Trailervision
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Trailervision is the idea that movie trailers are their own artistic medium. Fictional trailers by a group of Canadian actors and directors first appeared in 1999 with one of the first popular video sites on the Internet. The idea was to create movie trailers for movies that don't exist, so that the movies were actual original creations. CNN has profiled Trailervision, calling it an "international cult phenomenon."[1]
Trailervision's titles include "Lance Banyon VS The Ku Klux Klan", "Jesus 2000", "Switched", "Wimp Club", "Gangstas In Love", the Office Sex series beginning with "Welcome to Office Sex" and "I Know What You'll Want Next Summer".
The Toronto-based media website was created by Albert Nerenberg, previously a print journalist.[2][3][4] Trailervision's in-house cast disbanded in 2002 partly because of the dot-com bust. The original material remains hosted on the site, which now accepts user-submitted and referred content only. As of November 2006 it is still live.
Former cast member Brooke D'Orsay has gone on to success in teen films, most notably Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Mike Patterson, is featured on CBC children's cooking show It's Edible - Incredible!. Brian Mota writes and performs with Toronto comedy troupe Spankhaus. Nerenberg filmed and released Stupidity: The Documentary which can be seen on CBC's Rough Cuts and The Documentary Channel.
A subscription fee is charged for access to the website's content, although a few trailers and promotional video items are available for free.
[edit] References
- ^ Trailervision press clippings with CNN Nothin' But Net profile
- ^ Trailervision backgrounder
- ^ Trailervision profile on Albert Nerenberg
- ^ National Film Board of Canada: Albert Nerenberg profile
