After some impressive trailers, the tide has begun to turn from skepticism to anticipation for Matt Reeves’ “Let Me In,” a remake of Tomas Alfredson’s excellent “Let The Right One In.”
A new clip has arrived courtesy of the viral site Enter Under Penalty Of Death, and again, it points to a film that is heavy on atmosphere for scares rather than loud noises and shaky cams that marked Reeves’ feature directorial debut, “Cloverfield.” In the clip, we see Richard Jenkins as “The Father” of Abby (Chloe Moretz) bringing home dinner, in manner of speaking. Oh yeah, the song you hear is Blue Oyster Cult’s “I’m Burning For You.”
The film, which also stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, opens on October 1st and will play at TIFF in the next couple of weeks. [ONTD]
Oh yeah. Not as dynamic visually as the original, but it surely is an "American" way to abduct a young guy: gotta use a car. It's a safe clip without the leads; you can barely see Jenkins work his magic. I'm still on the fence.
This clip really screams "Zodiac" to me as far as the cinematography goes.
"Not as "dynamic visually" as the original?"
WTF The original is near still-photography. This IS dynamic! And it´s very gripping.
My only problem is Jenkins himself. Not that he's not terrific; he is. It's just that after "Burn After Reading" I CAN'T see that guy without hearing John Malkovich: "You're part of a league of morons!"
To the… 2nd (?) Anonymous. Replying to your WTF: "dynamic visually" as in, this reboot is less ethereal for the genre. "Gripping" is what the original didn't require to get the audience's attention; it was haunting. That scene was not.
The 1st (?) Anonymous got the Zodiac reference pretty good IMHO.