Author Archives: Frederick Greene

About Frederick Greene

Entertainment Copywriter & Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA Dept. of Theater, Film & Television. I teach a graduate seminar in new movie marketing, which focuses on the history, contemporary practice and likely future of a/v advertising for motion picture entertainment.

DISCO GODFATHER TEASER TRAILER: A Hot Mess from 1979

Following a string of three successful independent films, Rudy Ray Moore’s Hollywood career effectively ended with the release of Disco Godfather. Although the demise of Blaxploitation and anti-disco backlash contributed, the movie failed chiefly because of the absence of Moore’s … Continue reading

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2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA TRAILER – Heralding a Provocative, Partisan Screed with a Complicated Book Trailer

Regular readers of my blog will rightly assume that I deprecate this documentary’s contribution to our national discourse. But I did expect the trailer to provide a teaching moment and for that I’m appreciative. While I anticipated rhetorical excess and … Continue reading

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ON VACATION AUGUST 17 -27th.

Sorry for the failure to communicate. Just got back and will be updating movie trailers 101 this week.

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