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Dave Rock's avatar

I think about the original trailer for Buffalo 66 a lot:

https://youtu.be/8vmZTjxFp8w?si=4dKI2F9_zacocqLf

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Victoria Michele Miller's avatar

The trailer for Moonlight always gives me chills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJj12tJzqc

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Benjamin Schryver's avatar

I second the Eyes Wide Shut trailer... I remember seeing it in the cinema, I must've been 12, before knowing anything about films or Kubrick, yet it I remember it vividly.

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Meli's avatar

I've never heard or read the book Cloud Atlas, but the trailer really had an effect on me as one of my favourite trailers ever.

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curiouslyabsent's avatar

I've read the book and seen the movies multiple times (I like to revisit it once a year). I think it's one of the more thrilling adaptations as the book breaks the stories into half chapters, while the Wachowskis and Twyker chose a fast past-weaving of the stories. Sure, it has some minor flaws (sometimes the makeup prosthetics really take me out of the story) but it's a beautiful story about the journey of a human soul that reminds me quite a bit of the Anthroposophical writings of Rudolph Steiner.

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Benjamin Schryver's avatar

I nominate the following trailers:

- The Tree of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrAz1YLh8nY

- Biutiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzJcwGA6YM

- Carol (teaser): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt-WC9xa7qs

- There Will Be Bood (teaser edited and released by PTA without permission, if I recall correctly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHKNjO0fhs

- Youth (teaser): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f3h6vr5BdQ

- (runner-up) I Am Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NjA8CIDvZ8

Just give me some beautiful music and some luscious, mysterious visuals and I'm sold, I guess.

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Benjamin Schryver's avatar

And how could I forget The Social Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4

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Ted Hope's avatar

Thanks for sharing & recommending all of these Benjamin!

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Kevin Curran's avatar

I watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo TEASER all the time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKWXEfXGWtA

Also, Bones and All - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGhM_l7VgOQ

They have a lot in common

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First Features's avatar

Starting a Teaser/Trailer Showcase for new projects, but I think these representations of films made or to be made is in its last days and will be replaced by something strangely different and exciting.

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Jordan Hubacz's avatar

I nominate Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMnjPPAvWu4

It’s 20 years old at this point, but I think it still holds up.

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Brooke Obie's avatar

Hi, I’m not an author of this article so please remove me as an author. Thank you for linking to my work and I hope you can do so without listing me as an author of your piece.

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Ted Hope's avatar

Will do so now Brooke. I personally felt that when we have a post that is dependent on an author's work, we should provide attribution. I recognize that is unorthodox, but it felt correct to. me. Thanks for writing the post though!

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