham, who was worked with Boards of Canada (on Telecom Italia "Quiet" and Nissan "Engine", "Statistics", etc):

http://www.director-file-two.com/cunningham/

I have a portfolio site
http://www.kevinfholy.com/