This Week In Trailers: And Then I Go, Duck Butter, Closer Than We Think, All Or Nothing: The Dallas Cowboys
By Christopher Stipp/March 31, 2018 9:00 am EST
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?
This week we try and connect with our troubled kid, make a one-night-stand a 24-hour stand, learn about a futurist that isn’t named Steve Jobs, and spend some time with the Dallas Cowboys.
And Then I Go
This one is based on a book, Project X, but this is the most interesting line from Publisher’s Weekly about it:
This engrossing novel gives the overworked subject of Columbine-style school massacres an unusually subtle and affecting treatment.
Seen through that prism, you can see how the trailer, at least initially, seems like a cheesy family drama. As things progress, though, it’s just engrossing as the proverbial wheels come off our protagonist. Director Vincent Grashaw appears to have a great vehicle for the almost-always fantastic Melanie Lynskey, a quite evocative Justin Long, and also Tony Hale bringing up the rear. Things get more and more intense the deeper we go here. Having never read the book, I can only guess how this will end. In an era of bullies, and the bullied wanting to get their pound of flesh, it’s all too relevant in today’s society.
Duck Butter
Director Miguel Arteta has a stacked deck with Alia Shawkat, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, and Kumail Nanjiani, but the trailer here really excels when it focuses on Shawkat and Laia Costa. These two women pledge to spend 24 straight hours together in order to speed through those awkward moments when people try and initially figure each other out as partners. The net result of this is something that is wickedly intriguing as an idea, and executed here with enough aplomb, to make this one a must-see. I don’t know what grand revelations we will see by the end of this experiment, but, like when it comes to dating, it’s all about how we got there that is most important anyway.
Closer Than We Think
All or Nothing: The Dallas Cowboys
This Week In Trailers: And Then I Go, Duck Butter, Closer Than We Think, All Or Nothing: The Dallas Cowboys
By Christopher Stipp/March 31, 2018 9:00 am EST
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?
This week we try and connect with our troubled kid, make a one-night-stand a 24-hour stand, learn about a futurist that isn’t named Steve Jobs, and spend some time with the Dallas Cowboys.
This week we try and connect with our troubled kid, make a one-night-stand a 24-hour stand, learn about a futurist that isn’t named Steve Jobs, and spend some time with the Dallas Cowboys.
And Then I Go
This one is based on a book, Project X, but this is the most interesting line from Publisher’s Weekly about it:
This engrossing novel gives the overworked subject of Columbine-style school massacres an unusually subtle and affecting treatment.
Seen through that prism, you can see how the trailer, at least initially, seems like a cheesy family drama. As things progress, though, it’s just engrossing as the proverbial wheels come off our protagonist. Director Vincent Grashaw appears to have a great vehicle for the almost-always fantastic Melanie Lynskey, a quite evocative Justin Long, and also Tony Hale bringing up the rear. Things get more and more intense the deeper we go here. Having never read the book, I can only guess how this will end. In an era of bullies, and the bullied wanting to get their pound of flesh, it’s all too relevant in today’s society.
Seen through that prism, you can see how the trailer, at least initially, seems like a cheesy family drama. As things progress, though, it’s just engrossing as the proverbial wheels come off our protagonist. Director Vincent Grashaw appears to have a great vehicle for the almost-always fantastic Melanie Lynskey, a quite evocative Justin Long, and also Tony Hale bringing up the rear. Things get more and more intense the deeper we go here. Having never read the book, I can only guess how this will end. In an era of bullies, and the bullied wanting to get their pound of flesh, it’s all too relevant in today’s society.
This engrossing novel gives the overworked subject of Columbine-style school massacres an unusually subtle and affecting treatment.
Duck Butter
Director Miguel Arteta has a stacked deck with Alia Shawkat, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, and Kumail Nanjiani, but the trailer here really excels when it focuses on Shawkat and Laia Costa. These two women pledge to spend 24 straight hours together in order to speed through those awkward moments when people try and initially figure each other out as partners. The net result of this is something that is wickedly intriguing as an idea, and executed here with enough aplomb, to make this one a must-see. I don’t know what grand revelations we will see by the end of this experiment, but, like when it comes to dating, it’s all about how we got there that is most important anyway.
Closer Than We Think
All or Nothing: The Dallas Cowboys
That’s unacceptable.
Nota bene: If you have any suggestions of trailers to possibly be included in this column, even have a trailer of your own to pitch, please let me know by sending me a note at Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com or look me up via Twitter at @Stipp
In case you missed them, here are the other trailers we covered at /Film this week:
