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RUNTIME
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Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Waiting for Commercials
1972 0h 7m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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Waiting for Commercials is a hilarious compendium of Japanese TV commercials. "Beckett wrote 'Waiting for Godot' twenty years ago, but instead of Godot, TV commercial after TV commercial arrived". This early example of Paik's use of appropriated television imagery as pop cultural artifact was originally created for a performance piece of the same name, which featured Charlotte Moorman and her cello.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jud Yalkut
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jud Yalkut directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese, Korean.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 254 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Japanese, Korean.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0495638 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 7 min · 0h 7m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Jud Yalkut
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1972-07-15
