Red Band trailer for BURN AFTER READING

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

The comedy side of the Coen Brothers career has always been less interesting to me then their more serious yarns like Miller's Crossing and No Country For Old Men but I frikkin' love this trailer. How exciting, how confident in their storytelling are these guys right now?

We've seen Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins and John Malkovich in hundreds of movies but as soon as you put them in a Coen Brothers environment, those guys have that Tarantino knack for making them become larger than life characters with a few extended shots and memorable actions. The only thing I didn't particularly like is a goofy Brad Pitt - this alongside his macho man action star persona in Troy, are two over-acting sides of his career that make you think he is a bad actor, when he really isn't.

SEE IT IN HD HERE, BUT SADLY YOU MUST HAVE ITUNES TO PLAY IT.

Focus Features are releasing this one on September 12th (October 17th in the U.K.) and I will gladly eat my words come then if this isn't one of the best films of the year but from the looks of things, the Coens have hit it big again.

To do something as cool, fresh and fun as this just 12 months after something like No Country For Old Men... well it's incredible.