It’s been a while since I’ve seen a borderline artful movie trailer, but the one for Buried comes close enough. Usually, trailers hit us over the head with far too much plot information, and, as a result, tend to weaken the audience’s experience when seeing the actual movie at hand. Instead of falling back on the usual parade of visuals and plot giveaways, the trailer for Buried advertises its story through splicing together some of the movie’s elemental audio clips. The artful use of sound design in Buried’s trailer beautifully mirrors the incomprehensible world that its main character (Paul Conroy) has been thrown into. For once, a trailer reflects its movie’s essence without overwhelming it. Buried is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14th, 2010. It may or may not be a good movie, but at least its trailer gives hope for the (sadly) unforgotten art form of movie-trailer making.