Non-trailers

First off, John Waters implores you not to smoke in the theater:

Then we have this one for Waters’ Pink Flamingos. How do you cut a trailer for that film in 1972 without breaking various decency laws? Answer: don’t show a frame of actual footage, but instead get reactions from lucky moviegoers who’ve seen it:

And along those lines, here’s the brilliantly footage-avoidant Minus Man trailer. You’ll talk so much about the film, you’ll … no, why spoil it?

Actually one of Owen Wilson’s best performances. Too bad most of you haven’t seen it. Rent it!

~ by Rob Gonsalves on October 12, 2007.