Directors remaking their own films
01-18-13, 07:14 PM
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Michael Mann. LA TAKEDOWN became the much better HEAT. It's strange looking at the former afterward; it's like a BE KIND REWIND sweded version. Xander Berkeley's in both; he has a small role in HEAT, whereas LA TAKEDOWN has him as the Waingro character who betrays the crew.
01-19-13, 12:55 AM
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I think the remake was terrible also with a ridiculous upbeat ending. And Jeff Bridges did a hammy, cartoonish job as the villain. I really like Bridges as an actor but he didn't work here.I wonder if George Sluzier made him play it this way?
01-19-13, 04:26 AM
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Takashi Shimizu's Ju On was so much better than The Grudge. The twist was completely dodged in favor of turning the woman in to a stock horror villain.
01-19-13, 06:22 AM
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01-19-13, 05:19 PM
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Howard Hawks had more remakes than that...
Bringing Up Baby (1938) remade as Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
Rio Bravo (1959) remade as El Dorado (1966) remade again as Rio Lobo (1970)
(these are remakes with the same basic story structures, but not with the exact same characters)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) remade as Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
Rio Bravo (1959) remade as El Dorado (1966) remade again as Rio Lobo (1970)
(these are remakes with the same basic story structures, but not with the exact same characters)
01-19-13, 08:12 PM
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If you are counting student films, credit Lucas with remaking "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" as "THX 1138."
01-20-13, 06:06 PM
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As people have said before, the recap thing confuses most people.
To further elaborate: the two films share the same setting and the same BASIC premise. The "remake" argument isn't credible in the eyes of anyone who actually pays attention to the film. One film is the story of 5 college students who discover the evil together. Another is the story of one of those student's second night in the cabin with two academics and two rednecks. Both films feature entirely different plots and setpieces.
In TED does Ash cut off his evil possessed hand? Or face off with his evil doppelgänger? Or have a psychotic freakout where he's tormented by inanimate objects? Or have to defend himself against 2 sets of non-believing outsiders? Or fight a mutating cellar-dwelling elderly woman? Or fight the physical personification of a previously-ethereal threat? Or get sent back in time through a magical portal? No. No. No. No. No. No. and no.
There's an acceptable and normal amount of similarity between the first two Evil Dead films compared to 99% of film series.
To further elaborate: the two films share the same setting and the same BASIC premise. The "remake" argument isn't credible in the eyes of anyone who actually pays attention to the film. One film is the story of 5 college students who discover the evil together. Another is the story of one of those student's second night in the cabin with two academics and two rednecks. Both films feature entirely different plots and setpieces.
In TED does Ash cut off his evil possessed hand? Or face off with his evil doppelgänger? Or have a psychotic freakout where he's tormented by inanimate objects? Or have to defend himself against 2 sets of non-believing outsiders? Or fight a mutating cellar-dwelling elderly woman? Or fight the physical personification of a previously-ethereal threat? Or get sent back in time through a magical portal? No. No. No. No. No. No. and no.
There's an acceptable and normal amount of similarity between the first two Evil Dead films compared to 99% of film series.
01-20-13, 09:28 PM
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I did not know this ... after looking it up, does this really count? It was produced for $400-$500 and was a student film he made as a kid and was able to show at his local theater.
If you are counting student films, credit Lucas with remaking "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" as "THX 1138."
If you are counting student films, credit Lucas with remaking "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" as "THX 1138."
I think there could be an interesting alternate thread about movies based on short films. There have been quite a few where short films have either been reshot as feature films, or have had footage directly added to them to make them feature length.
01-20-13, 09:31 PM
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Firelight wasn't a student film (Spielberg made it when he was 17), and it was feature-length, unlike the Lucas short.
I think there could be an interesting alternate thread about movies based on short films. There have been quite a few where short films have either been reshot as feature films, or have had footage directly added to them to make them feature length.
I think there could be an interesting alternate thread about movies based on short films. There have been quite a few where short films have either been reshot as feature films, or have had footage directly added to them to make them feature length.
01-21-13, 04:38 PM
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