Before he was directing uniquely cinematic ads for the 2024 Super Bowl, Martin Scorsese proved back in 2015 that his artistic prowess extends into the realm of sneaky sales pitches. Art and advertising have rarely merged as seamlessly as they did in this odd short film, the likes of which also has the distinction of being one of the most expensive ever made. Starring none other than Scorsese himself, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and (the cherry on top) Brad Pitt, The Audition came in at a whopping budget of $70M (for context, that’s about as much as the estimated budget for Saving Private Ryan).
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