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Comment on What is a film whose trailer alone presaged its success?
BleepBlip@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The original Matrix trailer was such stylish mystery and intrigue. Media consumption volume of the average person was drastically less than today and its release predated wide broadband availability. IYKYK but that film dropped like an absolute hype bomb and deserved all the love & success it received.
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Saw the trailer in the theater and thought, “What the fuck is THIS?!” Saw The Matrix two nights in a row. Never done that before or since.
1bluepixel@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just to add to this… When I first saw the trailer, I became completely obsessed with the film. I visited the website and read a bunch of short stories on there about the world of the Matrix.
And besides all that, when I finally sat down in theaters and watched Neo take the red pill, I had absolutely no clue what was happening. Their marketing material 100% avoided even spoiling the very premise of the film. All they did was build a mystery.