Chris here. With fall festival lineups beginning to be revealed, that means some of the upcoming films that have been shrouded in secrecy are beginning to lift the veil. One such film that we've seen next to nothing from is George Clooney's Suburbicon, which will be among the Venice and Toronto lineups.
Thus far we've only had the starry cast (Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac) and a script by Clooney, his writing partner Grant Heslov, and the Coen brothers to stoke our curiosity - with a brief plot synopsis about home invasion to have us scratching our heads as to what the actual tone of this thing would be. Now there is a trailer that... leaves us with more questions about the tone.
Take a look at the trailer and I have some burning questions after the jump...
- Just how much are we supposed to be laughing at this? That opening is terrifying. The film is coproduced by Dark Castle, which specializes in horror films.
- How far into Travis Bickle territory will this Matt Damon performance go? Oscar prefers Movie Star / Pretty Boy Damon over his stronger characterizations, but could this change that?
- Will Julianne Moore reboot the Magnolia pharmacy monologue after crunching up those pills? What if we ask really really nicely?
- You feel the Coens more here than Clooney. Heck, you feel Soderbergh more than Clooney. Where is his voice here?
- What does Oscar Isaac want "all of"? It can't be our affection since he already has that.
- Why does seemingly every trailer these days have to kill the vibe with bizarre song choices? It only confuses the tone here even more.
What are your Suburbicon thoughts?