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44. The Big Sleep (1946)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
At the Hollywood Public Library, Humphrey Bogart, decked out in gumshoe fedora and trench coat, looks for a good read, maybe a mystery along the lines of "The Maltese Falcon." Luckily, a librarian who looks and sounds an awful lot like Lauren Bacall is there to help with a handy suggestion '' how about Raymond Chandler’s latest bestseller, "The Big Sleep"? Intrigued, he cracks open the novel and begins reading aloud, his narration segueing into a deftly edited series of clips from the Howard Hawks-directed classic that convey not the plot (which would be next to impossible, given the film’s notoriously convoluted narrative) but an alluring, prototypical noir mood. Bogey breaking into a room via a window and finding a murdered body, Bacall crouched secretively, the two enjoying steamy kisses (“I like that. I’d like more”), and then gunfights, gambling and punch-outs -- all of it set to an escalating orchestral score that seems to promise a near-orgasmic climax of violence, suspense and passion. --Nick Schager
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!