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Monday, April 05, 2004

But what I really want to do is direct movie trailers..

Personally, I am a big fan of the movie trailer, a big fan.

I think there should be more of them in front of the featured film. I search them out on the Internet for repeated viewings. I even go so far as to watch the show on E!, Coming Attractions, that is entirely comprised of these precious advertisements. Well, you get the point; I'm a fan of the movie trailer. (If you don't get the point, please go lock yourself in a mountain cabin and never allow yourself to reproduce.)

I recently saw two trailers that caught me off guard and not for the reasons one would expect.

The first was the preview for a film called Saved! (Their exclamation point, not mine.) The film looks to be about a high school for born-again Christians. The thing that astounded me was my utter inability to decipher if the film was embracing this contingent of Christianity or outright mocking it. I think the film is a black comedy, but I'm afraid I may be projecting my own cynicism on what I saw. If someone knows what is going on with this movie, please let me know.

The second trailer was for a film called Garden State. I remember reading about this film in a report on the Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Zach Braff, the star of Scrubs, the film was lauded as on of the breakout hits of the festival. Yes, written and directed by the star of Scrubs or as Bronc put it "The doofy white guy?"

The trailer, however, kicked my ass.

The damn thing is only 65 seconds longs, has utterly no dialogue and completely transfixes me. It's just a series of quasi-iconic images shown in conjunction with this beautiful song by a band called "Frou Frou." I have utterly no idea what the film is about, but I am completely sold. (And my Natalie Portman obsession has nothing to do with it. Ok, almost nothing.)

A song by a band called "Frou Frou." A film by White Guy from Scrubs. What the hell is going on with my sorry ass?

Hell, I'm going to go finish my own script - if the Scrubs guy can have a "genuine filmmaker's eye and is loaded with talent", it should be easy, right?

Right?

wojr

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