Brands & Films

Reflections on product placement in movies, music and on TV

Month: July, 2011

Pitbull instead of James Bond

In 1995 BMW made history with its deal with the producers of James Bond movies. It was a three-movie deal which gave BMW a chance to include its car models in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World in Not Enough. They started with their latest roadster Z3, even though it was featured in the [...]

Sergio Tacchini: From Goran to Novak and Hanna

Sergio Tacchini is a former Italian tennis player and famous Italian fashion designer of sportswear. In 1966 he set up a company, named after him, to produce and distribute sports apparel and footwear. He started with tennis clothing and in the seventies became famous when Jimmy Connors wore his coloured collection in Wimbledon. Besides Connors [...]

Intervju: Luka Marčetič, avtor spletne nadaljevanke Dan ljubezni

Intervju z Luko Marčetičem je prva objava na Brands&Films v slovenščini. Za to sem se odločil, ker je tematika najinega pogovora vezana izključno na Slovenijo. V kratkem sledi še objava v angleščini, saj bi bila škoda, da Luko ne bi spoznali tudi neslovenski bralci.
*** Dear international readers, this blog post is written in Slovenian mainly because [...]

Was Sasha Vujacic wearing the same T shirt twice?

Sasha Vujacic is Slovenian basketball player, currently with the New Jersey Nets, but is (unfortunately) probably better known as Maria Sharapova’s fiancé. On July 2, Sharapova lost the final match of this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament. During the match American TV channel NBC constantly showed Sasha cheering for her as often as possible. His behavior [...]