ARGGHHH! More remakes of perfectly good films, in fact way more than perfectly good, I mean excellent. MovieWeb is talking about the remake of the superb Don’t Look Now:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mark Gordon is planning to produce a remake of Don’t Look Now for Paramount Pictures…
…Andrea Berloff will write the screenplay for the adaptation…
…Gordon said that Berloff’s script will contemporize the 1973 version, which was penned by Allen Scott and Chris Bryant. “The original was very atmospheric, so we’ll provide a little more of the narrative that audiences expect,” he added.
McLaughlin said he was attracted to the project by its basic focus on a couple dealing with their grief. “I don’t think there’s been a film that deals more intelligently with the loss of a child,” he said.
The 1973 original starred Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie and was a superbly visual story centering on the loss of a child and the affect on the parents. It’s very strong throughout, featuring a pretty amazing sex scene, strong death scenes and very tough emotional scenes. The performances from Christie and Sutherland are superb, and I really can’t see them being outdone.
Oh, and what’s this about contemporising the original?! More narrative I think will damage the film, the original thrived on the mystery and some confusion, letting the viewer work some things out for themselves.
Are remakes just getting too much? Touching ground where they really shouldn’t? What about this movie, isn’t it perfect already?