Leonardo DiCaprio side-sips a beer. Landen sprays beer out his nose. Somehow, that’s still more memorable than anything in Body of Lies.
This Mini-Transmission spirals from forgettable marketing into prop comedy, actor auditions, and the least effective interrogation techniques ever recorded.
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Why Body of Lies has one of the most boring posters and marketing campaigns imaginable
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Truman and Landen’s beer-soaked reenactment of Leo’s bizarre drinking habits
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A live-read audition of “Cut the bullshit, give me the information. What do you know?” (with escalating chaos)
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The Trailer Game: what the marketing promised vs. what the trailer actually delivered
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The Next Movie Reveal: June 8, 2018, with a clue — “No guns, no cops, no killing the other patients.”
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