"Rene Ribic" <
rribic@optusnet.com.au> writ:
[SNIP]
> "Get Carter" - what is the point in redoing
this
> classic as a Hollywood flick? The things that
made
> the original unique include the grim Newcastle
industrial
> scenery & views of Northern English working
& criminal
> classes & Michael Caine's mesmerising &
reptilian hero/
> villain.I might be wrong but I'm guessing the remake
had
> a "happy" ending & a love interest (as did the
US remake
> of that Dutch film, name escapes me, featuring a
guy
> trying to find out what happened to his
girlfriend
[SNIP]
> Same director did both versions).
The title of the Dutch film is Spooloos (1988), but it is
also known by the English title, The Vanishing. It is based
on Tim Krabbe's novel, The Golden Egg. The director, George
Sluizer, remade the film ('the American version'), again
called The Vanishing, in 1993.
I haven't seen the US version. The Dutch film was shown on UK
TV sometime last year. It was very dark. Apparently, the
Dutch film is
'the one to see', and it was, IMO, well worth watching; I
can't comment on whether the ending of the remake is
'lighter' or happier. (Perhaps I shoukd also add that I
haven't read Krabbe's novel, so can't comment on the
relationship between them.)
There is a critical essay on the two films by John O.
Thompson (who turned me on to Jim Thompson [no relation]
btw!) I can't recall the reference off the top off my head,
but if anyone's interested, I can look it up and post it
without going to any trouble.
ED
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