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In Reply to: LOL! Yep, IMHO, that's one way to insure he'll enjoy the remake more than the original film! :o) posted by Audiophilander on October 15, 2002 at 05:12:06:
Forget about the Solaris - you WILL get what you are looking for in the new one, I am sure. We had beaten that horse already long enough, so just enjoy your cup of tea.But how about the remake of one of the most hilarious movies in history - "Swept Away"?
Don't worry about the original, I am sure it too is too slow for you. I am sure the remake, with Madonna and Giannini's son, Adriano, is gonna be more to your taste.
I think we need to dispense with the likes of Lina Wertmuller - who needs all that insight? The original title: "Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto" also sounds too complicated for an average American.
Too bad there is really no replacement for Mariangela Melato - that Italian super-white-hot bomb shell has no parallels in the world cinema, with Madonna at best being able to replicate her after fix years in a hard labor camp.
Seen it yet?
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Mariangela Melato
Unforgettable in "Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico", but Swept Away is her pinnacle.
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Thanks! Last night I poked a bit around the net for good pics and could not find any... I thought I was stuck with Julia Roberts images plus my memories.
I'm sure you will be even more heartened to know that Hollywood is also remaking the Stanley Donen classic Charade with Mark Wahlberg in the Cary Grant role (!!!) and Thadie Newton (correct spelling? She's the black girl from MI2) in the Hepburn part.
Hollywood entropy.
Once a unique or vital creation has been made, there is a loss of creative energy that can never be recaptured--over time this loss adds up--until all that remains is the remnants of something great rehashed into something mediocre. Then the mediocre is rehashed into the substandard, and so on and so forth, until they won't even bother making real movies anymore (only porn--people are willing to dismiss pornographic entropy).mp
You wouldn't want to know what I call it.
Formulaic drivel sells, it's unfortunate, but true. The Moguls know they can secure the rights to some old story for pennies, and it will likely be a winner 2nd or 3rd time around. There's a lot to be said for the attraction of the name; SOLARIS sounds like it will be interesting from the name. Shakespeare pulled off the perfect coup with naming one of his plays "A Midsummer Night's Dream", it SOUNDS like it would be wonderful, whatever it is about, people would be drawn to any production with that as a name. A masterpiece in copywriting.
As it is, it's one of his lesser works; Shakespeare understood the entertainment industry 400 years ago, and nothing has really changed since
Eric
Tokyo
Sometimes I feel I should be desensitized by now, but every news like that still sends me into a short spin.I am sure they will make it more... lively?
(nt)
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