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Franklyn<\/a><\/i> \u2014 a story set partly in a parallel universe dominated by some sort of religious organization \u2014 now has a trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZAu-jf1PbSw<\/a>
Click here<\/a> if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly.<\/p>\n

The trailer doesn\u2019t really clarify what the movie is all about, but so far, the story has sounded somewhat sprawling or confusing whenever people have tried to sum it up in a few words<\/a>, or sentences<\/a>, or paragraphs<\/a> \u2014 so I\u2019m not surprised that the trailer barely even tries to spell out the various plot points.<\/p>\n

Without a clear narrative hook, the trailer has to make its pitch with images \u2014 and for some reason I can\u2019t shake the idea that the Johnny Depp character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/a><\/i> (2005) has been cloned repeatedly, and that the many copies of him have been dropped into the middle of Dark City<\/a><\/i> (1998).<\/p>\n

Hopefully the actual film will be better than that image suggests.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"