Watch This: 'Downloading Nancy' Trailer
Filed under: Drama, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips
I believe I made history during Sundance 2008 by being the only one who actually liked Downloading Nancy. For those who don't remember the buzz (or non-buzz) surrounding this flick, it probably went down as the most hated of the festival last year. I mean, folks really disliked this movie -- to the point where one critic (I forget who) said it felt like his face was being raped while watching it. Me? I'm kinda into the sick, twisted and sadistic stuff -- and while the majority felt the film was over the top for the sake of it, I actually thought it had purpose, revealed character and told a pretty f**ked up story.
Basically, Downloading Nancy is about this unhappily married woman (Maria Bello) who meets a guy (Jason Patric) over the internet, falls in love, then asks him to kill her ... slowly ... so she can finally feel something in her life. I can't even imagine the different places Bello had to take herself in order to pull off this role -- the gal is completely out of her mind, trust me. I can't even believe someone finally picked this up -- but they did, and it's apparently arriving in theaters this May. Check out the trailer after the jump (for NSFW purposes).
WARNING: The following trailer includes partial nudity and foul language.
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1-29-2009 @ 4:05PM
Mr. R said...
Wow, it has guilty pleasure written all over it. Wouldn't go to the movies to see it, gotta be able to FF some parts! :)
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1-29-2009 @ 5:58PM
paul said...
Maybe this is the "real events" that "inspired" this movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_of_Rotenburg
Movies are vehicles that we ride in to experience vicarious thrills, but there are some events so terrible and so beyond the pale they should not be experienced. If anyone wants to experience this, even vicariously, we as humans should resist. The saying goes like this: We may not be able to stop a bird from flying over our heads but we should be able to stop them from building a nest there. Watching this movie we empathize with the psychopath and in some ways condone his behavior.
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1-30-2009 @ 6:14PM
marian said...
There was already a film about Meiwes, starring Thomas Kretschmann as the cannibal, just with some wannabe-different name.
Meiwes then successfully filed a lawsuit that let to the film not being released in Germany.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448400/
1-29-2009 @ 6:40PM
potion lords said...
looks cheap but good
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1-29-2009 @ 8:40PM
General Zod said...
Song at beginning of trailer is from American Airlines - for 5+ years it was the song played during boarding. Then they transition into NIN cover by Johnny Cash. Odd combo but effective somehow...
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1-30-2009 @ 9:30AM
010111 said...
"You're So Cool" by Hans Zimmer. it was used in True Romance. probably numerous other places too.
1-30-2009 @ 9:34AM
010111 said...
then into Brian Eno - "An Ending" ... which is used in approximately 96,000 movie trailers and soundtracks.
1-29-2009 @ 9:59PM
NP said...
Looks like it might be worth a look, but I really hate the title.
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