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They ought to remake this film today.

posted 19 years ago by fictionalman
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This is a film that they ought to remake today and update it to today's current war on terror. Whoever updates this film should not be afraid to depict the bad guys as Muslims.

I want to revise my post. If Hollywood today were to ever update this film they would likely make the good guy as well as the bad buy both Muslims to satisfy some politically correct trend.

I say if Hollywood claims to wish to explode stereotypes they ought to make the hero someone that the public perceives to be a right wing nut but turns out to be a patriotic American whose dead on the money. I’m tired of Hollywood perpetuating the stereotype that the right are bigots.

[–] gayspiritwarrior 19 years ago

Your idea to remake this movie with any kind of political implications at all is a very bad one. Hitchcock didn't make political movies; he made suspense stories. Tell us, if you can, whose side "Frank Frye" was on? He wasn't Japanese. He wasn't German or Italian. If it were remade today it would be best that the new Frye was an American in sympathy with our "enemies." Whose side he's on is immaterial, once the deed is done and the story is underway. If you want to make a movie where the "right" are the victims and the "left" is the enemy, or vice-versa, write your own story.

[–] gerardlei 19 years ago

...by Hitchcock himself, 16 years later. It was called "North By Northwest".

[–] Phrog520 18 years ago

Um, no... that would be stupid. There is no reason to remake a classic. Get off this board.

[–] rudeboy8080 17 years ago

I disagree...this could be a potentially good remake...considering today's political climate.

Spoilers:

It's very ironic: Frank Frye commits an act of terrorism on his own countrymen by setting an airplane factory ablaze. He gets his just desserts when he falls to his death from the Statue of Liberty's torch/hand.

[–] matthewpaulwood 17 years ago

I think that the political climate has no bearing on the idea of a remake. As people have stated the sabatours' ideology or nationality is left to be ambiguous. It's not so much a film about them as about the rest of society if you ask me.

For that reason a remake could work due to today's social climate. The war on terror has created an incredibly paranoid society that is qucik to hysteria and predjudice very similar to the WW2 panic about spies, perhaps even more paranoid.

But in terms of my personal opinion I don't think it should be remade. Remakes are notoriously difficult to pull off at a good or better standard compared to originals and there are plenty of current thrillers that touch upon the subjects we've discussed. Spike Lee's 'Inside Man' is a good example.

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