trailer break: ‘Coco Before Chanel’Take a break from work: watch a trailer... This must be the international trailer: even trailers for arthouse releases that will get limited play in the U.S. and Canada never get subtitles -- they get cleverly edited to eliminate any dialogue that will suggest that the film is not in English. And I’m glad I saw this trailer, because I’m now eager to see the film. Not only is it written and directed by a woman -- Anne Fontaine, whose The Girl from Monaco is at a few U.S. arthouses now -- but it’s about a woman doing interesting things, like reinventing fashion. Hoorah! I love how old-fashioned this trailer is, too, with the “She DEFIED CONVENTION” and “DEFINED the MODERN WOMAN” splashed across it. Audrey Tautou and Alessandro Nivola? *swoon* to both... “She likes to dress with no corsets”! You go, girl. Coco Before Chanel is now playing in the U.K.; it opens in the U.S. on September 25. support
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posted by mel (Wed Aug 05 09, 8:15PM)
Interestingly enough, when this came out in Australia a couple of weeks ago, it was titled "coco avant chanel" as opposed to "coco before chanel"
You guys can't handle french?
posted by nyjm (Wed Aug 05 09, 9:04PM)
No, alas, most American's can't handle much French - or any foreign language, for that matter.
Weird exception : last year's "La Môme" was re-entitled "La Vie en rose." I suppose that song is iconic; and very few in the U.S. would get the slang term "la môme" or the relationship to Piaf if it were translated directly.
Anyway, I'm very excited to see this. I must admit to ignorance of Anne Fontaine's work, but this looks very interesting. Along with the aforementioned biopic of Edith Piaf and the soon-to-be-released "Julie and Julia," I'm starting to sense a trend...
posted by Tonio Kruger (Thu Aug 06 09, 11:41AM)
And when Grosse Pointe Blank was released, many local film critics outside of Michigan wondered in print whether movie-goers would understand that Grosse Pointe was a suburb of Detroit...
In other words, even when it comes to American things, American movie-goers are presumed to be ignorant until proven knowledgeable.
Especially if they live in the South...
Or the West...
Or the Bronx...;-)
posted by bronxbee (Thu Aug 06 09, 4:01PM)
Je ressentiment votre remarque sur la Bronx!
posted by Alma (Thu Oct 22 09, 10:54PM)
This is going to sound rude because it's in type, but it isn't intended to be, i'm just genuinely curious: were you being sarcastic with this part:
I love how old-fashioned this trailer is, too, with the “She DEFIED CONVENTION” and “DEFINED the MODERN WOMAN” splashed across it.
“She likes to dress with no corsets”! You go, girl.
Cuz personally I usually hate those type of old-fashioned you-go-girl type of affirmations myself, that usually involve the donning of corsets or some other trifle. But I actually really liked it in this trailer, I felt the mood of the trailer suited it well. (I guess because it's specifically about a fashion designer?)