Martin Scorsese has, of course, left an indelible mark on the craft of filmmaking. What may be less well known is that he has an impressive resume in other short form visual media. One of the more noticeable endeavors being the music video for Michael Jackson’s
“Bad”. This isn’t Scorsese’s first venture into the realm of directing commercials and/or short films that are ostensibly advertisements, however, his latest for Bleu de Chanel shows that Scorses always has an artistic direction.

Scorsese approached Chalamet asking him if he’d ever seen Fellini’s short Toby Dammit, he hadn’t but that was the inspiration here: Chalamet plays himself dealing with his fame and being a personality, while trying to balance the desire to be an artist against that reality.

While this selection one bends the definition of monochromatic as it does not remain in shades of gray, but the only color to break into this film is blue, as per the name of the fragrance. However, I share it here because the color is a main storytelling component and because it seems a bit short to share on a Saturday. Enjoy!