Yeah, I'll admit that my recent posts have been a bit comic book movie-centric, so here's something else for a change!
I love trailers for forthcoming films. When it's one for the latest blockbuster, it can build anticipation and excitement to fever pitch, with hints at the story or excerpts which tease spectacular action. Sometimes, the film actually manages to live up to it! Or if it's a great drama, it can give a taste of a tremendous, potentially award-winning acting performance, or an indication of a powerful and affecting story.
At the same time, trailers are so accessible now thanks to the internet which can lead to a feeling that they lose what makes them 'special; it doesn't help that in some cases studio marketing bods have dropped the ball and have released promos which have either spoiled major plot twists, shown all the best jokes, or the scariest parts of the film.
But when they get it right, a trailer can get people talking about a film which might otherwise have escaped people's attention. The trailer which has done this above all others so far this year is for an arty-horror film called 'Under The Skin'. It's directed by Jonathan Glazer, who brought us 'Sexy Beast' and 'Birth', and stars Scarlett Johansson as an alien who has assumed the identity of a dead woman in Scotland, to lure men to be consumed (or something along those lines). This trailer doesn't really seem to indicate much about that plot line; what it does do, however, is provide some of the most striking, eerie, haunting, surreal and occasionally disturbing imagery I have seen for some time.
Anyway, see for yourself:
You may be thinking 'wtf have you just made me watch???', but admit it - you've never seen anything quite like that.
Apparently the film proved highly divisive amongst critics when it was first screened at the Venice Film Festival - half the audience booed at the, the other applauded - but I am very intrigued in seeing this movie simply going on the strength of the imagery in this trailer. Without it, this film would not have likely hit my radar, so to that end it has been one of the most successful trailers this year. But I think this is certainly the most memorable one so far this year, and I don't think any have made me more interested in seeing a film without it being based on a pre-existing franchise or a familiar genre.
Anyway, next from me will be a series about films to watch during October in the run-up to Halloween, plus a review of 'Prisoners' (maybe..!)
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