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The trailers are being shown before and after Netflix's self-produced TV shows, such as House of Cards and Marvel's Daredevil, and cross-promote other shows made by the video-streaming company.
(Which among us has ever seen a film because of its trailer? And how many films, probably some quite decent ones, have trailers put us off?) And now comes Django Unchained, with its certificated warning to the unaware, or perhaps welcoming words to the aware, that it contains scenes of "strong bloody violence".
Netflix is testing pre-roll trailers before its original shows, according to reports from users.
One of the stolen trailers contained £201,000 worth of Toblerone, which has never been recovered.
I can think of no better fate for film websites than to function as online time capsules, destined to be rediscovered by technologically advanced future generations, who'll laugh at the way we used to consume media as they download the latest trailers directly into their cerebral cortexes by blinking.
It Follows was playing in the same multiplex as Unfriended, which itself was preceded by trailers for The Gallows, Insidious 3, The Visit and the Poltergeist remake, one or other of which was advertised as being "from the producers of The Purge and The Grudge".
However, the company is keen to emphasise that the trailers, which promote other Netflix original shows, are "not adverts in the traditional sense", according to a statement given to the Verge.
The campaign was as sparse as it was relentless, throwing up a din of indecipherable teasers and unlockable Twitter trailers.
If the trailers point up a contrast, it's in this last area: The Girl focuses on Alf's relationship with Tippi, while Hitchcock gives Alma/ Helenmuch more of a central role.
"They were paid $2 or $3 a day and left to sit in the sun while the stars were in air-conditioned trailers".
GP On Friday, we previewed the weekend's action by referencing the trailers for the HBO show, The Leftovers, in reference to all the key players who departed on World Cup duty this week.
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