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Category Archives: Readings
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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Tagged " trailer, Chris Nolan, dream, editing, Ellen Page, Inception, joseph gordon levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, marketing, michael caine, sound cues, warner bros.
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MALE ANXIETY & FEMALE DISCOURAGEMENT: 30 MINUTES OR LESS
Buddy movies featuring hapless slackers in extreme circumstances, occupy a valuable niche in the domestic market, appealing, despite coarse humor, male protagonists and male pre-occupations, to mixed audiences. Yet the International Red Band trailer for 30 MINUTES OR LESS, which … Continue reading
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Tagged aziz Ansari, Columbia, danny mcbride, demographics, Freud, Jesse Eisenberg, male anxiety, marketing, MRC, nick swardson, psychoanalyze, red band, repetition compulsion, Sony, Trailers, Zombieland
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ANTICHRIST – PERILS OF A PROBLEMATIC TITLE
Directed by the acclaimed serial provocateur and current Cannes persona non grata, Lars Von Trier, for a budget of $11,000,000.00, this controversial, widely reviewed and much discussed film earned less than $1,000,000.00 worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. If controversy, … Continue reading
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Tagged ania singh, antichrist, cannes, charlotte gainsbourg, horror, IFC, lars von trier, persona non grata, roger ebert, willem dafoe
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