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Trailer refers to the halo the mid-western lower class, that actually inhabits trailers, tends to put equally around Elvis, Jesus and a violent, clear cut traditional masculinity.
The glitter and invoking of forties/fifties style with the make of the trailer, the topic of the movie, and the style of the man's dress refer to the time when "the King" was at his height, and when guns and hunting were easy markers of masculinity. The glitter in Lou's trailer and in the past are in stark contrast to the reality existing in trailers today, where nothing is so clear and pretty, and men feel emasculated and undervalued.

But Trailer also refers to an all-American nostalgia for the fifties and film noir. The fifties, with its clichés and pat, easy answers to every dilemma posed by life was ridiculed ad nauseum during the nineties, but now has become the focus of genuine nostalgia. Not only its social rituals but also its art and dark undercurrents, its film noirs, have been re-evaluated and valorized. The interior of Trailer is one such neo-film noir in mid pause, taking its breath, before the film continues with its shiny, stereotypical and dark narrative.

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