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Searching for the numinous. Co-purveyor of https://quantum.country/ 

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    1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 14 Sep 2018
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      Another trailer I love: the trailer for Brave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnGNe3SB9Fk … The movie was only so-so.

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    2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 14 Sep 2018
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      The last 1 second of that trailer is an absolute masterpiece. If there were Oscars for 1-second shots, it would have deservedly won.

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    3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 14 Sep 2018
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      More great trailers: full trailer for Man of Steel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4 … The Dark Knight Rises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gFwvozMHR4 … (Yeah, I'm a fan of both Nolans.)

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 14 Sep 2018
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      An aesthetic I like is when the use of music is deliberately restricted, and many Chris Nolan associated trailers do that well.

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    5. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 14 Sep 2018
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      The first 90 seconds of the Furious 7 trailer is marvellous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skpu5HaVkOc … I want to meet the genius who thought of that final jump, the car chase as art form.

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    6. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Aug 31
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      The Joker trailer is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGVQLHvwOY … If there was an Oscar for best performance in a trailer, Joaquin Phoenix would be a lock. (Maybe ever? He's just astonishing here.)

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    7. Daniel Gross‏ @danielgross Sep 1
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      Best new product trailer in some time:https://youtu.be/P7zW53OuvMg 

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    8. Hollis Robbins‏ @anecdotal Sep 1
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      The pulsing music (not resolved until the end) does much of the heavy lifting

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    9. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Sep 1
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      Much of it seems like the Simpsons: it relies on you recognizing the cultural referents, and connecting to them. It's very nearly this joke:pic.twitter.com/JO6DaHtobb

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    10. Hollis Robbins‏ @anecdotal Sep 1
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      Replying to @michael_nielsen @danielgross

      Yes yes! this seems like the perfect culmination of our ongoing twitter discussion about how allusion works.

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Sep 1
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      It's funny: allusion is, in many ways, more powerful than the actual thing. Which I think is why montages like this can work so well. Of course, it helps that I know and love a huge fraction of the scenes referenced. The first 42 secs doesn't really work, though.

      5:14 PM - 1 Sep 2019
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        1. Hollis Robbins‏ @anecdotal Sep 1
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          I'm toying with a piece on the interrelationship of network and allusion, how each creates, requires, and reinforces the other.

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