RE : RARA-AVIS: Re: movie remakes

From: Fabienne soldini ( fabsoldini@yahoo.fr)
Date: 17 Feb 2008


Yes De Palma "Scarface" was prettty good, but so different from the original. It's difficult to compared.
   
  Fabienne

Edward Pettit < epetti01@yahoo.com> a 飲it :
          But when a remake works it can be a very good thing. Remember that John Huston's The Maltese Falcon was the third attempt at filming Hammett's novel.

Ed

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"Mark R. Harris" < brokerharris@gmail.com> wrote: Quite right. I watched the original *Cat People *again recently, and was just blown away by it.

Mark

On 2/17/08, Fabienne soldini < fabsoldini@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> Yes, I agree with you. In the eighties there was a remake of "Cat
> People" with Natasja Kinsky. Original Touneur movie was really superior.
>
> Fabienne
>
> William Ahearn < williamahearn@yahoo.com <williamahearn%40yahoo.com>> a
> 飲it :
>
> --- jacquesdebierue < jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com<jacquesdebierue%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > > Are you referring to the original film or the
> > remake?
>
> > The original film. I am not eager to see the remake.
> > I found the
> > original satisfactory. Is the remake good?
> >
> Never saw it. The original film didn't seem to suffer
> being made at the time it was made. No suppressed
> sexual or violent content. I'm not a big westerns fan
> and I haven't read the Leonard story, yet I liked the
> original film a lot. Some films just don't need to be
> remade. Psycho comes to mind . . .
>
> William
>
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