Marc-Andre Rouleau

Distributed by The Weinstein Company (Bob and Harvey, who had formerly founded Miramax which was later usurped bought by Disney, who eventually weeded out pursued an option to void the brothers’ contract, thus tightening their stranglehold furthering their conquest for world domination) and penned by Captain Mauzner (Wonderland)...

At the Sundance screening of Jason Reitman’s (son of Ivan Reitman, Ghosbusters) “Thank You for Smoking”, a 12 second sex scene showcasing Katie Holme’s natural born talents was suspiciously absent, and many theorize that Tom Cruise was somehow involved.

No, this news brief isn’t about the latest paparazzi pics exposing Philip Seymour Hoffman jubilating in his backyard to the latest Destiny’s Child single while eating a hoagie in less than 3 bites, sorry about the confusion and/or for misleading you.

“Silk”, an Alessandro Baricco novel whose rights for the movie were acquired by Picturehouse and New Line. It tells the story of Herve Joncour, a 19th Century France married silkworm smuggler who travels to Japan to procure his surreptitious cargo. He begins a torrid love affair with a European woman, a concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language they communicate through letters, and even through the war their unrequited passion endures, and then the fit hits the proverbial shan as Herve’s wife becomes suspicious.

For a writer/director who’s known for his witty and charming dialogue, this teaser-trailer is suspiciously absent of any and all proof of that. It offers us but a few forced deliveries at the very beginning and end. How clever Kevin, you truly are a master wordsmith (But I guess that’s why it falls into the ‘teaser’ category). And look, it starts off in black & white, how nostalgic and paltry. Are we gonna be treated to another lame-ass attempt from Randal conning Dante into admitting all the gay S&M stuff he would do for a flying car again? Is he gonna tongue-lash another customer about how they can’t “shop here anymore!”