Monthly Archives: January 2013

THIS IS THE END Red Band Trailer: A very special shoot

Having spent the past 2 months writing about the earliest trailers, I figured it was high time to check in with movie marketing in its second century. I sought inspiration from MTV which has a page that tracks the most … Continue reading

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“HANDS UP!” PROMO-TRAILER REDUX: Retraction and Reappreciation

[Note: I visited UCLA’s Archive Research Study Center the other night to watch again this 1918 promo in order to fill in some gaps in my handwritten notes and prior to submitting a draft of an academic paper on early … Continue reading

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RUST & BONE: light, sound, words

Rust and Bone made many critics top 10 list for 2012. I’ve just watched the trailer, but avoided reading a synopsis, so this post relies on the a/v evidence of the trailer for its analysis. I did look up the … Continue reading

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