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Trailer!: A Single Man

POSTED: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 4:54 PM

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never heard any other fashion designers-turned-directors, other than Tom Ford who makes his debut with A Single Man, an adaptation of the Charles Isherwood novel about a gay man's (Colin Firth) reaction after his longtime lover dies.

Fashion designer? Huh? But I'm not hating it. In fact, I think this trailer looks great. As I said with the similarly-titled by completely different A Serious Man, I like vague trailers like this, especially when they point to interesting visual style (much like the Coen's Man). What worries me about trailers like this, from an untested director without much movie biz experience is that it's all style, no substance. But considering Firth just picked up a best Actor award at Venice, Ford may have some cinematic prowess that I'm not aware of. Or he might just have gotten lucky. Harvey Weinstein doesn't seem to think so ' his Weinstein Co. picked up A Single Man after a bidding war, according to Nikki Finke. She thinks he should have gone with Focus instead, and I've got agree. They tend to better with pictures of this size and scope. But Harvey and Co. are in dire straights (even though Inglourious Basterds crossed the $100 mil threshold last weekend, it was an expensive movie with a crazy marketing campaign) and I'm sure he's got his very keen sights only set on hits/award winners. Release date TBA but the Finke story says it's a 2009 release with an Oscar push.

ddemore

Posted 2009-10-14 16:08:02

Release date is December 11, limited, with it going wide Christmas Day. Movie has gotten many very good reviews.

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