Seit einiger Zeit gibt es bei manchen Browsern wie Firefox und Internet Explorer Probleme mit der Darstellung der eingebetteten Trailer von Trailers from Hell. Wie ich festgestellt habe, besteht dieses Problem nicht nur auf DVDuell, sondern auch auf anderen Webseiten. Mittlerweile veröffentlicht Trailers from Hell die Videos aber auch wieder per Youtube-Kanal. In den alten Artikeln werde ich die eingefügten Trailer nach und nach durch die Youtube-Videos ersetzen.
Im aktuellen Beitrag erzählt Rod Lurie ein wenig über Sam Peckinpahs “Wer Gewalt sät / Straw Dogs” [GB / USA 1971], von dem er kürzlich ein Remake gedreht hat. Luries Film startet heute in den US-Kinos und wird ab dem 10. November 2011 auch in Deutschland zu sehen sein.
Filmed plays don’t get much more interesting than this. For years Hitchcock’s legendary long-take experiment was a hard film to see, but it’s become more available in recent years. This was the first time the studio was contractually obligated to bill one of his films with the “Alfred Hitchcock’s” possessory credit.
Die von Regisseur Joe Dante auf den Weg gebrachte WebSite Trailers from Hell gehört zu meinen Favoriten. Daher habe ich auch schon einige der Trailer hier auf DVDuell online gestellt. Demnächst wird die erste DVD “The Best of Trailers From Hell, Volume 1” in den Handel gelangen, ein genauer Termin ist in der Pressemitteilung allerdings noch nicht zu finden. Neben den Trailern bietet die DVD noch den Horror-Film “Vampire Bat / The Vampire Bat” [USA 1933, Frank R. Strayer] und zwei Cartoons.
March 25, 2010 — Trailers from Hell will celebrate the launch of its first DVD, The Best of Trailers From Hell: Volume 1, featuring Joe Dante (Gremlins), Mick Garris (Masters of Horror), John Landis (American Werewolf In London), Eli Roth (Hostel) and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) with a Twitter Contest for a chance to win a limited edition signed copy of its forthcoming DVD. The DVD includes classic commentaries from the afore-mentioned Gurus, a new transfer of the classic independent 1933 horror film, Vampire Bat and two vintage cartoons: The Haunted Ship and The Headless Horseman.
The TFH DVD Twitter Contest enables fans to win a copy of the new DVD signed by Joe Dante. Fans must tweet #trailersfromhell and are then automatically entered to win one of 10 signed copies.
TFH showcases the trailers of classic era films both in their original form and punctuated with informative and humorous commentary by contemporary filmmakers. The content is syndicated across web and mobile partners including Babelgum, AOL Video, AT&T, Sprint, You Tube, Shorts TV, Yahoo and on cable television, as well as at www.trailersfromhell.com
Joe Dante, Trailers From Hell Founder notes, “Our first DVD is aimed at broadening our base of film fans to those who haven’t yet discovered our award-winning website www.trailersfromhell.com. Our amazing heritage of great and sometimes just entertaining movies from earlier decades is in danger of fading from the public eye. This is our small attempt to keep what Jimmy Stewart once called ‘pieces of time’ relevant and fun for future generations.”
Bei Trailers from Hell wird der 400. besprochene Trailer – der fantastische zu Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” [USA 1941] – gefeiert. Der WebSite wurde auch gleich ein neues Design gegönnt. Sehr schön.
For years Orson Welles had to deal with the perception of failure when none of his subsequent works had equivalent cultural impact, but let’s face it, the legacy of Kane is the legacy of movies. Despite brilliant later work, Welles remained indelibly defined by his monumental debut– perhaps ultimately not a bad thing considering it’s been ranked for nearly eight decades as arguably the greatest movie of all time.
For years studio development execs have tried to use Sydney Pollack’s classic conspiracy thriller as a template for would-be blockbusters, but hardly any of the various subsequent attempts have equalled it. A model of plot construction and cleverly built tension.
The monster in Ridley Scott’s influential sci fi classic was played by a 7’2 Nigerian design student and set some kind of record for coating with K-Y Jelly, not to mention the shredded condoms standing in for its yucky jaw tendons. A huge success, it spawned three sequels.
Was wäre Halloween ohne “Halloween – Die Nacht des Grauens / Halloween” [USA 1978, John Carpenter]? Hier der Trailer zum Slasher-Hit mit einem Kommentar von Adam Rifkin für Trailers from Hell.
The sleeper of the century and the first of the modern horror franchises. John Carpenter’s low budget suburban slasher movie lurched out of nowhere to become one of the most infuential pictures of all time, changing the face of the genre for decades. Followed by seven sequels and Rob Zombie’s remakes.
One of the strangest and darkest children’s films ever made, this shot-in-Bavaria adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book (he hated the movie) features what may be Gene Wilder’s greatest performance. Would make a great double bill with Dr. Seuss’s The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (which he hated as well).
Josh Olson von Trailers from Hell über Peter Fondas Regiedebüt, den Western “Der weite Ritt / The Hired Hand” [USA 1971]. Der Film lief 1973 in einer um 20 Minuten verlängerten Fassung im US-TV, verschwand danach aber in der Versenkung. Bis 2001, bevor der Sundance Channel ihn auf DVD veröffentlichte, war er auf keinem Heimkino-Medium verfügbar.
Peter Fonda’s directorial debut is a leisurely, naturalistic western offset by ace cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond’s dreamy slow-dissolve images. Too quiet for mainstream success, it has garnered a strong following over the years. Bruce Langhorne’s score is memorable.
Robert Altman and Leigh Brackett, cowriter of the screenplay for The Big Sleep, turn Raymond Chandler’s LA gumshoe into a figure of ’70s angst in what many consider Altman’s masterpiece and Elliott Gould’s finest hour. Bonanza star Dan Blocker was to have played Sterling Hayden’s role, but passed away before filming began. John Williams’ witty score is almost entirely variations on one theme.
Mick Garris erzählt auf Trailers from Hell über den Film Noir “Die Dame im See / The Lady in the Lake” [USA 1947, Robert Montgomery] von MGM, der komplett aus der Perspektive des Hauptcharakters Phillip Marlowe erzählt wird.
Robert Montgomery stars and directs himself, sort of, as detective Philip Marlowe in an ususual, “experimental” studio picture. Told entirely from Marlowe’s point of view, the subjective camera sees everything as he would see it, including fleeting glimpses of the actor himself in mirrored reflections. This was a lot harder to accomplish in 1946 than it would be today, and the picture has a small but devoted fan following.
Producer Stanley Baker stars in Cy Endfield’s epic recreation of the 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift, in which 1000 stiff-upper-lip British soldiers gave a good account of themselves in a battle with 4000 Zulu warriors. Not scrupulously accurate, but rousing and excitingly staged, with a great John Barry score.
“Life is an obscure hobo, bumming a ride on the omnibus of art.”
The wit and wisdom of writer Charles B. Griffith, Roger Corman’s hipper-than-thou alter-ego, is in even fuller flower here than in his classic followup, “Little Shop of Horrors”, aided immeasurably by Dick Miller’s indelible performance as psychotic busboy Walter Paisley.
