The Alchemists is a film about five people who transformed our culture by convincing us to adopt corporate slogans as a way of life. Consider:
- Dan Wieden who, inspired by the last words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore, came up with the little phrase "Just Do It" and revolutionized advertising forever;
- Lee Clow, who created the most-famous commercial in history by introducing Macintosh computers in "1984";
- George Lois who single-handedly saved MTV from extinction with his trademark in-your-face celebrity campaign, "I WANT MY MTV!"
- Phyllis K. Robinson who helped define the entire "me generation" with her liberating spin on selling Clairol ("It let's me be me.");
- Hal Riney who got President Reagan re-elected.
According to the film's sponsors, this film is "not an analysis of the perils of consumerism and thought-control" but rather a documentary about "creative rebellion, and how all-powerful art springs forth from deeply personal, psychological sources and the need for change."
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