Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008)
Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves'
Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign,
Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the
Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered:
Cloverfield was a major success.
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comment #1
roanokemaroon says ...
That looks propagantastic! Seriously, does that remind anyone else of classic Soviet-era propaganda images? I'm NOT saying Obama is a Communist, but the poster sure does remind me of a whole different thing than what he was going for.
Posted by roanokemaroon at July 23, 2008 6:37 PM
comment #2
Carl LaFong says ...
Ich Bin Ein Öbamar!
Posted by Carl LaFong at July 23, 2008 6:40 PM
comment #3
Carl LaFong says ...
Dammit! That should have read:
Ich Bin Ein Obamar!
Damn HTML...
Posted by Carl LaFong at July 23, 2008 6:41 PM
comment #4
Mgmax says ...
Well, it's very 1930s (the typeface, Gotham, deliberately tries to evoke public building signage and the like of that era) and everybody was influenced by the same modern art-- so it's not very far from anything like that to fascist/Communist propaganda. In feel, not in content per se.
Personally, I love the look of this stuff (it also strongly evokes for me the posters for Joseph Papp's Public Theater in the 70s, eg The Threepenny Opera)-- but I wonder if it's too arty-film festival-y for politics, which is so bland and rigid normally. Either everything will look like this next election, or nothing will...
Posted by Mgmax at July 23, 2008 7:00 PM
comment #5
Josh Massey says ...
If you blur your eyes just a little bit, it appears he's giving a "Heil Hitler" salute. With a really long arm.
Posted by Josh Massey at July 23, 2008 7:58 PM
comment #6
Joe Leydon says ...
I imagine the speech will carried live on cable news networks. At what time?
Posted by Joe Leydon at July 23, 2008 8:45 PM
comment #7
BurmaShave says ...
Just imagine how awesome the Polish one will be.
Posted by BurmaShave at July 23, 2008 9:23 PM
comment #8
Walter Sobchak says ...
"I imagine the speech will carried live on cable news networks. At what time?"
I'm not sure what time the actual speech will begin, but the pre-speech coverage began yesterday and will continue on until the speech. Afterwards, the networks will break down the speech on their various post-speech coverage shows until sometime next week when they will give way to omnibus coverage capsules of media reaction to the speech.
Many of the networks will then follow that with multi-part mini-series events re-living the highlights of the speech and all that went into it.
F.Y.I. A brand new cable network was created several days ago specifically for the coverage of and subsequent discussion of the speech.
Posted by Walter Sobchak at July 23, 2008 9:54 PM
comment #9
CinemaPhreek says ...
This is giving the McCain camp some pretty restless nights, apparently:
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/07/23/the-kid-stays-in-the-picture.aspx
If there's anything that sums up the differences between the same ol', same ol past of one candidate versus lets look to the future of the other it's Obama showing he can repair our image (and hence our effectiveness) on the world stage contrasted with McCain "We can drill our way out of this mess, TRUST ME!" photo op.
Posted by CinemaPhreek at July 23, 2008 10:19 PM
comment #10
BurmaShave says ...
Mr. Sobchak, nice to have you back. Touche, as always.
Posted by BurmaShave at July 23, 2008 10:20 PM
comment #11
D.Z. says ...
Josh: "If you blur your eyes just a little bit, it appears he's giving a "Heil Hitler" salute."
You're confusing him with Prescott Bush.
Posted by D.Z. at July 23, 2008 10:54 PM
comment #12
Sendyhong says ...
Recently, quite a few celebrities and pro athletes were said to appear on the millionaire luxury club "R I C H L O V I N G.C O M" to hook up with hot girls, ladies, models... OMG!!! Are these famous guys fond of internet dating for now?? Maybe they are indeed so rich that they feel boring sometimes to need new things? It was reported on MSN Charlie Sheen has found his girl there last May.
Posted by Sendyhong at July 24, 2008 2:56 AM
comment #13
Mgmax says ...
Two weeks from now:
"I did nor say I was a Berliner, and you know-- Brian, people are tired of this kind of old, destructive politics, they're looking for a change in Washington, and that's the kind of change I plan to bring."
Posted by Mgmax at July 24, 2008 4:59 AM
comment #14
Krazy Eyes says ...
It seems McCain is continuing his efforts try to draw attention away from Obaba . . . and continuing to not get the coverage he was hoping for.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1826064,00.html
Posted by Krazy Eyes at July 24, 2008 6:22 AM
comment #15
alan says ...
That Time article is a good read. McCain's new slogan should be "Hey! I'm running too!"
Posted by alan at July 24, 2008 7:40 AM
comment #16
Bob Violence says ...
I'm glad the flyer specified "Berlin, Deutschland" -- it would've been embarrassing if people saw it and showed up in Berlin, El Salvador instead.
Posted by Bob Violence at July 25, 2008 1:11 AM
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