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Losing the Bake-off? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Sensory Overload in Trailers

I went to two movies last week and at both (Moneyball and J. Edgar) I saw the preview for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Fincher’s remake of the acclaimed and hugely successful Swedish feature of the same title. … Continue reading

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The Pink Panther: Voyeristic Pleasures In a Gem of a Trailer (Part II)

As promised at the end of my last post, an attempt to answer the critical question: Who do the trailermakers think they’re addressing and what is it they think we want from our entertainment?. First, we notice that the trailer … 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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