Comments on: Over Marketed http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356 Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:02:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356/comment-page-1#comment-27 Daniel Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:17:12 +0000 http://blog.boico.net/archives/356#comment-27 I now have a problem - as much as I love the poster, the film is apparently crap. Do I keep the poster up? Is it okay to love it as a piece of art in its own right, or should it reflect some kind of cinematic taste? Aargh. I now have a problem – as much as I love the poster, the film is apparently crap. Do I keep the poster up? Is it okay to love it as a piece of art in its own right, or should it reflect some kind of cinematic taste? Aargh.

]]> By: SigVib http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356/comment-page-1#comment-22 SigVib Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:13:04 +0000 http://blog.boico.net/archives/356#comment-22 The poster of the first ("european") version of the movie pictured the kid, tied to a chair with a bag over his head. I think (yet another) beautiful woman crying / being tortured is more palatable in the US. I wonder also if it is an ironic way to relate the movie to the pile of cinematographic dung that is torture porn. Haneke is supposed to have remade the movie to clear up the misunderstanding that surrounds the first version, which has gained a cult status among some amateurs of ultra-violent "almost as good as snuff" films. Therefore missing the point entirely, as far as Haneke's discourse on the representation of violence goes. Maybe going for a poster that looks like the ones used for the kind of movies Haneke loathes with a passion was a tongue-in-cheeks comment from the director ? Or from whoever chose the poster. Also, the picture of the kid with the bag on his head ? Maybe it is nowadays too much alike the iconic image of the man from Abu Ghraib to be used with ease. The poster of the first (“european”) version of the movie pictured the kid, tied to a chair with a bag over his head. I think (yet another) beautiful woman crying / being tortured is more palatable in the US.

I wonder also if it is an ironic way to relate the movie to the pile of cinematographic dung that is torture porn.

Haneke is supposed to have remade the movie to clear up the misunderstanding that surrounds the first version, which has gained a cult status among some amateurs of ultra-violent “almost as good as snuff” films. Therefore missing the point entirely, as far as Haneke’s discourse on the representation of violence goes.

Maybe going for a poster that looks like the ones used for the kind of movies Haneke loathes with a passion was a tongue-in-cheeks comment from the director ? Or from whoever chose the poster.

Also, the picture of the kid with the bag on his head ? Maybe it is nowadays too much alike the iconic image of the man from Abu Ghraib to be used with ease.

]]> By: steandric http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356/comment-page-1#comment-23 steandric Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:05:14 +0000 http://blog.boico.net/archives/356#comment-23 the poster with Naomi's face is without the slightest doubt the superior one. It's stylish and it gives the lead actress and character the proper publicity that they deserve and are entitled to. the poster with Naomi’s face is without the slightest doubt the superior one. It’s stylish and it gives the lead actress and character the proper publicity that they deserve and are entitled to.

]]> By: Tim http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356/comment-page-1#comment-25 Tim Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:49:43 +0000 http://blog.boico.net/archives/356#comment-25 Maybe we're witnessing a shift towards quality in mainstream graphic design… probably not, but I'd like to think so. I wonder what Photoshop trick they used on the image, it looks like it was painted by Chuck Close. Maybe we’re witnessing a shift towards quality in mainstream graphic design… probably not, but I’d like to think so.

I wonder what Photoshop trick they used on the image, it looks like it was painted by Chuck Close.

]]> By: Michael http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356/comment-page-1#comment-24 Michael Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:07:15 +0000 http://blog.boico.net/archives/356#comment-24 I couldn't find an image of the actual U.K. version of the poster. It's woeful. The poster at the end there is actually stylish by comparison, still not a patch on Naomi's big messy head. :) As a sideline, Adam & Joe have just been talking about how crap movie posters are these days, especially the one for Uma Therman's latest flop. I couldn’t find an image of the actual U.K. version of the poster. It’s woeful. The poster at the end there is actually stylish by comparison, still not a patch on Naomi’s big messy head. :) As a sideline, Adam & Joe have just been talking about how crap movie posters are these days, especially the one for Uma Therman’s latest flop.

]]> By: Daniel http://linefeed.presspublish.info/356/comment-page-1#comment-26 Daniel Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:53:53 +0000 http://blog.boico.net/archives/356#comment-26 It's rather ace, isn't it? It has pride of place in my living room, so I get to see giant Naomi crying every time I have my tea. Which is perhaps a bit weird. That other poster looks pants though - it just looks like another Saw-esque movie, which I'm pretty sure this won't be (also, in case anyone cares, Binky has now be relocated/rebooted/recombobulated here: <a href="http://www.binkythedoormat.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[binkythedoormat.com]</a> — after too much Wordpress-wrangling I defected to Typepad). It’s rather ace, isn’t it? It has pride of place in my living room, so I get to see giant Naomi crying every time I have my tea. Which is perhaps a bit weird. That other poster looks pants though – it just looks like another Saw-esque movie, which I’m pretty sure this won’t be (also, in case anyone cares, Binky has now be relocated/rebooted/recombobulated here: [binkythedoormat.com] — after too much Wordpress-wrangling I defected to Typepad).

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