Man I should’ve made an Oscars thread… You guys see that shit? That was wild.
Anyways, I did see a really good docudrama yesterday called Wolf and Sheep, about shepherds in Afghanistan. It is scripted, but its filmed using non-actors in the locations in which they actually live. Kind of like Pather Panchali, though this has a bit of magical realism to it as well. It hasn’t been picked up for distribution in the US, but since it played at MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight I’m guessing there’ll be some way to see it within the year.
So to keep this thread alive, what are some of y’all’s favorite trailers? I’ll post a few below
The Public Enemy: One of the earliest trailers I know of that introduces the movie without any footage.
Dr Strangelove: Wild trailer by Pablo Ferro, who also designed the film’s titles.
Point Blank: Matches the style and feel of the movie perfectly.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Alien: Often called the greatest trailer of all time. Hard to argue with that.
Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Reintroducing the cast for their first film is none other than Orson Welles!
The Abyss: Part behind-the-scenes piece, part trailer.
Terminator 2: In theaters a year before the film itself, this teaser was directed by the late great Stan Winston and features no footage from the film.
GoldenEye: There hadn’t been a Bond movie in 6 years before this trailer premiered. What a way to reintroduce the character.
Strange Days: Presented as if its a commercial for the virtual reality device seen in the film.
Cloverfield: This trailer played before the first Transformers and didn’t have a title, just a release date.
Comedian
The Social Network: This is the start of the modern trend in trailers of 'play slowed down sad piano version of pop song’
Green With Envy
