First Five Minutes of "Teeth"

[j over]

Click here to check out the first five minutes of Roadside Attractions' "Teeth", starring Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Julia Garro and Adam Wagner. The film opens in limited release this Friday, January 18, 2008.

[doubler83]

Re: First Five Minutes of "Teeth"

What did people do before the internet became a reality?

[Signal30]

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Idled away the time watching late-night infomercials?

[doubler83]

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I just don't see the point in these "first five minutes" or "first ten minutes" of a film. It's like a ten minute preview on an adult channel. All the good stuff comes AFTER the preview is over.

If a normal two minute trailer isn't enough to pique somebody's interest in a film, then what can FIVE minutes do?

[Hairy Lime]

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Dunno, but I've been wanting to see Teeth since it premiered at Sundance last year.

[prescribe22]

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The concept for this film amuses me to no end.

It is high concept, and in theory, it does what any horror film should do. It taps into a deeply seeded fear held by many people (men in this case). It also has a uniqely sadistic aspect for others (women).

All that said, it's something that I think is just too ridiculously disturbing for many people to take.

It's one of those areas I think you can't touch, IMO. It's like killing puppies. It's hard to get people to watch a movie where you're going to see a penis bitten off by a rampaging vajayjay.

[Signal30]

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Sounds like it'd make for a great first date movie. If she starts laughing, or even scarier, hissing "Yes!" under her breath, then's a good time to figure out how to end the date.

Fast.

[gregsonfilm]

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I just don't see the point in these "first five minutes" or "first ten minutes" of a film. It's like a ten minute preview on an adult channel. All the good stuff comes AFTER the preview is over.

If a normal two minute trailer isn't enough to pique somebody's interest in a film, then what can FIVE minutes do?

Sometimes trailers, often for low budget horrors, are misleading. Lots of fast cuts and loud music that don't really show anything; especially mood and pacing. An uninterupted few minutes can potentially illuminate what the movie experience will be like, so I understand its purpose. It's interesting though with Teeth, that the trailer was essentially an uninterupted scene, so the first five of this particular film didn't add anything for me.

To anyone who's seent he whole thing - the copy describes the main girl as being a stranger to her our teen body or something like that that, but in the first 5min, she's teaching a health-ed class or something, which seems incongruent. Also, in some descriptions it implies that she's just discovered this abnomality, yet clearly in the opening scene as a small child she experiences "its" power. And... from user comments etc. it sounds like people are interpreting that the girl USES her power to get back at men, but unless I'm missing something I just don't get that from the clips.

[12IronMonkeys]

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This one begs for a double feature with Killer Condom.

[doubler83]

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This one begs for a double feature with Killer Condom.

Get writing!!

[tabula rasa]

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The film opens in limited release this Friday, January 18, 2008.

Damn them. I've been gnashing my teeth, waiting for it to show up on Netflix ... and it wasn't even released yet?!

[12IronMonkeys]

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Get writing!!

I wasn't making that up!

http://www.videotheatrenyc.com/files...rCondomweb.jpg

http://imdb.com/title/tt0116791/

[prescribe22]

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To anyone who's seent he whole thing - the copy describes the main girl as being a stranger to her our teen body or something like that that, but in the first 5min, she's teaching a health-ed class or something, which seems incongruent. Also, in some descriptions it implies that she's just discovered this abnomality, yet clearly in the opening scene as a small child she experiences "its" power. And... from user comments etc. it sounds like people are interpreting that the girl USES her power to get back at men, but unless I'm missing something I just don't get that from the clips.

She doesn't teach a health class. She leads a student group promoting abstinence.

While there is a flashback incident when she's a little girl, she has no idea what has happened. She doesn't fully realize what's going on down there until a Gynocologist visit well into the 2nd act.

And she most definitely begins to use it to punish men.

[gregsonfilm]

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She doesn't teach a health class. She leads a student group promoting abstinence.

While there is a flashback incident when she's a little girl, she has no idea what has happened. She doesn't fully realize what's going on down there until a Gynocologist visit well into the 2nd act.

And she most definitely begins to use it to punish men.

Cool, where'd you see it prescribe?

[Signal30]

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Damn them. I've been gnashing my teeth, waiting for it to show up on Netflix ...