Warren's 100th birthday today. Born in Kentucky, died in Vermont. Don't know what he was doing in Vermont.
By accident, I found out they're remaking All the King's Men. Which is the sort of thing I always wonder about. When there are so many bad movies that could easily be improved with a second try, why do filmmakers insist on remaking the good ones? Casablanca, Psycho, and The Manchurian Candidate come to mind. I suppose it's all about the money, but is there really any money in it?
Posted by Bobby Farouk at April 24, 2005 05:23 AMThat man had a scary quantity of wisdom about politics and human nature. "We are conceived in sin and born in corruption... there is always something..."
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at April 24, 2005 10:42 AMMaybe the remake will star Will Smith. Will Smith can make anything better!
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at April 24, 2005 07:32 PMIf you were remaking The Third Man, would you give Will Smith the Orson Welles role or the Joseph Cotten role?
If you were remaking North by Northwest, would you give Will Smith the Cary Grant role or the James Mason role?
If you were remaking Night Must Fall, would you give Will Smith the Robert Montgomery role or the Rosalind Russell role?
Posted by: Bobby Farouk at April 25, 2005 02:43 AMThose are all hard. However, I think that as a rule, you can pretty much replace Orson Welles with Will Smith in any remake.
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at April 25, 2005 09:06 AMNo, no, no. Will Smith has to have the role that involves the most running around and action generally.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at April 25, 2005 09:37 AMThose are all hard. However, I think that as a rule, you can pretty much replace Orson Welles with Will Smith in any remake.
I look forward to seeing Will Smith's take on Louis XVIII at a multiplex near me.
Posted by: Alan Allport at April 25, 2005 10:30 AMDoes anyone think Leonardo DiCaprio is trying to become Orson Welles?
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at April 25, 2005 11:50 AMDoes anyone think Leonardo DiCaprio is trying to become Orson Welles?
He'll have to bulk up quite a bit to do that. And more to the point, who cares? Just because Scorsese likes him for some reason doesn't make him a great actor.
Come to think of it, has DiCap ever sported any facial hair in any of his roles? No, I think the Orson Welles thing is doomed to failure.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at April 25, 2005 11:59 AMIf you follow the running around rule, Will Smith should be the Cary Grant role in North by Northwest, the Audrey Hepburn role in Charade (which has already had a terrible remake), and Edmund O'Brian in D.O.A.
Posted by: Barbara MacDonald at April 25, 2005 01:55 PMIn that case I sure hope they don't remake The Birds...
Posted by: Alan Hogue at April 25, 2005 02:27 PMI wonder how he'd do as Holly Golightly...
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at April 25, 2005 02:43 PMSorry, woss the running around rule?
And didn't they already remake D.O.A.?
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at April 25, 2005 05:28 PMIt's the rule that Will Smith should take the role, in whatever remake, that requires the most running around in deference to his action-star status.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at April 26, 2005 08:46 AM