‘Burning Man’ Trailer - Matthew Goode Is Troubled, Popular With The Ladies
By Angie Han/Sept. 14, 2011 4:00 pm EST
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I actually think the trailer looks pretty decent. The opening shot, of Goode inside the car as it crashes, is particularly gripping. However, early reviews haven’t been terribly kind to the film. While people seem to generally agree that Teplitzky’s got an eye for striking visuals, there’s less consensus on whether the film on the whole is effective. Variety seemed especially sour on the movie, deriding it as “a feature-length montage posing as a serious drama.”
Still, it may be worth checking out for some of the eye-catching images and Goode’s performance, which Screen Daily calls “magnetic.” The story is apparently semi-autobiographical, which may translate to a more personal film than most.
Teplitzky’s next gig will be the fact-based epic The Railway Man, which will star Goode’s A Single Man co-star Colin Firth. Based on a memoir by Eric Lomax, the plot follows a British military officer who gets captured by the Japanese during WWII. Decades later, the former POW reunites with the man who once tortured him.
Burning Man synopsis:
