A while back I posted the teaser trailer for the indie love-story 500 Days of Summer.  The film is directed by Marc Webb and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a greeting card writer who falls for a young woman (Zooey Deschanel) and ends up having to deal with the subsequent break-up.  The teaser, despite the horrid voice-over narration, had me hooked from the very first viewing, while The Temper Trap song, “Sweet Disposition” worked very well with the trailer.

A full-length trailer has been released, and it may seem a little too cute and sweet for some, but I can’t help but be completely powerless at this point after watching the new footage in the trailer.  I mean, how cute does Zooey Deschanel look when she asks about The Smiths in the elevator?  Come on now!  Though, I imagine any film that portrays a connection over The Smiths sorta dooms any kind of relationship.  You’re pretty much fated to be unhappy with each other; which seems to be a little bit of what this film is actually about according to an interview with Joseph Gordon Levitt.

“He’s a hopeless romantic, a lovesick young man who falls in love with [Zooey's character] Summer, and he gets dumped,” the actor said of the plot. “The thing is, the movie is all from the point of view of this guy, and this guy has watched way too many movies and listened to far too many pop songs. So his life becomes a pop song.”

Sounds like this could possibly be a mix of High Fidelity and crossed with a little Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Annie Hall.  I guess we’ll find out when the film is released this summer on July 17th via Fox Searchlight.

MP3: Regina Spektor :: “Us”

Just caught the trailer for 500 Days of Summer, from director Marc Webb — though, according to IMDB,  his credentials seem to only include less than a handful of music videos.  Take that for what it’s worth.

I’ve been curious about this film for quite a while, primarily due to the two leads played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.  The tagline for this one is simple enough: boy meets girl, boy falls in love, but girl doesn’t.  I’m always such a sucker for this type of schtick, so of course this interests me very much.  Here’s the synopsis via Fox Searchlight:

This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be — it’s thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn’t quite go where we think it will. When Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer (Zooey Deschanel) dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days “together” to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.

It’s release date is set for July 24th, but I have a feeling this will be limited release only.  Looks like another one that i’ll have to wait for on DVD.  Here’s the trailer below, but fair warning as the narration is seriously horrible.  The trailer song is called “Sweet Disposition,” from Australian band, The Temper Trap.

MP3: The Temper Trap :: “Sweet Disposition”