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• Re: "Salvador" - rico 06:20:23 12/05/04 (3)
  In Reply to: Re: "Wages of Fear" posted by njjohn on December 4, 2004 at 21:30:30:

  I haven't seen "Salvador" but "Sorcerer" is the remake of "Wages..."
  
  

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  • "Sorcereer" - njjohn 07:30:30 12/05/04 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: "Salvador" posted by rico on December 5, 2004 at 06:20:23:

    How is the remake? I'm so leery of remakes of great classics. If a film is a work of art like this one, it almost doesn't make sense to try to do it again.

    The two I'm thinking about that were so terrible compared to the original were

    1) Scent of a Woman with Al Pacino. The original Italian film is a must see.

    2) I can't think of the name but it was about a bad guy getting back from prison and threatening a prosecuting lawyer (and his family particularly his daughter) who convicted him who convicted him. This took place in a southern town and there were some boat scenes.

    The original had the most sinister actor in movie history. He exuded evil. The remake had a famous actor who tried to act scary: a big difference.

    There is a natural originality that makes for one of these great classics. They stumble upon so type of energy. I haven't seen a remake do this.
    
    

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    • Re: "Sorcereer" - rico 06:27:15 12/06/04 (1)
      In Reply to: "Sorcereer" posted by njjohn on December 5, 2004 at 07:30:30:

      I haven't see "Sprcerer" in a while but it is not as good as "Wages..." (what is?). But it's not bad, as I recall.

      The film you refer to is "Cape Fear" with Robert Michum as the villain and Gregory Peck as the attorney he threatens. It was remade by Martin Scorces with Di Nero and Nick Nolte in these roles.
      The same bernard Herrman score is in boith versions. The first film is the better.
      
      

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      • Cape Fear (s) - njjohn 19:11:28 12/06/04 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: "Sorcereer" posted by rico on December 6, 2004 at 06:27:15:

        Thanks. I actually thought the second one was horrible. Robert DiNero, whO I generally like, had to act or overact like a madman but he could not achieve by a mile what Robert Michum could do without really trying it seems.
        
        

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