Trailer For The Black Comedy Bernie – Richard Linklater Casts Jack Black As A Lady Killer. Literally

One the one hand it’s a School of Rock Reunion, on the other it’s a Based On A True Story tale of a seemingly decent young man who seemingly murders a seemingly indecent old woman, with Jack Black and Shirley MaClaine in the starring roles.

Richard Linklater‘s Bernie premiered at the LA Film Festival last year to mixed reviews, and I can see that this trailer might fail to either knock you dead or… um… push up your little daisy.

Strange blend of pseudo-documentary talking heads and traditional narrative styles there (see also To Die For, this year’s Black Pond, and the version of Moneyball that Soderbergh never got to make). I wonder what Linklater does with this curious format?