Monthly Archives: November 2012

THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: A Triumph of American AV Propaganda in WW I

In researching an essay on the emergence of the movie trailer in the 1910’s for a special edition of the cinema journal Frames devoted to film promotion, (scheduled for Spring 2013 publication), I’ve been reading some of the foundational texts … Continue reading

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CLOUD ATLAS TRAILER: Marketing the Hard to Describe Movie

Box Office Mojo predicted the difficulties faced by Cloud Atlas in finding an audience in these paragraphs from an Oct. 25th article anticipating new releases and their likely box office expectations: “Opening at 2,008 locations, Cloud Atlas has the most … Continue reading

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