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Tag Archives: Dr. Strangelove
A SHORT HISTORY OF COMING ATTRACTIONS: Corrections, Exceptions & Affirmations
Wired Magazine recently (June 18, 2013) published a series of articles on movie trailers that was remarkable for its breadth, analysis and research. Lest these separate pieces fail to achieve adequate distribution and consideration, I wanted to do my part. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Interviews, Observations and Provocations
Tagged aspect ratio, coming attractions, Dr. Strangelove, history of the movie trailer, independence day, jason kehe, kaleidoscope, kanew, katie m. palmer, Keith Johnston, kubrick, pablo ferro, roland emmerich, Trailers, wired magazine
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La Dolce Vita: Marketing the Sweet Life as a Still Life
[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YZjAn0GZfE] Film scholars date the contemporary period of trailermaking to the early 1960s’, pointing to such bold and formula rejecting previews as Dr Strangelove and The Night of the Iguana (both 1963) as avatars of the new approach. But the … Continue reading