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John Wilson
Film God
Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-30-2000 05:42 AM
Remember when trailers weren't the slick, loud and visually asaulting things they are today? A lot of folks remember fondly the old 30's and 40's style trailers with the flip cards saying things like 'She was from the wrong side of the tracks...(flip) and he was just the man for her...' etc.Personally, I like the trailers from the 70's. Things like 'The Towering Inferno' and 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' where they had auditions for the voice over and kept rejecting (and rewinding) the film until they found the perfect announcer...who spoke Japanese! The trailer was in Japanese with english subtitles! At the end there was a bit where it said: 'After the movie, why not come and have dinner with your friends' and showed a scene of a Japanese restaurant...very funny. Other favourites: Smokey and the Bandit, Grease (original), Xanadu, Time Bandits, The Spy Who Loved Me, Star Wars. Of recent times, only the scope 'Titanic' comes close. Anyone else got a favourite or one they simply HATE (like MI2 or Gone In 60 Seconds)?
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Michael Barry
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 584
From: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-03-2000 12:35 PM
Perhaps the best trailer that I've run was the one for the French movie 'When the Cat's Away'. There is a remake in progress which will star Heather Graham. Anyhoo, the narrator is constantly berated and undermined by the cast of the film (all in character, in footage shot especially for the trailer). For example, the narrator says, 'a new film from Cedric Klapisch', and the lead actress looks quizzically into the camera and says 'who?'. He repeats himself, but clearly she's never heard of him. Also, the crabby neighbour that lives next door to the girl interrupts the narrator altogether at one point and dresses him
down. 'What are you doing?', she demands.
'I'm inciting people to see the film', he replies.
'Well, don't incite! What you're saying is total rubbish! People don't
need to be told what the film's about. Let them see for themselves.
Merde.' There's more, but it's been a while since I've seen it. I hope they include it on the DVD release of the film. That is to say, I hope the film makes it to DVD...it's great. I also remember seeing a 16MM print of a trailer for a 70's film called 'Fire Sale' that was extremely funny. Apparently the film is not so good, but the trailer had some great one-liners and situations in it (again, especially shot for the trailer). The producer is interviewed and is asked why he chose Alan Arkin to direct, since he's never directed before. 'Couldn't get anyone else' comes his deadpan reply. He asks some of the other crew members why Alan Arkin has been compared to directors like Bergman and Fellini. 'Because no-one can understand what language he's speaking' is one response. 'He's roughly the same height as Bergman'. 'More like Fettucini than Fellini' was my favourite.
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