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Tag Archives: Trailers
"Trailers Keep People Out of the Theater" – An Interview with Vinzenz Hediger
An Interview with German Film Professor and Trailer Expert Vinzenz Hediger Freely translated from the German language newspaper, “Tages Anzeiger,” Kultur Section, 7/25/11 “Trailers keep people out of the cinema” Interviewer: Denise Jeitziner. Critics complain that movie trailers reveal everything, … Continue reading
Micmacs Trailer: Show and Tell and Sell
As any minimally competent trailer watcher could tell you, Jean Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS A TIRE LARIGOT (2010), in which a makeshift “family” of junk salvagers takes on and vanquishes a large, profitable armaments manufacturer, is a populist revenge fantasy with … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, editing, french film, jeunet, micmacs, socialism, Trailers
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Where The Wild Things Are: Civilized Misdirection
In my first post about “Where the Wild Things Are,” I considered the choice of a musical cue for the trailer. In this post, I’d like to examine the visual elements that appear in the trailer in terms of … Continue reading
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Tagged " "Arcade Fire, "Where the Wild Things Are, copy, editing, marketing, Maurice Sendak, misdirection, spike jonze, Trailers
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