Bleu de Chanel

Martin Scorsese joined forces with French star Gaspard Ulliel to present him as the then new face of Chanel, in this wildly and intense ad. Ulliel plays a famous movie star who gets distracted by a mystery pretty woman during a press conference since she looked exactly like a person from his past. Flashbacks show the other women and the countless romantic moments they had. As soundtrack, a Rolling Stones song of which we all know Marty is a big fan.

The original full version is a masterpiece in filmmaking and also a masterpiece in the field of ad. Cinematic, visually striking and there's beauty everywhere, and ultimately Ulliel was a knockout, great face and presence for the brand - he made a couple of other ads for them as well. Yet the edited version of the commercial was that caught my attention since it was a frequent thing on TV, but they cut the whole introduction and the flashbacks and go right after his one-liner and that magnificent walkout that makes a special thing in the place. Simply extraordinary. 10/10.

Seeing it after Timotee Chalamet commercial, I was tempted to write, in supperficial way , the same recipe, the same pieces. But Martin Scorsese has the virtue to not be the same and , not ignoring the press conference resemblance with talk show, or the feminine presence as temptation, two virtues are significant - the flash backs , offering clues about intense relations and the superb end, full of senses , easy to defin in manner who you prefer, from irony against star system, fall of apparences, true love or critic of totalitarian system.

In short, not surprising, admirable.

For me, new good occasion to remind great roles of the unique Gaspard Ulliel.