A preview of the film Coppola plans to take on tour is here. But will his live editing process provide insight or is it a gimmick?
Rewriting the rules of cinema is an ambitious aim but, as Francis Ford Coppola reminded us at last month's Comic-Con, it's a young medium ripe for innovation. The director was using his appearance in San Diego to present footage from his new detective thriller, Twixt, much of which has been reused to make this trailer-of-sorts. The film features Val Kilmer as a small-town pulp horror writer who finds himself wrapped up in his own mystery. It's narrated by Tom Waits. The young lady with the startling makeup job is Elle Fanning.
Coppola plans to take Twixt on the road following its debut at Toronto next month. Armed with a techie toolbox of real-time editing tools, the film-maker hopes to present Twixt differently depending on the reactions from each audience he "plays" to. It's an exciting idea, and a demonstration at Comic-Con suggested that the technology now exists to make it work, even if the resulting mishmash made for a slightly disorienting experience. Have a gander at the trailer and let us know what you think.
Will this live rejigging process give us an insight into the occasional moments of epiphany that film editors experience when they work on a project? Or is this take on the mystery genre a bit of a red herring?
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/aug/04/twixt-trailer-francis-ford-coppola
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