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French movies that where mangled by American filmakers

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The Vanishing. The American version can't hold a candle to it.
The Goat. Martin Short is in the remake. I do say that the Hollywood version took the ending one step farther and was very funny.

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Don't get me wrong, I think Americans make some great movies.... - Mrs. Piggy 18:43:18 09/07/03 (0)
it just seems that when they copy international ideas, they miss the mark...maybe they try to fit a square into a circle?...
another example
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Wasn't the "Vanishing" Dutch? Anyhow, it is one of the most - tinear 11:26:37 08/31/03 (1)
chilling movies ever made---and the Jeff Bridges re-make totally missed the mark.
I can't think of ANY European film re-made very well by Hollywood. "Abre Los Ojos" was a very good film but "Vanilla Sky" with Tommy Cruise, even though it too starred Pene Cruz, was poor.
Remakes, pre and sequels, updates....Hollywood seems to suffer from a serious lack of imagination, i.e. writing talent.
- Agreed 100%. I spent YEAR at work trying to get the secretaries to watch it. - Duilawyer 19:10:26 09/02/03 (0)
  No luck, then the AMerican version came out, adn they cam eo to work on a Monday "We watched it!".
  It is the difference between cheddar cheese, and Kraft velveeta.
He-he... timeless subject... plus: the remake Hollywood MUST make - Victor Khomenko 06:07:26 08/31/03 (7)
Vanishing is more Dutch than French, I think, but regardless, there are dozens of such films, all crippled. Not just French, unfortunately - who can forget the wretched Scent of a Woman?
But I would LOVE to see Hollywood remake Man Bites Dog... now, that would be a challenge - after the Naturally Born Killers, how would they eclipse their own "achievement"?
- Surely you're not equating an empty-headed splatter movie like - tinear 15:17:40 08/31/03 (6)
  "Man Bites Dog" with " The Vanishing?"
  Development of 3 characters, a slow building of tension as the hunter becomes the hunted, and the shattering climax all differentiate them. How often does one see that original an ending---linked so beautifully with the beginning sequences? The terror of "The V" is all internalized--that's what makes it so forceful; plus, the villain is such an average family guy---as are so many of these creeps.
  For god's sake, tell me you haven't seen the original "The Vanishing" but that your opinion is based on the remake!
  - Dutch yes! American, no! How about the red herrings in the film? - Duilawyer 19:12:14 09/02/03 (0)
    Like te villain looking like Bork? Or the little girls resembling the heroine?
  - Re: Surely you're not equating an empty-headed splatter movie like - Victor Khomenko 15:37:27 08/31/03 (4)
    ***For god's sake, tell me you haven't seen the original "The Vanishing" but that your opinion is based on the remake!
    Wrong again - I haven't seen the remake, and wouldn't see it.
    And... hmmmmm.... what opinion of mine was that? I didn't express ANY about that film. Not in years. And if you think Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu is diabolical there, take a look at his work in Passion of Beatrice.
    There was no connection in my post made between the two films.
    - "Vanishing is more Dutch than French, I think, but regardless, there are dozens of such films, all crippled." - tinear 16:15:39 09/01/03 (3)
      The above sure SEEMS like an opinion.
      Thanks for the recommendation about "The Passion of Beatrice." I doubt my tiny little local video store will have it...
      I thought Donnadieu was sensational in The V.
      The scene wherein he planted the spiders in the drawer for his young daughter to find--- and then his little smile when she screamed...
      A non-derivative and original film. How rare...
      - Re: "Vanishing is more Dutch than French, I think, but regardless, there are dozens of such films, all crippled." - Victor Khomenko 17:41:44 09/01/03 (2)
        
        In Reply to: "Vanishing is more Dutch than French, I think, but regardless, there are dozens of such films, all crippled." posted by tinear on September 01, 2003 at 16:15:39:
        
        It is indeed a good film, but rare? Good as it is, it is hardly rare.
        Fortunately for all of us, there are thousands of great films in existence.
        
        Just reread your title line... - Victor Khomenko 17:44:29 09/01/03 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: "Vanishing is more Dutch than French, I think, but regardless, there are dozens of such films, all crippled." posted by Victor Khomenko on September 01, 2003 at 17:41:44:
        
        ...and I suspect you missread my sentence. The "crippled" word had to do with the remakes, not the original Vanishing.
        
        Well, I've seen both - Bulkington 08:24:46 09/05/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Just reread your title line... posted by Victor Khomenko on September 01, 2003 at 17:44:29:
        
        and crippled doesn't even begin to describe the remake of The Vanishing. As I recall, it has a happy ending, which, of course, tops a long list of offenses. Hollywood cynicism at its worst.
Re: French fries versus pop corn.... - patrickU 01:14:26 08/31/03 (0)
The french films generally speaking are just more real but in contrast to their American counter part they just look more " provincial " ..mostly...
Hollywood produce 99% of nothing.
France 1% of something.

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