3. The Big Lebowski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GCRFRcWxA This trailer is akin to the Videodrome trailer in that it relies on imagery to show us what kind of movie this is. However, the Coen brothers take everything one step forward: there is no explanation of what ANY of these images mean. The trailer is about nothing, in and of itself; in a way, its like the Dudes (Jeff Bridges) attitude throughout the film: just go on abiding and take whatever comes. Sometimes, life will throw some crazy stuff at you, as it does to the Dude throughout the course of the film, and as this trailer throws some wild images at us, such as Jeff Bridges dancing down the black-and-white-tiled staircase, John Turturro licking his bowling ball, and Sam Elliott as the mythic Stranger. This trailer, in that way, does more to show us the mood of a film and its style than any other on this list. However, like the rug in the film, theres one element that ties the trailer together, and thats Kenny Rogers and the First Editions song Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In). It adds an extra element of fun to what were seeing, since its making fun of the whole drug scene that it grew out of, and it also adds the psychedelic mood that this trailer is begging for.
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Alan Howell is a native of Southern California. He loves movies of any and all kinds, Hollywood, indie, and everywhere in between. He loves pizza, sitcoms, rock and pop music, surfing, baseball, reading, and girls (not necessarily in that order).
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