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This week we’ll explore the official trailer for Park Chan-wook’s new film No Other Choice, which recently won the International People’s Choice Award at TIFF.
The trailer opens with a spin on the original series theme by Nathan Johnson, this time with tubular bells carving out that signature rising minor motif, suggesting the sacred context and accompanied by pizzicato strings for intrigue. At 0:21 the strings almost rise out of control, only to be grounded by blaring synth at 0:23 alongside a ticking sound. Carrying on the sacred context a wordless choir punctuates the monologue of the series star, detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig); the ticking doubles up at 0:38 as our intrigue deepens over the story of a monsignor (a kind of priest) who appears to be murdered just out of plain sight—a “classic impossible crime”, in Blanc’s words.
Starring Tessa Thompson and with music Hildur Guðnadóttir, there’s no shortage of reasons to get excited about Amazon Prime’s Hedda, a lesbian love triangle drama film set in the upper crust of 1950s British society–it’s Nia Da Costa’s fresh take on a Henrik Ibsen play.
Copyright Dr. James Deaville. Carleton University.
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.