Tag Archives: Real Life

10 META-Trailers Worth Watching

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Frederick Greene

As I noted in my Nov. 23rd post on Meta Trailers, trailers are always implicitly self-referential. Some trailers, however, foreground their status as familiar, formulaic and appealing feature film advertisements as the basis for their own promotional message. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Lists & Compilations | Tagged albert brooks, alfred hitchcock, amy adams, anna karenina, comedian, divine, douglas adams, edward albee, elizabeth taylor, freddie bartholomew, frederick March, garbo, george segal, jason siegal, jerry seinfeld, john waters, miracle on 34th street, pink flamingos, Real Life, richard burton, robin williams, sandy dennis, self-reflexive trailers, the birds, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the muppets, tippie hedron, Toys, who's afraid of virginia woolf | Leave a comment

10 ALL-STAR HOSTED TRAILERS: The Personal Touch in Coming Attractions

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Frederick Greene

The very first sound trailer had a host and ever since, the hosted trailer has been a reliable and distinctive formula in movie marketing. As a rhetorical technique, the hosted trailer combines personal authority with celebrity as its key appeals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lists & Compilations | Tagged 13 Ghosts, All About Eve, all-star, Ann Baxter, Bette Davis, Cecil B. Demille, Charlton Heston, Citizen Kane, Dark Passage, Hitchcock, hosted trailers, movie marketing, Orson Welles, Psycho, Real Life, The Jazz Singer, The Pink Panther, The Ten Commandments, top ten, Toys, Trailers, William Castle | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Real Life

10 META-Trailers Worth Watching

10 ALL-STAR HOSTED TRAILERS: The Personal Touch in Coming Attractions

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