Playboy After Hours
February, 1988
Auteur, AuteurDirectors of TV commercials sometimes upgrade to feature films: Howard (Slither, Hearts of the West) Zieff and Ridley (Alien, Blade Runner) Scott are just two who switched from small to big screen. But how many go the opposite way? Actor/director Alan Arkin, for one. In 1987, Arkin directed his first commercial--for Miller Lite--then went on to do seven spots for Wendy's hamburgers and more for GTE.Maybe the lure was money. Arkin told a reporter that when his agent talked numbers,...
