# The Ad and the Ego

Intercutting thousands of contemporary and classic television commercials with insights by Stuart Ewen, Jean Kilbourne, Sut JhalIy and others, this film scrutinizes late 20th century American society and its prime inhabitant, Consumer Man. You will never look at an ad the same way again after viewing what critics are calling "the first comprehensive documentary on the cultural impact of advertising in America." - IMDB Description. Produced by Parallax Pictures. Directed by Harold Boihem. 1997. File sourced from the original VHS release.

- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 1997
- By: Boihem, Harold
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/adego)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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