I mean Let Me In and The Ring are great examples.
The original Suspiria was 33 years old and better than remaking a foreign film that was 2 years old when they should have gave it 20 years.
What would an Americanized Suspiria be like?
"Killer Klowns from Outer Space? Holy S***"
''What would an Americanized Suspiria be like?''
Crap.
Wy crap? How can you form and opinion on something that hasn't even started production! Geek fanboy are we?
The original was good, but hardly outstanding. Poorly dubbed, it will be good to see this remade
I think Suspiria is one of the greatest horror films of all time.
Despite that, I'm hardly bothered by the fact that a remake is being made. I don't doubt that I'll end up seeing it at some point or another. Some people are reacting as if Rob Zombie is helming this and turning it into another one of his hillbilly horror flicks.
who's to say it's going to be Americanized beyond having an American director. The woman in charge of casting was the French casting director of Inglourious Basterds, and the Location Scout's most high-profile credits are for The Italian Job and Casino Royale-- both films with extensive shooting on-location throughout Europe.
As an general cinephile, with a taste for Italian genre film (my favorite films being 5 Dolls for an August Moon and The Bird with the Crystal Plummage), let me suggest we all stop being so precious over Argento's work.
While his personal touch and exceedingly original camera work are most certainly worthy of praise and admiration, let us not forget that producers of his heyday, diLaurentiis, and Poppa Salvatore Argento tended to have one driving principle: will it make money? That was about the extent to the reasons these beautiful films have been given to us to enjoy.
Let us PLEASE not act as if these films are beyond being given a new imagining. Luckily for us David Gordon Green is an madman with an interesting point of view.
Personally, I pre-ordered and paid overseas shipping to finally own Blue Underground's BEAUTIFUL blu-ray releases of Suspiria, Inferno and Profondo Rosso. However, one viewing was MORE than enough for Mother of Tears (unfortunately, I'm a wonderful girlfriend, and have seen it far more than that once). Giallo was only worth watching for its (unintentional?) hilarity. And there's not enough money in the world to get me to watch his new Dracula 3-D.
And I will be seeing David Gordon Green's Suspiria on opening night.
Hey, moron, with that point of view you'll probably licking the boots of the sure to be below mediocre remake once it comes out. DGD an interesting madman? He's not even fit to be Argento's shoelaces.
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My top 5 favorite directors: Kurosawa, Spielberg, Jeunet, Argento, and Gilliam.
The problem with remakes and this remake is do you change a lot or not change much?
Suspiria has a definite style to it there's no doubting that. If the remake tries to capture the style and other stuff, it might end up being similar to the Psycho remake - being too similar to the original begging the question why not just watch the original instead?
However if the film is changed too much it will obviously annoy the originals fans.
I suppose a good remake would be finding the perfect balance but that will be quite tricky. I don't think that Suspiria needs a remake but I'll certainty watch it.
Interestingly while I haven't seen it, the latest The Thing is just a remake of John Carpenters Thing, which was in turn a remake of a thing from another planet (still need to see this). However it's billed itself as a prequel, which seems to have worked a little in it's favour - basically a remake hiding itself by using a prequel tag.
Well, if you hold the original Suspiria in high regard and fully understand why it is revered by many, more than likely you're in for a massive upset. But go right ahead, nobody's stopping you. I truly hope it tanks (both critically & financially)and ends DGD's career for good.
And yeah, The Thing was a remake of Carpenter's The Thing. They copied many scenes from the 1982 version and instead turned it into Predator wannabe instead of a slow burn terror. I will say, however, nothing worked for them even a little in it. It crumbled financially and critically.
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Never love something or someone that cannot love you back - Myself
AND CARPENTER'S THE THING IS A REMAKE.
nevermind, you let the big kids know when your fontanel hardens and you're ready really talk movies. pft.
I lick the boots of NOTHING. I will praise it if I think that it is an interesting contribution to cinema. I'll watch it once. If I feel so inclined afterward, I will watch more.
Our feelings may be divergent when it comes to David Gordon Green. I loved George Washington, I really enjoy his work on Eastbound and Down, and I think he proved himself quite capable for interesting and unexpected performances with Pineapple Express. By EVERYTHING I catch from your post, you are strongly in the Auteur Theory camp on film, whether explicitly or otherwise. I, personally, find this view of film outmoded and short-sighted. I can understand, though, where you are coming from in terms of remakes when you view Cinema through that particular lens.
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You don't have to be mean and aggressive to communicate. I don't see ANYTHING in my original post for you to have been THAT ANGRY about it. I'm not a moron. My post cited facts, then I added a noted aside with my own opinion.
I mean, I could've easily said: "I dunno, yo. I've seen (FILL IN THE BLANK WITH... hmmm... ANY ARGENTO FEATURE PROJECT POST-OPERA), that guy's a pathetic washed-up old hack, who cares??!!!@@ BLAH"
It's, just... your overly-aggressive response troubles me. That kind of anger keeps you alone and quite limited. It's the kind of anger that keeps you from enjoying things you may very well like because you don't like the IDEA of it-- it's a cesspool of ignorance. I dunno if you have something to prove or if it's an anger born from fear of seeing something you don't like. Let me tell you, it doesn't kill you, and when you debate you AT LEAST get the rights and satisfaction that comes with actually knowing what you're talking about when *beep* on something you don't like.
I only bothered because I think your 5 Favorite Directors signature is really interesting. I appreciate your thoughtfulness in knowing the difference between
"favorite" and "best" (a rarity on the internet, it seems), and although my Top 5 is probably quite different if I narrow down past genre (save probably Kurosawa. He was OG auteur). I appreciate the range, and the willingness to cite Spielberg. So many people nowadays are so snotty about Spielberg. The man can make such wonderful movies and I don't think he gets the creative recognition he deserves. Often because of the same mire of ignorance and useless angst I was referring to before.