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i know it happened and i can guess some variables

i've only seen a couple of films that had hollywood remakes. when i did see both versions of the film, the original and the remake, what amazed me was how good the original was, and how bad the remake was.

it defies logic that someone would take something and make it worse. so that in itself says alot. it is history for us to understand.

an example would be the movie "cape fear".

the original cape fear was a truly exciting and frightening picture. there is no more frightening screen individual than robert mitchum. he was natural for the role.

the later version, almost 30 years later, was a pathetic film. robert de niro had to "do" things, to try to make the character appear dangerous, and it was a complete failure by comparison.

i know this simple truth. not everything is improving in our society. not everything is evolving. alot is lost also as our society develops.

there are also certain time periods in which certain achievements can not be duplicated. it just cannot be done, no matter what. energy and whatever other factors are involved.

an example of this to me is the miles davis era jazz of the 50's, with "kind of blue" and other stuff at the time. even at a later time in his life, miles could not do what he previously had done.

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