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Global CEO of Ogilvy, The Guardian Remakes Its 1986 "Points of View" GOAT Ad 40 Years Later, AB InBev Three-Peats Cannes Marketer of the Year & O Boticário's "Departures" Will Make You Cry
The Guardian just remade one of the greatest ads ever made. The original 1986 "Points of View" spot — known as "Skinhead" — was created by BMP DDB and directed by Paul Weiland. It shows a skinhead rushing toward a behatted gentleman, appearing to wrestle his briefcase away, until the wider frame reveals he was pushing him out of the path of a falling pile of bricks. "But it's only when you get the full picture you can understand what's going on." Voted seventh best ad ever by The Drum. Forty years later, Lucky Generals brought it back — same director Paul Weiland, same actress Kathy Burke —…
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