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What Killed The Movie Trailer? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 months ago by proprioception@kbin.social to c/movies@kbin.social

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Movie Trailers may have started out as a tool to sell films, but over time they have evolved into their own spectacle. Before a film is released there are a multitude of Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots, Web Shorts, and even Trailers before the Trailer starts. How did Hollywood turn from a simple marketing tool, to a an ever expansive industry of movie trailers that mostly give away the entire plot of the film? How did Hollywood crush the Movie Trailer?

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The trailer for Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden is still one of the best trailers I've ever seen. It shows enough to make it mysterious and intriguing yet not giving anything away. It's the same with his recent film Decision To Leave. I wish hollywood showed as much restraint as this.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I haven't seen either of those and the trailers look fantastic.