tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post8948451130422278365..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: Rififi part duex? (or If it ain't broke, why fix it?)RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-16197759120372708472007-10-05T19:34:00.000-06:002007-10-05T19:34:00.000-06:00Personally, I think there are some films that simp...Personally, I think there are some films that simply should not be remade--Psycho (even though it was remade), The Seven Samurai, and so on. Rififi definitely fits into that class.Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-21820273977141661572007-10-05T16:22:00.000-06:002007-10-05T16:22:00.000-06:00Rule: never remake1. films that are already so gre...Rule: never remake<BR/>1. films that are already so great that you'll be insulting a heap of people<BR/>2. films that you're not 100% POSITIVE you're going to make better. <BR/><BR/>I think <I>Rififi</I> the original is great, and would be hard pressed to imagine a better one being made.<BR/>Remakes are what you make when you stop paying the creative screenwriters.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866532531312584126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-34610342881228515692007-10-05T04:29:00.000-06:002007-10-05T04:29:00.000-06:00Some studio head would say there needs to be music...Some studio head would say there needs to be music in the heist scene or something.<BR/><BR/><I>Rififi</I> is a classic if you ask me.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-91602824144474991982007-10-04T23:24:00.000-06:002007-10-04T23:24:00.000-06:00I never gave Infernal Affairs or the original Inso...I never gave <I>Infernal Affairs</I> or the original <I>Insomnia</I> a second thought until I saw <I>The Departed</I> or Al Pacino's version of <I>Insomnia</I>, so I guess that's one way to look at it (in my case, especially if the films are foreign).<BR/><BR/>However, if you feel that remakes are simply meant to improve upon the original, then <I>Turner & Hooch</I> is <B>waaay</B> overdue...Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162458748686515150noreply@blogger.com