Wednesday
06Aug2008
The Not-So-Uplifting Trailer for Bret Easton Ellis' 'The Informers'
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 3:00PM
Well this one looks fun. Of course, it is a
Bret Easton Ellis adaptation, and nobody can
put a smile on your face like that guy.Actually,
this trailer makes the world of
The Informers look really screwed up, not that
that's always a bad thing as a moviegoer. The tagline pretty much says it all:
Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever. The movie explores the downside to
the go-go 1980s, tackling infidelity, addiction, and other lighthearted subjects
with a great cast that includes
Billy Bob Thornton,
Kim Basinger,
Winona Ryder, new It-Girl
Amber Heard, and
Mickey Rourke, and it also marks the final
performance of
Brad Renfro, which makes the whole dark affair
a little more bleak.
Still, this could be incredible if Australian director
Gregor Jordan handles the storylines carefully.
His career is spotty, however. I liked Buffalo Soldiers but didn't care
for his Ned Kelly remake. That's not much to go on, I realize, but that's all I've got.The thing about Ellis is his books give you so
much to work with as a director, most of it admittedly nihilistic, that you
should always have a handful of redeeming scenes even if the project as a whole
doesn't take flight.
This is a three-minute long Red Band trailer for The
Informers, which doesn't have an opening date yet, but we believe it's
coming out later this year.
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The words "uplifting" and "Bret Easton Ellis" simply do not go together. But YAY for another Easton Ellis book put to film! I certainly look forward to it.
On a side note, any idea who is singing the song at the end of the trailer?