October 10, 2005

The Art of the Movie Trailer

To this day, I think the funniest thing I've ever seen (or at least the hardest I ever laughed) was a video of a kangaroo beating up a man in a giant clown suit on an Australian morning show.

The first time I saw it, it was on a "World's Wackiest Animals" show and the music was campy and circus-like. I laughed so hard I cried. I know people say that all the time. But I mean crocodile tears--whatever that expression means. The next time I saw it was on "When Animals Attack" and the music has Hitchcockian and scary.

It is amazing the difference music can make. And with this I rest my case: "Shining" a new take on an old (and very scary) movie that we all know and love.

Do yourself a favor and watch it here.

I'm almost certain we'll end up using this at The Well Gathering one of these months.