--- Edward Pettit <
epetti01@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But when a remake works it can be a very good
thing.
> Remember that John Huston's The Maltese Falcon
was
> the third attempt at filming Hammett's
novel.
>
True. But there's remakes and then there are remakes. For
example, is Friedkin's Sorcerer a remake of Clouzot's The
Wages of Fear (both are excellent flicks) and more on topic,
is Altman's Thieves Like Us a remake of Nicholas Ray's They
Live By Night? Both are based on the Edward Anderson book.
For my money, I'll take the Altman version. Having seen both
recently, the Ray version is a beautifully shot and paced
film of sentimental swill. The Altman version is closer to
the sense of the book than Ray's lost and misunderstood teens
in a dangerous heartland. I don't think Altman remade Ray's
film, he re-shot Anderson's novel (in that peculiar Altman
way).
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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