Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bambi B on December 16, 2002 at 09:22:16

In Reply to: Remakes...Hum......You are sitting at the fire place..Cool & calm & collected... posted by patrickU on December 16, 2002 at 08:39:34:

patrickU,

When remakes work, they seem usually to be better adaptations of books or plays.

But, Murnau's 1922 "Nosferatu" was an improvement on the two or three earlier adaptations of Dracula- in fact might still be the most effective visually. The Herzog remake that closely followed the Murnau was not nearly as frightening.

Another might be the Laughton version of "Hunchback of N.D." over the earlier silent version. Not too fair a comparison, but the sound does help the story along in this case.

There are many remakes of Shakespeare and filmed versions of various operas and some surpass an earlier. (But,not Branaugh)

The problem with remakes is the same as sequels- they tend to over-emphasize the most famous features of the original. There are also few sequels that are better than the first of the series.

Cheers,

Bambi B