Would be really cool. This was a true blue horror film and I think it deserves a well-done remake-- Burton would be great, I guess I wouldn't begrudge Rob Zombie either given his Living Dead Girl video. Any other thoughts for who could direct a stellar remake of Dr. Caligari?
shareIt was a while back, but I thought I read David Lynch was working on something regarding Dr. Caligari. A remake, an homage - something. However, as interesting as that may sound -- considering Mr. Lynch's work -- I don't think this would be something he'd do himself. Produce, maybe. He follows his own winding roads to actually do a "remake" of someone else's film.
Tim Burton would be the most likely candidate; maybe do it as a stop-motion animation film. It would be the feature on a collection of short films by Tim Burton. Interesting thought anyway.
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I'm agree about the Burton's expectations, but i guess that Burton could give the atmosphere to the movie... But i wasn't think of Guillermo del Toro and he could make a great movie like Pan's Labyrinth... Now that you say so, i prefer Guillermo del Toro :P
shareCasting would be predictable, but I don't understand why people think that's a problem. I'd be more interested in the atmosphere he'd bring to the film than the actors he'd cast in it.
Audie Murphy, a badass war hero who proves his worth on the battlefield with his awesome badassery.
Casting would be predictable, but I don't understand why people think that's a problem.I agree. I think Johnny Depp would make a good Cesare, and there could be a possibility of casting Christopher Lee as Dr. Caligari.
Del Toro would be a choice candidate. I feel Burton would do a great job but the influence is a little too obvious. Maybe E. Elias Marhige could throw his hat into the proverbial ring.
shareI agree with everyone, Del Toro would do fabulously and theres always the off chance Tim Burton will make another Sweeny Todd/Corpse Bride/Sleepy Hollow/ et cetera et cetera because he sure does love that niche.
The first thing that popped into my head was what it would look like if it was revamped by Dario Argento...think how trippy Dr. Caligari + something like Suspiria, the general look of it, would be.
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Edward Scissorhands is essentially a tribute to Caligari, so why would he want to remake it.
shareA tribute in style perhaps, but the stories couldn't be any more different.
shareWatch William Castle's Shanks with Marcel Marceau some time and you'll see where Burton got his ideas for Edward Scissorhands from. Not Caligari. This movie doesn't need a remake anyway, it would just be camped up and ruined. But if I had to choose between Del Toro and Burton, Del Toro would win hands down. Have you seen Burton's Planet of the Apes? Pee-yoooo!
shareI wouldnt be surprised to see Johnny Depp as the somno-something too
There's plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win
While watching the movie, I immediately thought of Terry Gilliam as a director of a remake. Very dreamlike and dark stuff without the obvious gothic or fantasy influences of Burton or del Toro respectively.
shareWatching now on TCM and had the thought this should be remade... and what should I find but this ol' board ;D
It would have been right up Mr. Gilliam's alley, yup.
^ I agree, it should be left alone.
shareIt should be left alone, and I wouldn't mind betting that it WILL be left alone for a long while to come.
Remakes are a tricky business. Big-budget horror remakes tend to leave out the low-budget grime that works wonders for originals like 'Texas Chainsaw...' etc., and missing the point completely. I'd love to think that a film like 'Caligari' could be remade well by someone who is cinematically-inclined and aimed towards making an enduring piece of art rather than a box-office smash 'n' grab. But then that would just end up a faithful mordern remake, which would be refreshing but ultimately pointless.
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What about a remake directed by Michael Bay? Caligari could be played by Ice-T, Cesare could be interpreted by Corey Haim and Paris Hilton as Jane. The story could be basically the same but with some exploding helicopters. It could also contain a soundtrack by the 80's poodle-permed hard rock outfit Warrant.
This could be followed by the sequel 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 2: Cesare In Space'.
No?
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sharebut in response to whoever said it wud be so predictable, i say
predictable? ... or perfect?
johnny depp wud be an awesome cesare - hes a great physical actor under the right direction
my only concern is i cant see it working (without a lot of care) as a non-silent film loads of dialogue i imagine wud just be unecessary as it works so well with just the great score
ooh a danny elfman score? i know he'd be good for the job actually the cello stuff on some of his work cud lend itself to this film well methinks
ooh a danny elfman score? i know he'd be good for the job actually the cello stuff on some of his work cud lend itself to this film well methinks
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Unlikely...Elfman and Burton had a major falling out during the making of...The Corpse Bride, I think..and Elfman said he wouldn't work on another Burton film. It's too stressful
johnny depp wud be an awesome cesare - hes a great physical actor under the right directionYes he is. Thinking of him as William Blake in Jarmusch's Dead Man and in Once Upon a Time in Mexico after he's been blinded and had blood stained black from his eyes being removed.
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What about a remake directed by Michael Bay? Caligari could be played by Ice-T, Cesare could be interpreted by Corey Haim and Paris Hilton as Jane. The story could be basically the same but with some exploding helicopters. It could also contain a soundtrack by the 80's poodle-permed hard rock outfit Warrant.
This could be followed by the sequel 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 2: Cesare In Space'.
No?
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A Burton remake would certainly develop the characters more, especially Cesare, who is underdeveloped in the original. It would also invest more on the relationship between him and Caligari, emphasizing a kind of father-son situation, something we see often in Burton.
Whether he SHOULD do it, is another matter. Personally, I haven't been happy with Burton's career since the mid-'90s.
"The world is not my home, I'm just a-passin' through"
since the 90s?
corpse bride?
sweeney todd?
i think charlie and the chocolate factory is good too
plus theyre some of his highest rated films on here too, 7.2-7.8/10
"Corpse Bride" was fun. "Sweeney Todd" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" were much too shallow then what they could have been.
Burton is a good director, and his films can be fun. But he isn't, IMO (obviously), fulfilling the promise of his earlier films, and has done nothing as touching and universal as "Edward Scissorhands".
"The world is not my home, I'm just a-passin' through"
i agree to a degree, but i do think hes just making different films now i think theres enough depth to justify the story.
maybe the real issue is he will never make a film as personal and as good as Edward Scissorhands.
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How about Friedberg and Seltzer. They'd make a "Not Another Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Movie" movie, and have a lot of dick and fart jokes coupled with horrendous acting. Yet somehow it'd probably still make big bucks from all the teens/tweens using their parents' credit cards.
shareWholeheartedly agree. First off, remakes are terrible, no questions asked, even if it comes from a director who has shown artistic ambitions before. Secondly, Tim Burton has frequently copped out by putting Johnny Depp in most of his recent movies, which I feel is a sign of weakness that he has to resort to that level in order to have a "successful" movie. I also don't think he's ambitious enough as he used to be if he wanted to do a remake to rival the artistic qualities of Wiene's expressionistic style.
shareWas the Wizard of Oz (1939) terrible? It wasn't the first time the story was filmed. There was a silent version from the early 1920s whose production was overseen by L. Frank Baum himself.
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Let us not forget that many "classics", such as The Wizard of oz and The Maltese Falcon were remakes. And how many times was Hamlet "remade"?
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