Potlatch Paper produced this little gem in the mid-90s reminding creatives that we’ve all “Ben” there. The diabolical clients, the endless Whoppers. Ben Day, the world’s greatest designer, gives his in depth perspective as to the creative processes that taunt and haunt him to the very core. He draws us into his world where the Happy Hamburger Helper Hand reigns as his supreme advisor.
“This story is not true. For all his vibrancy, Ben Day does not exist. But we think a little piece of him lives in the hearts and minds of all creatives. Where an idea, fragile as it is, can be nurtured beyond the confines of mere capitalism, helping us move forward as a people...until, of course, a client crushes your little idea like a bug.”
— “Ben Day,” Potlatch Paper Company, 1995 film written and directed by Dana Arnett and Bob Rice
I STILL HAVE MY ORIGINAL “BEN DAY” BUTTON AND PLAYBILL FROM THE MID-NINETIES.
“Would you say: ‘hey Mister Da Vinci...Leo, we want Mona there to show some teeth?’”
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