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Category Archives: Readings
BUFFALO 66 TRAILER: Breaking the Rules / Representing the Film
Jijo Reed, a veteran trailermaker and producer, (and my boss at SizzlePitch), recommended this trailer to my attention, saying he loved how Vincent Gallo flouted the conventions of trailer production while making such a memorable and effective piece of film … Continue reading
DISCO GODFATHER TEASER TRAILER: A Hot Mess from 1979
Following a string of three successful independent films, Rudy Ray Moore’s Hollywood career effectively ended with the release of Disco Godfather. Although the demise of Blaxploitation and anti-disco backlash contributed, the movie failed chiefly because of the absence of Moore’s … Continue reading
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2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA TRAILER – Heralding a Provocative, Partisan Screed with a Complicated Book Trailer
Regular readers of my blog will rightly assume that I deprecate this documentary’s contribution to our national discourse. But I did expect the trailer to provide a teaching moment and for that I’m appreciative. While I anticipated rhetorical excess and … Continue reading
Posted in Observations and Provocations, Readings
Tagged 2016: Obama's America, adam smith, africa, alan greenspan, box office mojo, conservative, dinesh d'souza, documentary films, economics, glenn beck, kenya, liberal, movie marketing, movie trailer, newt gingrich, obama, politics, race, racism
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