Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me Trailer Starring Casey Affleck
I’m not always eager to post promo and sales trailers for movies when they find their way online because they’re usually too long, rough around the edges, and quick to be pulled off the web anyway. They’re not intended for the general public, and shouldn’t really be judged as such. In this case, however, we’ve got our first look at what appears to be a very promising flick, and with all the talent involved I simply couldn’t help posting about it.
Michael Winterbottom’s most recent film Genova didn’t get a ton of attention at TIFF last year, but his previous two films, A Mighty Heart and The Road to Guantanamo both made my top 10 lists in their respective years. This time around he’s teaming up with Casey Affleck, who is riding a wave of critical acclaim from outstanding performances in Gone Baby Bone and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, for an adaptation of the book The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson.
Affleck plays a deputy sheriff in Texas who also turns out to be a cold-blooded killer. The trailer shows a couple of potentially disturbing scenes, but it also gives off a pretty awesome No Country for Old Men vibe. Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba co-star, offering them both a chance to prove their acting chops. What do you think, does this look like a winner? The movie is currently in search of a distributor but will probably be hitting the festival circuit in 2010. Check out the promo reel after the jump.
Comments (8)
I’m very intrigued.I read the book and this seems like a killer adaptation. (pardon the pun)
Posted by josh on November 6th, 2009The picture reminds me of a David Lynch kinda thing. Like “Lost Highway” esque or something.
Posted by Bryan on November 6th, 2009Who the fuck made this trailer? The same guy behind Avatar? Fuck that guy!
Posted by aspioaokassodsøkasdkøl on November 7th, 2009If I were a money man, I’d be pulling that trailer from the web too … disjointed, overlong and, like you said, Sean, rough around the edges. And it doesn’t appear that Jessica Alba is getting much better as an actress.
I like Michael Winterbottom, though, so I’ll likely catch this at some point.
Posted by hungSolo on November 7th, 2009Lynch? Is that due to the presence of Bill Pullman the Suck?
Posted by Matt Hook on November 7th, 2009Jim Thompson was a great writer who unfortunately was not appreciated in his time. None of his novels were in print when he died in 1977. He is probably best known for his novel “The Getaway,” which was adapted by Walter Hill for the Sam Peckinpah film. Despite the success of “The Getaway,” other Thompson novels (masterpieces) “Pop. 1280,” and “The killer inside me,” failed to make much of an impact.
Posted by xego on November 8th, 2009I should say at this point that “Pop. 1280,” was a French film and more than likely did very well there. Just as it was France’s interest in American film noir that was largely responsible for it’s resurgence, and its influence on The French New Wave, which in turn informed the style of the Auteur period of 70’s film making, Thompson’s novels are widely available today.
“The killer inside me,” was made into a movie in 1976 starring Stacy Keach. While I have only seen a trailer for this one (coming to my mailbox soon courtesy of Netflix) Stacy Keach makes for a very menacing Lou Ford. While Casey Affleck has excelled at playing weasel-like characters I am wondering if he has the imposing physical presence and maturity to play Lou Ford? In fairness Lou Ford in the novel was only 29. Although a 29 year old man in the South in 1952 was quite a different animal I think than the Manbaby twentysomethings of today. Looking forward to seeing what Mr. Winterbottom does with this material.
I had to stop watching that, it looked great but it was showing the entire film.
Posted by Jackson on November 8th, 2009I you guy would like come and get the trailer. I have a working version of the trailer on my site.
Posted by Big Chico on November 9th, 2009Leave a Reply