Earlier this month a trailer hit for the Rowan Joffe thriller BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP. Joffe was responsible for writing the restrained character study THE AMERICAN, starring George Clooney, and I really dug the deliberate pace of that story. This material is based on a book by S.J. Watson, but it seems to be in the same stylistic vein. This new trailer also gives us a bit of a different vibe as well.
Take a look:
Oddly enough, I really dig the first trailer a lot more. That one felt Hitchcock-ian in nature while this trailer is much more straightforward. I like the concept okay, but it’s really the end game that will sell this piece or not. I’m not fluent with the novel, which definitely has a following, but a film needs to stand on its own legs. I’m willing to give this film a shot though when it hits cinemas later this year.
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP will be released on September 12, 2014.
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