Grindhouse trailers to be expanded into full features
January 21st 2008 23:41
For me, the idea of making a movie for your own pleasure - that's art, no matter what the content.
Tarantino and Rodriguez are, apparently, well-versed in the grindhouse genre, feasting on the decaying bones of the splinters of exploitation cinema, defined, as Tarantino said in an interview:
"All the exploitation genres: kung fu, horror, Italian horror -- also known as giallo -- sexploitation, the "good old boy" redneck car-chase movies, blaxploitation, spaghetti Westerns -- all those risible genres that were released in the Seventies."
The movie was a commercial failure... it'll probably just make a slim profit after DVD sales, whereas the distributors were probably hoping to make back the budget on the opening weekend.
It's a perfect example of the divide between the critics and the moviegoing public. Critics, who are usually well-versed in some genres of cinema, have seen enough movies to resonate with the Grindhouse homage, resulting in critical acclaim (81% approval on Rotten Tomatoes).
On the other hand, the public goes to the movies for a variety of reasons - a desire for entertainment, a reason to get out of the house, spending time with the family... these could all hamper the enthusiasm for "Grindhouse", especially given that it received an R rating in America.
On the opening weekend, "Grindhouse" came in fourth, behind Ice Cube's widely panned "Are We Done Yet?"
It's surprising, then, that there's an incentive for a sequel to "Grindhouse"... fantastic news for me, but not for the fortunes of the studio that'll back the sequel.
But who can hold it back? Tarantino and Rodriguez are proud of their baby, and the directors of the guest trailers - Eli Roth, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright - are all trying to expand their trailers into full-length features.
Hell, Rodriguez is almost finished with the feature adaptation of his trailer, "Machete", a revenge flick with Mexican badass Danny Trejo.
Here's the trailer for "Machete", taken from Grindhouse. Caution: I think this trailer is potentially work unsafe, coupled with violence and nudity, if memory serves:
Both Edgar Wright and Eli Roth want to make their trailers, "Don't" and "Thanksgiving", into movies, and Rob Zombie apparently made 30 minutes of footage that he was loathe to cut.
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