comment #1

oranthal james says ...

"Why hasn't a stand-alone trailer for Revolutionary Road shown up"

http://www.leonardodicaprio.com/leonardo/movies/rroad_trl.html

comment #2

BurmaShave says ...

oranthal beat me, been up since last night. Looks pretty good but it now has the interesting hurdle of being more effective than MAD MEN. We'll see, but I think this is going to be one of the prestige projects that gets left out in the cold come Oscar time.

comment #3

thebuddha says ...

I'm sorry to say it but this looks like Little Chldren Part II, at least in terms of total lack of general and critical awareness for a fantastic film

comment #4

JB Moore says ...

Speaking of roads, where is a trailer for THE ROAD? Isn't it slated for a November release?

comment #5

markj says ...

Is that a real human being presenting that show?

comment #6

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Those of us who also partake of Movie City News were given this link to Trailer Addicts sweet widescreen version, no crappy ET muckery to deal with:

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/revolutionary-road/trailer

comment #7

actionman says ...

Looks more like Little Children than it does Mad Men, but having similarities to either of those would be a great thing in my book.

Looks like some more beautiful cinematography courtesy of Roger Deakins.

DiCaprio and Winslet certainly look sharp and Mendes hasn't fucked up yet so here's hoping...

And yeah...where the F is the trailer for The Road?

comment #8

Mark says ...

Mendes hasn't fucked up yet...

Anyone else consider Road to Perdition to be a mild fuck up? With the talent involved and unspoken swan songs of Newman and Conrad Hall, you'd think Mendes could have made one of the best 50 movies of the decade.

comment #9

actionman says ...

I loved that film. I think it's his best film to date. What was wrong with it?

comment #10

NotImpressedYet says ...

I loved Road to Perdition as well. It combined sentimentality and violence in a way that didnt make me want to puke -- that's hard to do. Plus it had beautiful cinematography.

I can't wait for Revolutionary Road. Loved the book. Love Mad Men. This will be very good.

comment #11

actionman says ...

I haven't read the book that Revolutionary Road is based on, but what does it have to do with Mad Men? Is DiCaprio's character an ad exec?

comment #12

BurmaShave says ...

It's just the time period and aesthetic we're all picking up. Plus Leo really does look like Pete Campbell ten years down the line. Haven't read the book either, so I don't know what he does.

comment #13

DarthCorleone says ...

Anyone else consider Road to Perdition to be a mild fuck up?

I know it has its detractors, but I love it. It's my favorite Mendes film. I dunno - thematically and tonally, it's just my kind of thing.

Throw out whatever Hanks baggage one might have, and I think you're left with a very good performance. Newman, Law, and Craig are equally good if not better.

And, yeah, the cinematography is pretty damn incredible. I love the rain massacre and that one shot of the Chicago buildings appearing in the car window.

Also, it has my favorite Thomas Newman score.

comment #14

Mark says ...

i didn't hate Perditiont. i just thought it didn't stand out enough. It never entered the league of those movies that you just have to rewatch every couple of years. And i'm a sucker for cinematography and score. (i could watch Assasination of Jesse James twice a week.) With all elements Perdition had going for it, Mendes just couldn't get me involved enough in the story he's telling.

comment #15

Chase Kahn says ...

Yeah, there's one shot in that trailer where Pete Campbell obviously comes to mind...

comment #16

p.Vice says ...

When Mendes is involved, the smell of "greatness" is much like that of cow shit in the Wisconsin countryside. Too bad, the book is pretty good... guess you could have said the same about him fucking up Jarhead.

comment #17

Jeremy Smith says ...

DiCaprio's character in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD couldn't have less in common with Pete Campbell.

comment #18

BurmaShave says ...

Beaks I just meant vague physical resemblance between DiCaprio and Vincent Kartheiser. Good to hear it though, I hate that bitch.

comment #19

Arran says ...

I had no idea there was a dark heart to suburbia. This trailer has opened my eyes.

While I have faith in Kate and Leo's abilities this looks like a "quality" movie rather than a quality one.

I too would like to see a trailer for The Road. I'm finally reading the book and I think it could translate very well indeed...especially since they have the perfect director for it.

comment #20

d manhattan says ...

Not really related, but for those of us who can't go on the festival circuit (not in the US anyway), where are the trailers for THE WRESTLER, SLUMDOG MILLIONARE or THE HURT LOCKER?

Is it just that it's not economically possible or strategically wise to cut a trailer before having sold the movie or what is the problem?

These movies could have had so much more momentum among the general public - and perhaps sustained momentum among critics - if their great word of mouth and reviews could be accompanied by a trailer. Even a teaser trailer.

Missed opportunity, I tell ya. At least from this film blogger's point of view.

comment #21

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Newman's swan song was Empire Falls and its a far better career capper than Perdition. I trust no one other than the literalist D.Z. considers Cars to be his last film.

comment #22

Yuval says ...

Am I the only one that thinks this trailer looks like a piece of shit?
It may not reflect the actual movie, but since the trailer has to show the basic plot (which isn't that interesting) it's desperately over selling the performances and the "big" dramatic conflict. Little Children treated its subject matter with some irony (although the trailer also had the train noise as a means to create artificial tension), but this movie looks as if it believes the angst of two people getting married and confronting their lives' limitation in the suburbs is truly heart breaking.
First we get DiCaprio's "people are alive there (Paris), not like here. I'm going back the first chance I get" and then Winslet looking lovingly at him and the VO - "I think you're the most interesting person I ever met". What?? I guess we're supposed to accept that his statement about Paris is so deep that she fell in love with him, so when later he feels choked-up in his life and the marriage ends, we'll look back and say "Ohh... what happened to that maverick, he liked Paris! That's in France".
Look at the series of close-ups we get in this trailer - first he's happy, then he's exhaling holding a cigarette, then exhaling the smoke of a cigarette, then sad, then sadder, then crying, then shouting. He's must really be going through a lot. It looks awfully profound, look at all his different expressions. The first only showed two wrinkles and no sweat, but then his face was completely scrunched and practically dripping.
Jeff wrote a few weeks ago how he admired the economy at the beginning of Louis Malle's Damage, this whole film looks like Jeremy Irons wordless expression stretched out for 2 hours.
And it is a trailer cliché and a movie cliché that is done to death - people are running at the end of the trailer. Why is DiCaprio running down the street? It feels like something horrible has happened with all the quick cuts and the camera tracking him that fast. Now I remember, Winslet was so angry that she was shouting so loud that he had to cover his ears, the horror.

comment #23

MikeSchaeferSF says ...

Actionman: I believe Matthew Weiner has cited the novel as an influence when he was creating Mad Men.

comment #24

iamwhoiam says ...

1. Road To Perdition is Mendes best movie, hands down. Such an underrated film.
2. I don't know what's the fuss over this trailer. There's nothing there that really attract me. Actually, Leo seems to fall into that overacting trap he sometimes can't escape.
I was much more impressed by the trailers for The Soloist and Doubt.

comment #25

cleopatrajones says ...

Yuval- You are not alone. The trailer is horrible and all I see are two actors overacting.

comment #26

Rothchild says ...

Why would the very much alive Thomas Newman have a swan song? And why would people consider Randy Newman's score for Cars as a swan song for Thomas Newman? You guys have to be the stupidest bunch of know-it-alls around.

comment #27

Rothchild says ...

Okay, I'm a moron.

Sorry.

I guess we all have D.Z. moments occasionally.

comment #28

arturobandini2 says ...

Can't stand that trailer, either. And Nina Simone's "Wild Is the Wind" had more poignance in SCARLET DIVA, when a nude Asia Argento stood in front of a mirror smearing makeup on her face.

comment #29

astrophore says ...

jury's still out on this one. revolutionary road is one of my all-time favorite novels, and, if done right, this could be devastating.

the problems are twofold -- at this stage in our culture, suburban ennui is as hoary a genre as the western or the rom-com. when yates wrote this in 1961, it carried a tremendous punch.

the second problem is that "mad men" -- and matthew weiner acknowledges the clear influence of revolutionary road -- is fresh in people's minds, and the overall feel of this movie may suffer in comparison.

there's a relative unknown (to me, anyway) screenwriter and mendes's unfortunate tendency to mix moments of brilliance with moments of schlock.

on the other side of the ledger, you will have a beautiful-looking film and two knockout performances. winslet should really tear the cover off the ball here.

now who will make "the easter parade"? would love to see kate in that.

comment #30

BurmaShave says ...

Jesus that's Nina Simone? I keep making that mistake.

comment #31

lawnorder says ...

I love ROAD TO PERDITION and consider it Mendes' best film, but, Jesus, why is everybody giving him a pass on JARHEAD - that film is a total wash in my opinion. The only thing to recommend about JARHEAD is the trailer with the Kanye West song.

comment #32

frankbooth says ...

This looks like a finely mounted production. Finely stuffed, too.

comment #33

D.Z. says ...

Looks like an American Beauty retread shot on the set of "The Hours" using a cameraman imitating Christopher Doyle...