1980 Silk Cut Cigarettes Ad Take the Low RoadEH1144
The luxury of the silk and the violence of the cut seemed to invite sadomasochistic, even necrophiliac interpretations - rumours persist that Saatchi & Saatchi staffers nicknamed the first poster "silk cunt". A later poster involving a silk shower curtain prompted the following, remarkable admission from an anonymous advertising executive:
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This isn't the first time that a Silk Cut ad has caused a stir. The following 1980's slogan-less ad showing a piece of silk with a slit cut into it was immortalized in David Lodge's novel Nice Work. I highly recommend this roman a clef (allegedly about New York Times blogger Stanley Fish).
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In the late 80s and early 90s Silk Cut produced a series of surreal advertisements. The first of these was a sheet of purple silk with an oval slit cut diagonally in the middle of it, This advertisement and the following ones in the campaign show the power of intertextuality.
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This ran as a commercial in cinemas (movie theaters) in the UK during the 1970s
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Best ads in 50 years: Silk Cut showed Paul Arden's genius Best ads in 50 years: Silk Cut showed Paul Arden's genius As part of Campaign's 50th anniversary, we asked the industry to look back on the best ads of the past 50 years. We are revealing one a day for your viewing pleasure. by John Treacy Sign in to continue Sign In Email address
Best ads in 50 years Silk Cut showed Paul Arden's genius
This one takes me back to my school days working part time in my local Odeon cinema
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Advertising campaigns In the 1970s, Silk Cut was advertised in several popular cinema advertisements, including a parody of the defence of Rorke's Drift, as portrayed in the film Zulu, and of British POWs escaping from a German prison camp.
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This produced some of the most absurd advert campaigns yet in the tobacco realm.. Soon Silk Cut became one of the best-selling cigarette brands in the UK and in the '90s, other companies followed suit. This campaign continued for nearly two decades until all cigarette advertising was banned in the UK in 2002.
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A packet of Silk Cut cigarettes with a large health warning in 2007. Photograph: Alamy Cigarettes with warnings on display in a grocer's shop. All large shops and supermarkets in England.
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Advertisers Agencies Analysis Creative MAA blast from the past: Silk Cut 'Zulu' Stephen Foster April 1, 2020 4 261 Less than a minute This is about as woke-free as it gets, A Benson & Hedges Silk Cut cinema ad from 1970 from the clearly over-stimulated psyches of CDP's Paul Weiland and Graham Fink.
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The meaning behind 'Silk Cut' was a natural cigarette. Silk is a metaphor for natural product as this is a fabric that is not man-made. And 'Cut' is the action of how tobacco leaf was cropped. Also, the dominated package color was purple, which is associated with royalty and splendor.
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Silk Cut is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Gallaher Group, a division of Japan Tobacco. The packaging is characterised by a distinctive stark white packet.
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Inspired by the slashed canvases and punctured metal sculptures of artist Lucio Fontana, the visual puns for the words "silk cut" made it the best-selling cigarette brand in the UK. Other ad agencies, such as Leo Burnett (for Philip Morris' Marlboro brand) and J. Walter Thompson (for RJ Reynolds' Winston brand) began to play with words.
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Silk cut advert Stock Photos and Images (100) See silk cut advert stock video clips Quick filters: Cut Outs | Vectors RM PJ2JHJ - 1980s advertisement advertising Silk Cut cigarettes. With government health warning. RM BETXND - Kallithea town centre shop selling newspapers and clothing in Kassandra Peninsular region north Greece