7/11/07: The Brave One's Trailer (2007)Ed Driscoll’s blog has
a recent fun entry where he’s properly suspicious about
The Brave One. There’s every reason to believe that Jodie Foster’s take on a distaff
Death Wish will involve…oh, some kind of crap like mistaken identity or just a big lesson learned about how there’s no room for vigilantes in society. The title might not even refer to Foster as the fatal fiancée (and public-radio host) avenging her lover’s murder. It might refer to those gentle souls who trust government clerks with badges to protect them from vicious criminals.
After all, things have changed since Charles Bronson cleaned up New York City back in 1974. It’s entirely believable that today’s
New York Post would rather run a headline that reads “Vigilante?” instead of “Vigilante!” But we can heartily endorse the spirit of
The Brave One's trailer—if only because the closing line is hilarious.
And, you know, it’s certainly understandable.
There’s another reason to hope for the best with
The Brave One. It’s the biggest break yet for the father/son screenwriting team of Roderick Taylor and Bruce A. Taylor. Roderick Taylor has been knocking around Hollywood for years as a writer/producer/director. More importantly, he used to be the bizarre glam-rocker Roderick Falconer.
This great lost artist launched his doomed career with two ’70s albums. Rock critics were awfully nervous about Falconer's old-fashioned values and fondness for scary fascist imagery. We’re not saying that people who arm themselves against criminals are fascists—although we like their old-fashioned values. We’re just saying that Rod Taylor has a history of scaring hippies and other Leftists.
We’re also okay with Neil Jordan as
The Brave One's director. No matter how the movie turns out, we’ll always have this trailer.
Make it your own: The Brave One (opening on September 14th) has
an official site with the trailer and a bland plot synopsis. The tortured tagline: “How Many Wrongs To Make It Right?” Hey, let’s find out!
Roderick Falconer will get his own entry here someday. Sadly, none of his albums have ever been legitimately released on CD. At least a fan has put together
a MySpace page with some Falconer songs. The “Sounds Like…” listing is particularly smart, and plugs other great lost folks like Brian Protheroe and David Werner.
