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100 Years of Movie Trailers: What More Could an Audience Want?

Boy do we have an exciting post today! The following MP3 file is from my recent talk at New York University’s Department of Cinema Studies, at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York City on October 19th, 2011. … Continue reading

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INCEPTION Explained: A Clear-Eyed Trailer for a Dreamy Film

Despite its boffo box office results and strong critical response (not to mention its multiple award nominations) the most frequently heard reactions to INCEPTION were complaints about the complexity (and probable incoherence) of its narrative of nested dreams or the … Continue reading

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