Last week, I made a post about Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film The Wrestler and remarked that FOX Pictures hadn’t even given it a trailer yet, evidently unsure of how to market or promote the film.
Well, now that we’re getting closer to Oscar season, and with the film’s select city showings and premiere having elicited a range of almost unanimous praise, it seems Fox is finally starting to gear up; a few days after my last post about the movie, all the clips from the film had been systematically removed from YouTube, including the one I linked to. I thought this was a bit strange, but yesterday they debuted a new poster for the movie, and today they’ve put up the official trailer (which looks awesome), so apparently they’re finally starting to take an interest in their movie. It’s being hyped as the “Resurrection of Mickey Rourke” – they’ve wisely decided to market it as an “event film,” which will only add to the hype surrounding it. I seem to recall a similar thing happening with Sin City back in 2005 when all the critics were raving about how it would revive Rourke’s dwindling career, but that film was so big – and featured so many other actors – that after it came out, I suppose it didn’t single-handedly bring him back into a state of relevance. Hopefully this one will. Honestly, I haven’t heard a single bad thing about this film yet from anyone who’s seen it, and it just looks epic.
To view the trailer on Apple’s website in standard format or hi-def, click here.
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Yeah, judging by the trailer and some reviews I've read, this is – at least stylistically – nothing like his older films, which is pretty impressive. I haven't been disappointed by anything I've seen him tackle yet, although The Fountain was a bit of a mess. But I think its ambitions made it more interesting. I'm actually really interested in his remake of "RoboCop," because off the top of my head, he's probably one of the only directors who could take on that over-the-top Verhoeven stuff and retain the satire. I mean, except for Brett Ratner, obviously.
I admire Aronofsky for going to new territory in each film. Except for Pi I've liked his films, and even though he's only made 3 I look forward to his stuff as much as the Coens, Jarmusch, Tarantino, Wes Anderson, PT Anderson, and David Lynch.
New Springsteen song sounds awesome.