Today's Remake: De Palma
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I don't know if it's genius or pure insanity to
direct a remake for your first feature, but that's what Douglas Buck is doing. After helming a couple of shorts (one of them
really long -- nearly an hour), he rolled up to Hollywood and said "Hey man, gimme some De Palma." And the
decidedly un-glamorous No Remorse Pictures said "Right on, brother! We'll produce that. Let's go to Canada!"
Or, you know, something like that. What it comes down to is that Buck is directing a remake of Brian De Palma's 1973 film Sisters, a psychological horror movie about twin sisters. It's not
universally loved at all, but the people who like it really, really like it, and are surely contorted with rage
right now if this is the first they've heard of Buck's venture.The film stars Stephen Rea as a shrink, Chloë Sevigny as a "nosey reporter" and French actress Lou Doillon (Hey, she's Jane Birkin's kid! Thanks, IMDb.), and is currently filming in Vancouver.
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4-13-2006 @ 11:37PM
Peter Nellhaus said...
John Huston didn't do to badly with his debut film, the third version of "The Maltese Falcon". The question is: what does De Palma think about someone remaking his first big imitation Hitchcock film? Of course De Palma's best known film, "Scarface" is a remake. Let's face it - almost every announced "new" film is another example of Hollywood cannabalizing itself.
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4-14-2006 @ 1:19AM
stella st lawrence said...
great, i would love a remake of sisers. i seen it long time ago and thought it was good, not great, but very good for its time. so go for it, i will be first in line to see it.
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