Flash of Genius, trailer and poster

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv-8FSGiOlQ[/youtube]

Full disclosure: I’m a total sucker for this kind of David vs MegaGoliath historical tale of the little guy rocking the system. Rookie director Marc Abraham has 17 years of solid experience producing (Children of Men, Thirteen Days, The Commitments, The Emperor’s Club). The warm vintage luster of Flash of Genius comes courtesy of two-time Oscar Nominee, Dante Spinotti (L.A. Confidential, The Insider, Heat, The Wonder Boys). Reminds me a bit of Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Coppola’s grossly underrated automotive biopic.

(High-quality trailer. Poster deconstruction after the cut.)

Monolithic curtain wall rises up as an impermeable corporate barrier, a forbidding cliff of glinting glass and burnished stainless steel. Pinpointing the era beautifully, the shade of Kinnear’s teal-blue suit nicely matches the skyscape mirrored in the facade, providing a hint of hope that he’ll prevail. Streamlined graphic geometry echoes the credit sequence of North by Northwest, which also used the new Internatonal Style architecture as a symbol of the grid-like conformity of ’60’s bureaucracy. (Though the building on the poster is not the famous Ford “Glass House” in Dearborn. I’m guessing this movie does not have the full cooperation of the Ford Motor Company.)