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Friday, May 09, 2008

WOW. Reason to want to make movies

“The Fall” - most gorgeous trailer....ever?

Check out this trailer for The Fall. If the imagery doesn’t grab you at first (I saw posters on the street walking to work, and I literally stopped to gawk at the one sheet), how about “David Fincher and Spike Jonze Present.” Directed by Tarsem, known for his music video work.

Wow.

How gorgeous is this? In the middle of a 60+ hour work week, I watched the trailer 3 times, with co-workers, dimming the lights, waiting for the 1080p to download, and standing enthralled.

I took the time during lunch to scroll through, find 20 amazing stills in it, copy/paster to Photoshop and save’em out as JPEGs so I can have them rotate out as desktops every few minutes.

It is THAT good.

Plus, it looks like a good story, unlike some technically proficient, but plastic spastic blockbusters opening today. Which imagery do you think will stay with you, haunt your idle reveries, more?

-mike

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Wow, looks Hyper-Real. Look at the Escher shot!

And you can’t go wrong with the music from Barry Lyndon…

Posted by  on  05/09  at  06:48 PM

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I had the pleasure of seeing this film a couple of weeks ago. Simply jaw dropping. Worth the hype!

Posted by bob gundu  on  05/09  at  08:02 PM

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Beethoven. 7th Symphony. 2nd Movement.

Posted by  on  05/09  at  09:19 PM

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That does look amazing. Of course The Cell looked amazing but was way less than. Let’s hope this one has some story to support the visuals. IMDB dates it to 2006… hmmmm.....

Posted by Scott Simmons  on  05/10  at  05:27 AM

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The music from BL is Handel sarabande. This was used in Irreversable (and Mr Holland"s Opus)

Posted by  on  05/11  at  04:29 AM

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The NYT has a story on this movie
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/movies/11kehr.html
along with a slide show.

Posted by Steven Bradford  on  05/11  at  08:11 AM

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It reminds me a bit of the Adventures of Baron Munchausen, but with Tarsim’s signature amazing visuals added into the mix.

Years back I used to PA for Tarsem on his commercials at radical media. He is an amazing visualist. His European Commercials and MTV spots are stunning.

Posted by Jonah Lee Walker  on  05/11  at  11:37 AM

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Too bad the movie’s apparently a boring self-indulgent mess, per the reviews in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Variety and Hollywood Reporter.  Sorry, but stunning visuals just aren’t enough to make up for asinine storytelling.

Laugh while you can, monkey boy!

Posted by  on  05/11  at  02:30 PM

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Looks good, sounds boring and predictable.
Hopefully my first impression is wrong.

Posted by  on  05/14  at  04:33 PM

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Guys. Admist all the scrappy hollywood movies I’ve seen over the years, this movie was refreshing. The young girl steals the movie. This film was not in the least boring.

Posted by  on  05/14  at  05:20 PM

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Princess Bride meets The English Patient?

Posted by  on  05/26  at  04:05 AM

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looks like the village people meet the whirling dervishes!

how many muscled, scantily clad men do we have to see on screen?

has “300” created a monster?

Hey, why do they call it “300” ??
because on a scale of one to ten, thats how gay it is!

bha ha ha ha

actually i will go see it…

Posted by billS  on  07/22  at  04:14 PM

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hey,
i liked “the Cell”
especially how he stole from damien hurst, matthew barney, etc

but i gotta ask,
what is insane about him using his own money to make it?
see quote fro NYT

“Mr. Jonze added: “Had a studio done what he did, it would have been an $80 million movie. But he’s so experienced at it and knows people in all these countries and knows how to shoot with a tiny crew. That’s how he got away with it. But still, he spent his own money, which is insane.”

Posted by billS  on  07/22  at  04:24 PM

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This isn’t gonna be one of those Bollywood movies that we’re all supposed to love in our new loving and tolerant society, is it? Cuz that Hindu guy is scaring the shit outta me. I just locked the windows of my office.

Posted by Twistys  on  08/03  at  06:22 AM

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