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The Great Gatsby Trailer: Stars, spectacle, style, budget–this trailer has it all!

Despite some caviling about director Baz Lurhman‘s choice of 3D for his remake of the great American novel, The Great Gatsby, the trailer is breathtaking. Seeing the movie was a foregone conclusion for me, regardless of the trailer, since I’m … Continue reading

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Django Unchained International Trailer: Marketing (and Exploiting) Tarentino’s Signature Style

I love Tarentino films, despite their trailers, which emphasize the visual pleasures of his style but miss the sublimity and substance of his films. (Perhaps that’s an impossible expectation for a trailer?) Hearing of the Django Unchained trailer (above) for … 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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