I love this Chris Cunningham-style shot that flashes in both trailers.
I was fortunate enough to catch the ~8min sizzle reel of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo they showed in certain theaters last week, but never knew the plan for an online release of the footage would be. Turns out they’re sticking to their guns about not releasing it online, and have instead distilled the trailer down to a more manageable 3:45 version that achieves almost all of the same things. While you don’t get quite get to simmer in a few of the scenes for quite as long, the new look at the film that has popped up on Apple Trailers plants all the same story seeds and introduces the same characters as the @MouthTapedShut trailer. A few amazing shots were cut down or out, but it’s still a very well cut trailer with some beautiful footage. Check it out…
While the original teaser is an amazing introduction to the film –all burning intensity and propulsive energy– it’s great to see Fincher’s film is equally intriguing when presented as widely-scoped pulp mystery rather than just a short music video. From what I understand of the source material this largely maintains fidelity to Larson’s prose, but it’s undeniable that Fincher has brought his sophisticated filmmaking to the story and elevated it into something stylish and textured and cinematic. Let’s hope the script lives up.
I can’t wait. Can you?
If not, make sure you’re keeping up with the Mouth Taped Shut blog for interesting glimpses into the busy production. For example…
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I wonder if Fincher would’ve preferred the original title of the book, Men Who Hate Women.
Still looking like a shot for shot of the Swedish movie, down to production and costume design…what was the point of this again?
I remember when everyone (including me) thought a True Grit remake was a dumb idea. That turned out okay, to say the least.
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This looks FANTASTIC! I’m counting down the days ’til release! It’s 90 if anyone is wondering.
It’s nice to see that some people still have the ability to cut a long-form trailer for a mystery film without giving away half the plot.
David Fincher taking the source material and actually making a decent film out of it?
Yea it looks exactly the same. Looks pointless. I guess it’s for stupid Americans too lazy to read subtitles?
And who wants to see a movie about Facebook? Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Having seen the damn original on dvd (thank you public library) …. dull, with a few scattered moments of excitement and eros, and a ridiculous “mystery.” I’m trying to avoid spoilers here but … receiving all those letters all those years you could think the idiot could have figured it out pretty easily. The big reveal at the end was almost a facepalm moment it was so dumb. Of course, if the first time Craig had looked at that big wall full of letters he had blurted out the obvious speculation the movie wouldn’t have been so suspenseful.
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