Here’s an interesting one. The I Think We’re Alone Now teaser trailer isn’t high on flashy jump-cuts, special effects or indeed much footage at all. Instead, it relies on one short-clip from the Peter Dinklage-led film which premiered at Sundance earlier this year (to huge acclaim).
I Think We’re Alone Now teaser trailer lands
I Think We’re Alone Now is actually a science-fiction piece set in small-town middle-America. It’s post-apocalyptic with Dinklage playing one of the last human beings on the face of the earth. However, we’re not in I Am Legend big-budget territory – no – this is from Emmy award-winning filmmaker Reed Morano and writer Mike Makowsky, who have crafted what looks to be an intriguing, character-driven piece that offers something a little different.
Del (Peter Dinklage) is alone in the world. Literally. After the human race is wiped out, he lives in a small, empty town, methodically going from house to house, collecting batteries and other useful items, and burying the dead. He dines alone, reads, watches movies, and shelves books in the local library he’s made his home. He’s content in his solitude until he discovers Grace (Elle Fanning), an interloper on his quiet earth. Her history and motives are obscure, and worse yet, she wants to stay.
Elle Fanning, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Paul Giamatti are also amongst the cast of the film, which opens in U.S. cinemas through Momentum Pictures in September, but sadly hasn’t got a U.K. street date as of yet.
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The film has been reviewed at early 2018 festivals.
Amy Nicholson of Variety said: “Extermination of mankind aside, audiences know this feeling. It’s the period after a break-up when the mourning has passed and the emptiness has been refilled with an adamant independence.”
Adam Chitwood of Collider wrote: “The winning performances from Dinklage and Fanning mixed with Morano’s confident handle behind the camera make for a most intriguing entry into the post-apocalyptic genre.”
There were more negative thoughts. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: “This low-budget indie is somber and dreary on a moment-to-moment basis and leaves its talented cast stranded with few opportunities to alleviate the sense of stasis.”
I don’t know about you, but I still want to see it. We’ll bring you more news of a UK debut as it comes in, and a review when we do finally get to see it. Here’s the I Think We’re Alone Now teaser trailer for your viewing pleasure.
