>The original is a great film, something the big
studios just couldn't do
>nowadays: a crime film that really requires careful
watching. The
>narrative is elliptical, as is proper for hardboiled
fiction, and there
>are no exciting climaxes which they now depend on. I
just don't want to
>see the original film to be ruined.
with all due respect, I beg to differ, Juri. I think a lot
depends on how you define "big" studios, and "nowadays."
Recent HB-ish films, say, post-Pulp fiction, worth watching
include, just off the top of my head, Twilight, Payback,
Jackie Brown, The Zero Effect, Copland, L.A. Confidential,
and the Coen Bros. one about the bowling doofus turned
temporary private dick with Jeff Bridges.
Yeah, not everyone here likes all of 'em, and some of them
(arguably) suffer in comparison to the source material or the
original film version, or fail to re-invent the wheel, but
generally, I'd contend that they're all relatively well-done,
honest, non-stupid films that demand a little intelligence on
the part of the viewer. And they were all done by relatively
big studios, as far as I know. So there is still
hope...
Let's not damn the present by over-romanticizing the
past.
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