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15. Pulp Fiction (1994)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
That surf guitar! The Mariachi hoots! Even now, the opening seconds of the "Pulp Fiction" trailer have a nose-opening charge: something new is happening here. It’s not like Tarantino was breaking terribly original ground -- the first shots of the trailer are of guns, cash and a kiss in quick succession -- but something about the arrangement, or rearrangement, was completely compelling, and this sneak preview managed to capture that quality.
It’s actually a remarkably compact primer on not just the film’s story but its cool, kitschy tone: an AWOL John Travolta surfaces, Samuel L. Jackson in Jheri curl and Uma Thurman barefoot and frugging. The intertitles -- LOYALTY, BETRAYAL, CRIME: YOU WON”T KNOW THE FACTS UNTIL YOU SEE THE FICTION -- are the only cheesy (and not meta-cheesy) elements. Some truly prescient trailer editor managed to pull out what would become almost all of the film’s visually iconic moments and present them in a pure adrenaline rush. By the time the insane list of supporting players is being listed off, any respectable filmgoer was almost apoplectic with popcorn lust: Give. Me. That. Movie. --Michelle Orange
I guess you guys haven't seen the trailer for The Hughes Bros.'s Dead Presidents, huh? What about Forest Gump? I think those are the 2 greatest of all time. Gump is better than the movie. And Dead Prez is the best ever.
Oh... what about the SW Ep 1 teaser? Maybe you should call this the best film trailers on YouTube! LOL. Dead Prez is probably too hard for you to locate.
I think The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and 300 should be included!
Clerks? No love for the Clerks trailer? Sigh.
Honorable mention for the Grindhouse fake trailers? "Don't" was brilliant.
Great list, by the way. Thanks for including 'Man Who Wasn't There'
Seriously? We have to click 50 times just to get the damn list? No thanks.
Like clicking 50 times is soooo hard, right? But you guys forgot about There Will Be Blood!!
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
GREAT article and flawless pick for #1. I actually did a lil piece on that trailer at our own movie blog, so I'm elated to see as your top pick. Yay trailers!