First Trailer for 'The Reader'
Filed under: Drama, War, Trailers and Clips
One of the movies I've been dying to get a glimpse of is Stephen Daldry's The Reader. The Weinstein flick that didn't get thrown into the Great Harvey Migration of '08, The Reader follows Ralph Fiennes as he thinks back and remembers his first love -- the older Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet). But it isn't merely simple Graduate type of romance. After a summer together, she disappears, not to reappear until years later -- while she's on trial for war crimes because of her work as a guard at Auschwitz.
And that's pretty much what you can see in the trailer above -- which does a good job of setting up this complicated story and heaping on the questions and intrigue. (First you have to watch a trailer before the trailer, so be patient. Gotta love the world we live in today!) Anyhow, this film is setting off those Oscar signals and if this collection of clips is any clue, this has a good chance of bringing Winslet her sixth Oscar nomination. (Whether she actually wins for a change, who knows?!)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-03-2008 @ 12:34PM
Don Dryer said...
Hmm- I'd rewrite that copy just a bit. When I read, "The Reader follows Ralph Fiennes as he goes back in time to remember his first love," I think this is a science fiction movie about a time traveler. How about he 'reminisces' instead?
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11-03-2008 @ 12:42PM
Oliver said...
So true!
I got a shock to see 'The Reader' and 'time travel' mentioned in the same headline.
The book certainly has no time travel in it. Actually The whole Ralph Feinnes part is an addition to the story, not in the novel.
No Sci-Fi in this one, just straight psycho-sexual-holocaust-drama.
Wouldn't it be ironic if Kate actually won the academy award for this one given her part in extras, talking about doing holocaust films just for the oscar!
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11-03-2008 @ 1:00PM
Monika said...
Don and Oliver -- Agreed! The sentence wording even confused the title-editing powers that be. I'll fix it now.
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11-03-2008 @ 3:25PM
AJ Wiley said...
Looks interesting. Anything with Kate Winslet, plus the added awesomeness of Ralph Fiennes, will get me in the theater.
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