Humor: Fake “Tree of Life” Poster
Film Doctor via his Twitter feed links us often to either insight or hilarity, and this morning he brought us to theShiznit.co.uk’s founding editor and commissioner Ali Gray’s blog post. As you know, I like simplicity and minimalism in posters and art, which somehow bleeds into my taste for the simplest and thus lowest in humor.
I can’t remember what the batting average is for the posters being actually funny, since many of the text within said posters are rife with puns, accusations and such and of course, humor is subjective. Sometimes, the posters are innately funny without being given a new context, as you can notice James McAvoy’s head is larger in proportion to his body in the X-Men Origins poster. There’s also the possibility that this fake Tree of Life poster’s been around for a long time, in which I don’t care. Fox Searchlight will bring Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life to theaters on May 27.
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That would be nice, but knowing the academy, they’ll find some other film to dote on. Probably whatever the Weinstein’s come out with this year.
I’m not always in the Weinstein’s corner (yeah that’s putting it mildly), but I won’t mind if Coriolanus get some love next year.
Ahahaha… good one, Paolo. Y’know, interestingly enough, I just read Total Film magazine yesterday and they predicted this one will take home Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Pitt. I won’t be surprised if Malick finally got his dues.
Cute … you know that this is the hope of the studio. Really, it is a shame that the art of film-making is twisted into a marketing, profit-making machine (i.e. Oscar bait).
Makes you really wonder about the future of the place for films as works of art in today’s market.
Everything’s fine. Besides a) Oscar night has been the sight of bait and many highway robberies since the ’40′s, and b) Correct me, but Malick wouldn’t even have made it as a director under the studio system.
RE: Point a) – Over the years, I have become a bit more jaded about the whole awards process and kind of recoil at awards talk, especially this early on.
RE: b) You are correct – the studio system was a factory which focused on output. Many directors were “directors for hire”.
If memory serves, a lot of the creative and experimental forces in films during that time came from overseas. There are various examples of what happened to directors under the studio system who tried to gain greater creative control of their projects (Orson Welles, Preston Sturges, Charlie Chaplin – although his also had to do McCarthyism).
James: The Weinsteins are low on the radar this year. I want “My Week with Marilyn” to be good and for Michelle Williams to get an Oscar, but the dice will roll better for the latter than the former. The only free property right now, and someone correct me if I’m wrong, are “A Dangerous Method,” and “Albert Nobbs,” but those are more likely gonna go to Focus and/or SPC.
Ruth: It’s a tough competition for Best Actor, since Leo, Gosling and apparently Gary Oldman are up for the prize and arguably all of them are due (Many of you might be biased towards Oldman, not saying that I’m not). Brad Pitt also has “Moneyball” coming up. I’m judging from the trailer yes, but Pitt’s acting looks like ‘Be scared of me because I have a gruff Southern accent!’ Besides, Malick has never been ‘good’ with his actors (I’ll explain). And I want Pitt to win for “Cogan’s Trade,” which is apparently coming out next year.
I’ll say it. I WANT Gary Oldman to win Best Actor!!!
After Bale got his, he’s the next always-getting-passed-over actor I’d love to see pull a win on his first nomination.
That’s pretty hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
You can’t win Best Picture with a pre-fall release date! Actually, doesn’t the new trend seem to be nominated films that the masses didn’t even get to see yet because they only released them in NY and LA? Super cute poster though!!!
It’s impossible for “Tree of Life” to win any Oscars. It comes out in May. Think about it.
Colleen and Sam: Untrue. Crash and The Hurt Locker were summer movies, although the latter was kind of a limited release. I also have an interesting story about The Hurt Locker being in theatres for like nine months.
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