The Movie Trailer

I was working at the local movie theater where all the mall rat kids and soccer moms in our quiet suburb hung out on the weekends. It was my first job.

My job was usher, which involved me inspecting the theaters before the movies started to make sure the picture was in focus and themall rat kids werent throwing candy at the screen. I always came in during the trailers, which I saw about a million times...each. Theyre cool the first time, if they are entertaining and the movie looks good, but I did see a huge amount of cheesy ones.

Trailers always get good mileage out of the top hits of the day and the oldies everyone loves. So I was not unaccostomed to hearing crap pop songs on my walk-throughs. But this one was different.

Anybody who hangs around a theater as much as I have knows that trailers usually start running 4-6 months before a film's release. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was coming out in the spring. The trailer featured images set to music, a trailer method I particularly liked. Like a music video only better.

This song was what the images were set to. I fell in love with it as soon as I heard the bouncy melody and "running down the avenue...." I began rushing to my walk-throughs hoping to see this trailer. Luckily it was attached to several of the films playing. I would dance in the aisles, in front of the audience. It was such a great song. I tried to figure out who it was, maybe the Beatles?

Eventually I found the song, and I liked ELO quite a lot for a while. It was weird cause my dad would tell how much he loved them in the seventies, they were one of his favorite bands back then. There's just something about sharing a musical love with your dad thats just....strange