At Milwaukee's prestige Oriental, I got a trifecta of trailers for movies I am really, really excited about, in front of an awesome, awesome, film: No Country For Old Men. It made for a complete film-going experience.
There Will Be Blood
Oh man. Daniel Day-Lewis makes it count. This movie on paper- a period piece based on Upton Sinclair's book "Oil!" directed by P. T. Anderson, with music by Radiohead's guitarist- sounds sort of odd. But DDL in this trailer is cooler than the other side of the pillow.
Who else can act so much with a pause, when he says: "I can't keep doing this on my own with these...people."
Persepolis
When people saw Pixar return to form with Ratatouille this year, they naturally assumed yet another "Best Animated Feature" Oscar was in the cards.
Now? Not so much. Enter Persepolis, a film based on the best-selling graphic novels by co-director Marjane Satrapi that tell her life story. It looks delightful, and refreshing different than most of the animated fare from this country.
That being said, it sort of floors me that France chose it as their official entry for the "Best Foreign Film" Oscar, because that means there's no chance for this next film to win it.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm not familiar with the other films of Julian Schnabel, but this film looks transcendent.
It may just be a case of a perfectly cut trailer- this one even has three distinct acts to it, perfectly set to three different snippets of music. The raucous wildlife of "Chains of Love" by the Dirtbombs, then the indie rock rush of "Don't Kiss Me" by Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle, and finally the wistful "Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky (music originally from the Friday Night Lights soundtrack, but it instantly sounds more meaningful in this trailer).
In any case, just thinking too long about the true story this movie is based on is enough to summon deep emotion, and a phenomenal trailer has me itching to experience this film.
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