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Today in Movie Culture: 'Rogue One' Meets 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'Zo…
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Mashup of the Day:
The audio from the trailer for The Magnificent Seven fits very well with the visuals from the trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (via Live for Films):
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Reworked Movie of the Day:
Disney’s Zootopia looks very intense in this recut trailer that makes it out to be more of a crime thriller than fun family flick (via Geek Tyrant):
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Studio Infomercial of the Day:
In 1990, a young Pixar Studios put out the following marketing video to promote its technology as available to brands for advertising purposes (via /Film):
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Lily Tomlin, whose birthday is today, being cool with a young Seth Green and a skateboard on the set of Big Business in 1987:
Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:
Rocket Jump Film School offers a lesson in editing using a special feature from the Die Hard 5 Star Collection DVD:
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Cosplay of the Day:
In Japan, prominent filmmakers apparently cosplay in support of movies they like — or at least horror director Yoshi Nishimura did for the release of the Ghostbusters remake (via Paul Feig):
Character Evolution of the Day:
Kaptain Kristian looks at the origins of Bugs Bunny, one of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time:
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Actor in the Spotlight:
Vox celebrates the late Gene Wilder and how his greatest quality was comedic generosity:
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Filmmaker in Focus:
Another nice video essay celebrating the work of Steven Spielberg, this one focuses on the idea of chaos in the suburbs (via Cinematic Montage Creators):
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Idiocracy. Watch the original trailer for the prophetic sci-fi comedy below.
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