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Kate and Leo are back: Revolutionary Road trailer
The trailer for Revolutionary Road, popularly known as the film that brings Kate n’ Leo back together, has hit the net, and I like it quite a lot.
Here tis:
Here’s the plot synopsis: “April and Frank Wheeler are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a creeping frustration at their inability to feel fulfilled in their relationships or careers. Frank is mired in a well-paying but boring office job, and April is a housewife still mourning the demise of her hoped-for acting career. Determined to identify themselves as superior to the mediocre sprawl of suburbanites who surround them, they decide to move to France.”
The look and feel of the trailer hits the feeling of 50s ennui right on the head - a bit like Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven, although this new film is certainly not as stylized as Haynes’ was. The director is Sam Mendes, who hasn’t missed yet, having directed American Beauty, Road to Perdition and Jarhead. (He also happens to be Mr. Winslet.)
Most importantly of all, it looks like Winslet and DiCaprio still have their great chemistry. The film is out Dec. 26; I’m in. Are you?
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By SRCputt
September 22, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this
Of course, for the reasons you stated.