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Jeunet's A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT trailer for the U.S. debuts!







Hey folks, Harry here with a beautiful and striking trailer from Jeunet that will make anyone that has ever been in love with his films, go absolutely ga-ga in love for A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT. The film opens the last weekend of November in Los Angeles and New York - then unfurls selectively everywhere else in some undisclosed roll-out afterwards.







The first thing that strikes me about A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is how small and intimate the movie seems. It's as if Jeunet decided to retreat to minimalism after his success with AMELIE. Like he'd prefer the simple perfection of a swan dive, rather than attempt eight flips with a half twist off the 1.5 meter board.







He also seems to have lost all interest in grand romanticism, instead focusing almost exclusively upon stark neo-realism. NOT! Watching this trailer all I could think about was how exquisitely he weaves tall tales of love and the pangs one feels when it is held in the sway of a cruel world. The images are grand. The feats... stunning.







It maintains that painterly look and design that we've been intoxicated with back in the days of DELICATESSAN and CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. Warner Independent seems to be doing a really bang up job in crafting the U.S.'s first look at the film. I hope the rest of their campaign is as classy and magical. Bravo!







Click Here To Watch A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT Trailer!!!







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holy shit that harry animation is fucked up...
by scrumdiddly
Oct 12th, 2004
09:34:43 PM
movie looks nice though
by scrumdiddly
Oct 12th, 2004
09:35:50 PM
Trailer Music
by Johnny Law
Oct 12th, 2004
10:52:23 PM
Better in French
by Buster Gonads
Oct 12th, 2004
11:06:48 PM
Audrey Tautou gives me A Very Long...
by young1
Oct 12th, 2004
11:33:27 PM
I give up.
by johnhawks
Oct 13th, 2004
12:19:09 AM
The answer
by Johnny Law
Oct 13th, 2004
12:23:21 AM
Audrey Tautou gives me A Very Long...
by JAGUART
Oct 13th, 2004
03:36:20 AM
Yes, it's gorgeous
by Thing-Fish
Oct 13th, 2004
04:14:11 AM
I meant "sad", not "said"
by Thing-Fish
Oct 13th, 2004
04:15:18 AM
Jeunet is THE most amazing visual filmmaker alive, maybe ever.
by Buscemi 01
Oct 13th, 2004
06:15:34 AM
Not as good as the french trailer.
by Floyd Gondolli
Oct 13th, 2004
08:42:15 AM
"are American's offended by semi nudity?" Nope. Just the MPAA.
by minderbinder
Oct 13th, 2004
09:07:12 AM
I've said it once and I'll say it again......
by payton 34
Oct 13th, 2004
11:28:51 AM
yeah, that seems like a pretty long engagement ...
by eraser_x
Oct 13th, 2004
08:23:27 PM

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