The Mise en scène is the Message – The Advertisements of Errol Morris and Roy Andersson

Television advertisements— those didactic short films for people with terrible attention spans — are almost instantly beloved or derided, based oninstincts triggered less by substance than style. Some of the biggest ads in recent memory come from a wide variety of products. These commercials, which range from showcasing deodorants to confectionary, succeed because they are inventive, surprising and, more often than not, genuinely funny. Events like the Superbowl have made television commercia...