Aug 25, 2022
Select Biblio:
Druxman, Michael B. Make It Again, Sam: A Survey of Movie Remakes. NY: AS Barnes, 1975.
Similarities and differences between originals and remakes.
Comparison of remakes as the acid test of directorial differences.
Boggs:
Remakes allow the original to age for awhile, sometimes long enough for a whole new generation or two to come along, who may not be familiar with the original.
Lane:
There’s been a season of remakes hell, and it’s not over yet
There’s nothing disreputable in the notion of productions rooting thru used materials
The history of cinema has beenthe aesthetic equivalent of refried beans.
Remakes Fever
Stopford Wives
Around the world in 80 days
Pink Panther