by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC and Marketing Demonologist
It was brilliant. Not the film, but the marketing campaign that turned a $15,000 amateur horror flick into a $100 million box office smash. The problem? Serious anticipointment…
Entries Tagged as 'movies'
Things That Go Bump in the Market: “Paranormal Activity” and the Perils of Anticipointment
November 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Case Studies, Media Review
Tags:anticipointment·buzz·college market·Eventful.com·Hollywood·horror·marketing·movies·Paramount Pictures·Paranormal Activity·Wired
Stage vs Screen: Time to Swap Bodies?
August 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Media Review, Random Observations
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
Hollywood is experiencing a “Freaky Friday” that’s lasting all summer — and perhaps beyond.
In the 1976 movie “Freaky Friday,” a mother and daughter magically swap bodies. After a series of icky moments milked for laughs, they predictably come to understand and respect each other.
Now, unpredictably, [...]
Tags:acting·actors·casting·celebrities·City Garage·Hollywood·Ionesco·movies·plays·Santa Monica·stage·theater·theatre
Vintage Coppola? Product Placement Gone Wild
June 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Case Studies
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
So here I was flipping through the Calendar section of the L.A. Times. (Only in Hollywood is the entertainment section of the major newspaper called the “Calendar.” No, we don’t do anything else in this town but entertain or be entertained.) My eye caught the [...]
Tags:advertising·films·Francis Ford Coppola·Hollywood·movies·Tetro·Vincent Gallo
Better Off Undead? The Mysterious Popularity of Zombie Movies
January 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Media Review, Random Observations
To prep for a video I’m producing, I watched Undead or Alive, the 2007 comedy-horror flick about zombies in the old west. It’s moderately entertaining, with Chris Kattan as a cowboy wannabe and Navi Rawat as the intellectual kung-fu fighting Native-American babe. The hitch in this giddyap? The zombies themselves. Although they have more dialogue [...]
Tags:Ann Coulter·Annalee Newitz·Hollywood·horror·Jed Rowen·movies·new zombie movies·Night of the Living Dead·Republicans·The Outbreak·The Worldwide Scoop·Undead or Alive·Zombie walk·zombies
There Will Be Dead Trees: It Must Be Oscar Time
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Case Studies
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
Only Hollywood could make waste this beautiful.
From the industry that gave us the likes of Paris Hilton comes yet another exquisite example of empty décor… Behold: a glossy oversized 12-page booklet promoting the movie There Will Be Blood. This lustrous piece of eye-candy fell out [...]
Tags:Academy Awards·advertising·environmentalism·green business·Hollywood promotions·hypocrisy·marketing·Miramax·movies·oil industry·Oscar·publicity·publishing·stupidity·tchotchkes·There Will Be Blood·waste


