Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

[Rooty Poots]

The weird title, the cheap logo ;),

Wonder if the logo is period-authentic?  Or, perhaps designed by one of the youngsters in the film, or....?    It certainly doesn't dazzle--but maybe we need a little context to judge properly.

Yes, it's period-authentic. And executed very well, IMO. Definitely not done by one of the kids. I know it may not look immediately impressive, but that's the brush-lettering of a blue-collar sign painter with years of experience.

[Alethia]

I'm gonna wait.

[Jeremy Blackman]

I read the synopsis. That guy definitely must have taken video for his own reference.

Sounds pretty wacky in a PDL sort of way, which gets me very excited.

[wilberfan]

I read the synopsis. That guy definitely must have taken video for his own reference.

I had the exact same thought. No way he could have retained all that after one viewing.

[Robyn]

[wrongright]

Haven't seen it yet but from the description, it sounds like it's more Inherent Vice than Boogie Nights.

[Yes]

this doesn't feel like one specific film--certainly not Vice. I'm getting impression it's a collage of his entire filmography--him working at his peak.

[Vicko99]

this doesn't feel like one specific film--certainly not Vice. I'm getting impression it's a collage of his entire filmography--him working at his peak.

His Fanny & Alexander?🤔

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

Is anyone else here not gonna watch the trailer? I just wanna see the movie and try and avoid all the info that's about to flood out.

[Drenk]

Is anyone else here not gonna watch the trailer? I just wanna see the movie and try and avoid all the info that's about to flood out.

I didn't watch the Phantom Thread trailer and it didn't change my viewing, in my opinion. But I can't avoid info. I'll take the easy dopamine.

[Lewton]

Is anyone else here not gonna watch the trailer? I just wanna see the movie and try and avoid all the info that's about to flood out.

That's what I did for the last one. I didn't avoid all the info but I avoided the Phantom Thread trailers and commercials. I avoided Inherent Vice's trailer as well but then I caught some of the TV commercials. Plus all the memes on Twitter. It's difficult to avoid some of this stuff.

I mean, if I knew for sure that the Licorice Pizza trailer is like those early teasers for The Master and the footage shown isn't in the film itself, that might be fine. That's probably not the case here.

I personally don't enjoy the experience of watching something for the first time and being like, "oh, yeah...there's that shot from the trailer." It dulls the effect a bit, however slightly. If I recall correctly, that happened with the final shot of IV...they actually put that shot in one of the commercials. I know it's not the full context but I dunno. The last shot seems like the kind of thing they (the people who worked on the movie) would want to keep sacred--keep it away from the marketing strategy--but maybe I'm being overly fussy.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

I remember when I went to see No Country For Old Men...they played the Chere Mill Be Blood trailer and I ran out of the theater until it was over. I had seen the teaser already and that was more than enough.

Totally agree about seeing shots ahead of time dulling/warping the experience of seeing them in context. I want beginners mind as much as possible when it's a movie I care about, and leave my expectations at the door.

[Drenk]

Actually, The Master teasers kind fucked my first viewing, footage not in the movie are more troubling, in my opinion, than footage in the movie. I expected way more screentime for Freedie as a sailor.

[Drill]

The details about Alana Haim's character sound a little skeevy. Hope it doesn't come off that way.

[modage]

It doesn't.