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October 31, 2005
Pestering, um, postering at the Jarhead premiere
The Reeler has another red carpet moment, calling out Sam Mendes' graphic acumen: "What I... cannot figure out for the life of me is what is up with Jarhead's poster... Think what you want of American Beauty, but its poster is up there with Pulp Fiction as [one of] the most indelible posters of the 1990s. Now we have Jarhead, starring quintessential poster boys Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal, with its Full Metal Jacket ripoff subbing a dogtag for a helmet and a colloquial tagline connoting "war" with "suck."
Mendes did not have anything to do with this, did he? "Actually, yeah, I did... What? You don't like it?" Well, no. If it is between a naked woman in rose petals and a dogtag, the woman wins out 10 times out of 10. We have got to get back, you know-- "Back to the sex?" OK, if you say so. "All right," he [said, shrugging]. "Well, maybe for the next movie."
Posted by pride at October 31, 2005 02:26 PM
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