SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart (book trailer)

[marili5770]

"They're not wolves they're bears........warebears" xD love Franco

[HeroOfTheSidewalk]

Well, they accomplished their goal. I now want to read this. :P

[liarcoolnovel]

I love an author who know how to make a funny video!

[vitaminC7657]

James Franco is forever my husband and everything....but damn! I wasn't expecting 2:24. He looks TERRIBLE!

[RoflcopterFailboat]

James Franco is high as fuck lolol

[hotpink1341]

This so sad, if your sad after watching this then i think you should watch my new video, its super funny and called, american idol hillbilly style.... Try it an please commet

[justinbieberfan1250]

muhemhem. that is all.

[duygusenagocer1]

james franco is always hot!! :D

[rostomjam]

2:39 - 2:42 love itt werebears :)

[juevelinoz]

It's a dull trailer for such a good book.

[DaisyRockabella]

mu hem hem

[lynnz77]

What the hell was that? Absolutely painful to watch, and the old guys hitting on the students was gross.

[ifittakesawaythepain]

This is hilarious, I want to meet Gary Shteyngart so badly.

[kiwimatt1]

This trailer is wince inducing. Kind of like the main character in the book. If I wasn't already halfway through it, I would give it a miss after seeing this.

[NovaScotiaChick]

None of the characters in this clip would entice me to read the book. It's way over the top. Is it a children's book?

It's a lame attempt at humour.

[GveMeLbrtylGveMeIPad]

This guy sucks

[GveMeLbrtylGveMeIPad]

Accurate author-thus country,it's freedom,it's health,and it's sanity-in a supposedly better Canada,in Montreal 50% of the citizens on antidepressants. Western human kinds has gone from using tech to worshipping and serving technology. I'm not a strongly religious person,but it's is obvious we are approaching what Christians would call the end times.

[dragoniraflameblade]

Neat story! Creative trailer, too!!

[ufotofu9]

This is a hilarious trailer. I'm reading the book right now and I really really like it. I follow politics closely, and the idea of the 'Bipartisan Party' cracks me up...and scares me because of its plausibility!

[PEPPYY22]

Now I have to get the book! Franco could barely keep from laughing.

[ausendundeinenacht]

Is the book any good? cause in THAT case, disregard my following comment

this is hilarious.IF you re not very demanding! hilarious(ly staged ), with all these writer cronies, like ew writer jay McInerney ( who was good oNCE) and Ed White, who get a bit of back wind out of gettig in on the act

is youtube a platform for a serious book review? No! Can a satirical book be judged in seriousness? It SHOULD

[aatayyab]

it was so stupid and dumb that a loser like myself, could not even bookmark it as "favorite" when I do that to every other videos online here on youtube... that sucks!

[shetan83]

A hem hem.

[illadelph215SJ]

the book just is not that good. not really funny, touching or anything special.

[ickyandzip]

"What he really wants to do is, uh, you know, cash in on the whole Hollywood vampire thing, like uh...but, you know, we're gonna do this Werewolve thing...but they're not Wolves, they're Bears. Like Were-bear's"

[luvbabydiana]

James Franco. Student.

[4iner2]

"Woman can be writer too huh?"

[Baammbi]

wow it won Grand Jury prize and Most Celebtastic Performance at `mobyawards-2011`. congrats!

[traileryourbook]

TrailerYourBook has more great book trailers!



[TropicalDawg]

literary borat

[jsjirn]

Gary Shteyngart would be perfect for a biopic about Jean-Luc Godard.

[crearusername]

Gary is still the definition of good looking for me..along w/ james franco. both are so so sexy!

[millyloo1]

I believe that this video is just a role play and not real at all. The "cast" can't even act!!!!

[itisiCarlosdDwarf]

Gary is good looking

[hotfuzz152]

James Franco is my favorite actor ever!

[sleeper9]

More Book Trailers need to be like this. You're doing it right! Hilarious.

[azuresun13]

wow this is a first, a video trailer for books. what will they think of next.... oh and i have no idea what the book is about. It should be good cuz the writer doesn't know how to read!?! and i think Franco is so high in the clip.

[MoisheKapoyr]

nerdface.

[rojamey]

Another literary party tip: "Some people prefer early Ian McEwan to late Ian McEwan. I prefer just on time Ian McEwan. Oh look (waves), there's Ian. You're just on time. How delightful, you brought a 12 pack of Pabst. Very thoughtful! I was so afraid that we were about to run out."

[rojamey]

I am a man of very few letters and I too have seen Super Sap Love Someone. It has a very lovely and brightly colored dust jacket and looks really good on a book shelf or even in a less formal pile of books on the floor. A very welcome addition to any home decor. Although if you are color blind, I wouldn't waste my money. Wait till it comes out on audio book.

[aloebeara]

Where can I meet this Maria Emmighausen?

[aloebeara]

wery funnie

[Ilikequiche101]

I just attended his reading of this book half an hour ago. He's hilarious. I'm really looking forward to reading this and this trailer makes me want to read it even more. I love how it says nothing about the book whatsoever except people misreading its title.

[EatColorBlue]

this is the best book trailer ever.

[MrPataholic]

that wasn't funny, but more so disturbing and senseless

[gaiaWild]

werebears LOL

[cryingviolin]

couldn't understand ! is it real or joke ? i have to read the book ;p

[notsotinydancer13]

i wish i had that bookshelf.....

[brianomaracroft]

Very funny. Every time I see a well-produced book trailer like this, I think, "You should get to know James Franco." Or, "If you can't get James Franco, at least invest in a decent tripod." For my book, Lost in the Hive, I was at least fortunate enough to know an up-and-coming transsexual adult film star. Look for "Lost in the Hive" on YouTube and let me know if you want to share a decent tripod with me.

[musicluffler]

"what he really wants to do is cash in on the whole hollywood vampire thing" LMFAO! that would be hilarious.

[vict0r1ous]

i call bullshit

[idletimekaren]

this is great. I smiled all the way through!

[Kowdog69]

@padf0ot Of course. I could be wrong though, these newer models are so hard to distinguish from living human beings. The older versions, the P135s, at least you could detect the feint smell of oil. This is not the case with the P63s. I'm pretty sure Tom Brady's a robot too. He's definitely a P63 because the P63s takes a phosphorus chip that uses a complex algorithm to factor in mistakes for believability. That was the problem with the P135s; they were too perfect.

[rubydartz]

Great book, funny trailer.

[crazyLoco2016]

weird.

[bl00df4rt]

Hey everyone, it's literary David Wain.

[Kowdog69]

Love is not a real feeling.

And James Franco's a robot

[padf0ot]

@Kowdog69 im pretty sure that line was satire

[itisiCarlosdDwarf]

@Kowdog69 is he like a evil robot James? I got a full-on robot chubby. Excellent!!

[cskamoskva]

at some point in college, he took some mushrooms....

[L083S]

lame trailer, fortunately the book is a bit smarter and funnier

[DJLiz2009]

1:15 looks like Annie from 90210

[ZachClooney]

This is the funniest bit of this "trailer": 3:07

[EatColorBlue]

this was amazing. Vassar or Holyoke?

GHOLYOKE!!!!!

hey girls, meet the author!

[AtlantistoInterzone]

Oh my god. All book trailers should be like this. I love it. "I CAN'T READ"

Lololol forever.

[fuhoney]

This is what happens when you try too hard to be clever and"funny"...you fail.

[doktorzoom]

It's a pretty good book, even if it does smell like wet socks.

[rd7088]

Cool story, bro

[HighKingTurgon]

You know what's super sad and true? The number of people who don't understand that this book trailer is just a joke.

[swckswck]

Ugh. This is like the least funny shit ever.

[bmaltz2]

Why would i want to read a book written by a confused preson like that. Columbia may think he has something going but this video is not cool

[HighKingTurgon]

@bmaltz2 Do realise that this is a joke. Shteyngart is a well-spoken professor from a Russian family, very witty, very erudite. This entire trailer is a fabrication.

[bmaltz2]

Why would i want to read a book written by a confused idoit

[sarastar60]

When is the movie coming out?

[Paco604]

This whole video was about how amazing this author is. I thought this would concentrate on what the book is about. Usually what a trailer is or does.

Don't get me wrong, he looks like a cool person, but seriously, the video description was more informational.

[tornadogirl09]

Borat of books?

[irishcoffee]

Super Sad is good. Read it.

[slavicpolymath]

Mehem hem.

[AmberAlley]

Based on this and "Fresh Air" interview, I'm hooked and will read this super sexy book!

[HighKingTurgon]

@AmberAlley Same here. Loved him on 'Fresh Air'. Burned some extra gas to hear the whole thing.

[Moldrid1026]

That dachshund at the very end is no amateur. Works the scene like a consumate professional.

[nikkiscoggins]

Great idea for a promo. However, you guys are blowing it a bit. You can't share it on facebook. Why? The description is so long that it will take up the entire screen when you post it. Embarrassing. The description goes beyond the fold. Let the trailer speak for itself so I go buy the book:)

[Joeda6]

edmund ♥ white ♥ i ♥ love ♥ you ♥ . ♥ your ♥ bookshelf ♥ makes ♥ me ♥ o ♥ a ♥ little

[dmdanimal]

did a great interview on NPR's 'Fresh Air" today

[purplesaphire1]

omg I LOVE IT!

[shrumpkin]

Love this video. He's such a great writer. The fact that he doesn't take himself so seriously speaks volumes. Great author.

[kalii2]

Eugenides! this video is incredible funny.

[kalii2]

lol mehem mehem.

[plunderous]

I definitely just went and bought Absurdistan because of this video.

[qwe1231]

Someone took a lot of mushrooms. Hope it wasn't me.

[TheTruth006]

"James Franco, show' em how it's done."

"echem, echem."

[saranade07]

Hahahaha... did anyone else catch what was said when he pulled that Oscar Wilde book off Edmund White's shelf?

[SUNNYWOLF27]

My cuz, the author!

[milsedd]

what is the point of this?

[StuartTV]

awesome awesome awesome.

[Sejarezsays]

Let me guess.....Random House interns' summer project? Nice job, guys. :)

[tlichtenheld]

I applaud the self-deprecating approach, but it's not that funny. Too inside.

[kayechichas]

"columbia? they let him teach at columbia?" hha

[OfficeMercenary]

Hilarious!!

[ArtLifeFreedom]

this was really funny

[SodiumCyanide]

not funny

[carriedarrington]

"3 recently graduated debutantes from Mount Holyoke" HAHAHA

[tenpem]

"Who?'

"Chekov."

"Guy from start trek writes story?

[HighKingTurgon]

Random James Franco! Random Mary Gaitskill! Random débutantes!

[mrshrubber]

Even more random Jay McInerney!

[RogueNovelist]

Hmmm. "He came from nowhere." He'll go back to nowhere. :)

[watersoftrouble]

Is it Shteyngart or college that makes Franco so sweaty?

(Love that kid.)

This is an awesome trailer!

[moresmc]

That meat deliver guy is a great actor.