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.
Reader Comments (1)
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?