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Here is why I am open to the idea of a Suspiria remake

posted 9 years ago by Slaterson420
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First off, I adore Suspiria to the fullest.

So when I first heard that this film was being remade, I was totally and 100% against. But I heard about this being remade a few years ago, and the original director attached to the project was David Gordon Green, or as I like to call him, the Pineapple Express motherfkker (despite the 420 in my username, I hate that fkking movie). I was worried this was going to be a dumb Americanized version made by people who knew the original film was popular without understanding it, and I was worried they would focus too much on plot and not enough on what the experience of watching Suspiria is supposed to be like. But then the remake got scrapped, and I was like phew! But then the remake was re-announced, and this new person at the helm is Luca Guadagnino. Right off the bat, I still haven't seen any of his films, but I notice he was an Italian filmmaker and likely dabbled in a few arthouse films. I looked into his films, but the only one to really score on the Tomatometer is his film I Am Love. The general consensus of that film on that website is "It stumbles into melodrama, but I Am Love backs up its flamboyance with tremendous visual style and a marvelous central performance from Tilda Swinton", and this is very descriptive of the kind of person I'd want to remake Suspiria. Melodrama, flamboyance, visual style. Plus he can work with actors too, which is something he can add to Suspiria that is absent from the original. Also, most producers of this seem to be Italian, so if it's mostly an Italian production as opposed to a Hollywood joint, it might not fall into the same pitfalls as most mainstream American horror crap.

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[–] DeepBlue0705 9 years ago

I sort of agree, if anyone's going to remake this, he's probably one of the best people out there to actually do so.

But this just feels like exploitation, he's riding off the continued success of someone else's work. The description sounds quite different from Argento's film anyway... so why can't he just create something original and receive recognition and praise for that, instead of condemnation and resentment for doing this, because people will avoid this regardless of how relevant it becomes.

[–] Slaterson420 9 years ago

But this just feels like exploitation, he's riding off the continued success of someone else's work

I know! I love Italian exploitation! Look at my profile pic dawg!

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[–] kyleluna 9 years ago

I think this is a great idea to remake Suspiria with another Italian director in the chair. I kind of think this is a smart idea than having an American director do the job. Normally I have no problems with other remakes if there is at least a good American director. I love the original Suspiria, so I have high hopes that the remake will be just as good as the original Suspiria, either it stays in line with the original or it will surpass the original, you'll never know so far but we'll see how this film plays out. Also when I heard about the casting, I was excited with the idea that Dakota Johnson will play the lead character in the film. Because Dakota Johnson is beautiful and has a natural talent, check her out in 21 Jump Street and The Social Network. She can be so cool. Plus this is her first Horror film project. So I can't wait to see how this remake will work. I also think if this film is a success, they should also remake the sequels Inferno and Mother Of Tears. Because Mother Of Tears is the weakest out of the Three Mothers trilogy with Suspiria being the best. Hopefully they bring the same director back to do the sequels Inferno and Mother Of Tears if they will be remade.