Brilliant trailer for a brilliant film. I'm in book/movie club and we recently read/watched Wise Blood. Two of us LOVED the movie, everyone else hated it. Some of the most committed performances I've ever seen. And excellent choice of music here. Imagine if Tom Waits had scored this movie... Wonderful job Jim Bromley!
Thanks so much! I haven't read the book myself, did you find the movie to be a pretty faithful adaptation? Or more just "its own thing"? Agreed that a Tom Waits-scored version of this would be amazing
@@jmmbrmm Very faithful to the book. One immaterial difference is that the book takes place right after World War 2 and Haze drives a POS 1930ish Essex car instead of that POS 1958 Ford Fairlane (I LOVE that Fairlane and every bit of the movie that's tied to it). Many of the best quotes come right out of the book. The time that the movie takes place is a bit ambiguous. For me, it takes place at the time it was filmed (1979), as they made no attempt to use vintage cars or other vintage props. Anything vintage was merely an accident as the result of filming on the cheap in a tired, worn-out town. The most significant non-1979 part was that steam train (they quickly disappeared from regular service by the late 1940s). The story there is that director John Huston discovered that there was a vintage excursion steam train operating nearby and he thought it would be cool and maybe disorienting to use it. Wise choice.
@@ArtemusClydeFrog1 Interesting to hear that it's pretty faithful but also that so many of the people who read the book also disliked it haha. Can't please everyone I guess.
Hey thanks! TWBB is one of my alltime favorites! I know PTA is a big fan of both Huston and Flannery O'Connor, so I'm sure he's seen Wise Blood more than a few times. That said, I think The Master is the closer comparison of PTAs work, which I recently learned Brad Dourif's daughter Fiona has a part in! Not sure if that was a nod to Wise Blood at all or just an interesting coincidence.
What an excellent trailer! This is one of my very favorite films and you definitely captured the vibe. It’s so much better than the official trailer!!!
Nice, hope you dig it but lemme know! Same on the later Huston, this one and Fat City are probably the only of his post-1950s work I've seen. (Fat City's cool too though.)
It's on HBO / Max and Criterion currently! I think it gets overlooked because it has such a strange tone and there's not a very strong plot to speak of, but as slow-burn character studies go, it's up there. The whole ensemble is great.
Brilliant trailer for a brilliant film.
I'm in book/movie club and we recently read/watched Wise Blood. Two of us LOVED the movie, everyone else hated it.
Some of the most committed performances I've ever seen.
And excellent choice of music here. Imagine if Tom Waits had scored this movie...
Wonderful job Jim Bromley!
Thanks so much! I haven't read the book myself, did you find the movie to be a pretty faithful adaptation? Or more just "its own thing"? Agreed that a Tom Waits-scored version of this would be amazing
@@jmmbrmm Very faithful to the book. One immaterial difference is that the book takes place right after World War 2 and Haze drives a POS 1930ish Essex car instead of that POS 1958 Ford Fairlane (I LOVE that Fairlane and every bit of the movie that's tied to it). Many of the best quotes come right out of the book.
The time that the movie takes place is a bit ambiguous. For me, it takes place at the time it was filmed (1979), as they made no attempt to use vintage cars or other vintage props. Anything vintage was merely an accident as the result of filming on the cheap in a tired, worn-out town. The most significant non-1979 part was that steam train (they quickly disappeared from regular service by the late 1940s). The story there is that director John Huston discovered that there was a vintage excursion steam train operating nearby and he thought it would be cool and maybe disorienting to use it. Wise choice.
@@ArtemusClydeFrog1 Interesting to hear that it's pretty faithful but also that so many of the people who read the book also disliked it haha. Can't please everyone I guess.
This is maybe the best fan trailer I've seen. Reminds me of There Will Be Blood, based on your trailer. Preachers. John Huston. Blood.
Hey thanks! TWBB is one of my alltime favorites! I know PTA is a big fan of both Huston and Flannery O'Connor, so I'm sure he's seen Wise Blood more than a few times. That said, I think The Master is the closer comparison of PTAs work, which I recently learned Brad Dourif's daughter Fiona has a part in! Not sure if that was a nod to Wise Blood at all or just an interesting coincidence.
I met Fiona once! She's got her daddy's eyes thats for sure.
What an excellent trailer! This is one of my very favorite films and you definitely captured the vibe. It’s so much better than the official trailer!!!
Thanks so much! Happy to know there are people out there who love this movie, it's not one I heard much about before discovering it myself.
Yeah, my dad introduced me to it. Huston was a favorite of his, and I can’t disagree with his opinion of Huston’s cinema, especially his last works.
This is such an incredible film, one of my favorites ever, and this trailer really does it justice ❤️ amazing job!!
Thank you! It really deserves more recognition, happy to hear you count it among your favorites!
Great trailer. I really want to check this out now. Haven't really seen much late Huston, and love Brad Dourif!
Nice, hope you dig it but lemme know! Same on the later Huston, this one and Fat City are probably the only of his post-1950s work I've seen. (Fat City's cool too though.)
You have to see Under the Volcano. It’s another beaut.
Never heard of this...will take a look. Thanks
It's on HBO / Max and Criterion currently! I think it gets overlooked because it has such a strange tone and there's not a very strong plot to speak of, but as slow-burn character studies go, it's up there. The whole ensemble is great.
Brill movie ..3 weeks shoot. Unbeatable.
Wow, I didn't know it was such a fast shoot! Makes me appreciate it that much more.