Classic Mr NYC

I recently blogged about the 1985 NYC crime classic movie Year of the Dragon by the mysterious New York director Michael Cimino. I blogged a few times about Cimino over the years, and you read all those posts here.

But you might not have known that, during the 1960s, when he was a young aspiring filmmaker in NYC, he made some brilliant TV commercials, including this one for United Airlines. This was the height of the Mad Men era, when advertising was become a respected artform all its own, and this is the kind of ad that Don Draper might have dreamed up. 

Anyway, this short commercial is worth watching, the start of the career for a director who would achieve greatness -- and infamy.