Remake... why? - Du rififi chez les hommes (1956) Discussion

[–] mrpocketwatch 15 years ago

They have to remake Rififi because it was black and white (Boring), and it didn't have any big name American actors in it.

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[–] gaiderdraco 15 years ago

"big name American actors in it" is a joke on the fact that it's a French film, yes? Witty.

Remakes can sometimes be good but depending on the impact and final product of the original, they will usually suck in comparison; or simply lack the original impact.

Rififi simply CAN NOT be remade bacsuse it's the basis of the all of the other heist films that came after '55 and, on its own, it's trully and rightfully a classic.

D.

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[–] Dantès 15 years ago

But at least it should revive interest in the original, which deserves it. The good thing about remakes is that it can take movies that have slipped out of the public consciousness and shine a spotlight on them again. There's a good chance that the remake will be a badly cast disaster that isn't worthy of the name, but that will make the original look even better in comparison.

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[–] gaiderdraco 15 years ago

The problems with Rififi being remade is that 1) it's French, not American, 2) it's black and white, and 3) it develops character, not action. But then again it has a few "straight forward" shoot-outs and at the end everybody dies.
Let's just pretend that "Reservoir Dogs" (a film that I am particularly not a fan of) is already its remake, or reimagining.

Both films showcase that it REALLY hurts getting shot and that everybody's mistakes cause everybody else to die. At least Rififi has the thieves and criminal's honor code.

D.

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[–] Gonzo_Knight 13 years ago

I want to point out the obvious - the movie itself might be French but it was directed by an American.

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[–] ridge-m-1 9 years ago

@mrpocketwatch.....Since you are not sophisticated enough to enjoy B & W films, what are you doing watching film noir in the first place?

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[–] Wonderland26 15 years ago

I will only watch it if he gets away with it in the end. That was my major problem with this one. The suspense and the heartbreak killed me.

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[–] ridge-m-1 9 years ago

Film Noir pictures are not known for happy endings. Polanski stayed true to this class of films with his neo-noir masterpiece "Chinatown".

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[–] EGorodetsky 15 years ago

A thousand bucks says that the actual heist will be shortened and will be accompanied by music and/or dialogue. Reply to my post if you disagree and I will put money in your bank account if I'm proven wrong.

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[–] NotHardAs_ActuallyNails 15 years ago

Pacino will be a disaster in this movie... just because he looks like the stefanois does not mean he should be in it... There is no way to recreate the heist scene that can live up to its actual genius... this movie will fail regardless of how well it is made... as mentioned by someone else who's name I forget... because it cannot measure up to the movie that created the heist genre.. just like Topkapi was good but was no Rififi..

I'm juicing my pecs

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[–] advice31765 14 years ago

The remake won't keep anyone from watching the original and may even get some people who never would have heard of it to see it. So it's a plus for the original and in now way changes it and will possibly even make it look better by contrast. There have been several classics I was not aware of until the remake, like 3:10 to Yuma. Let them do whatever they want to!

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[–] tdigi 14 years ago

I would love to see the remake. Keep the depressing ending intact :D

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[–] dont_b_so_BBC 12 years ago

So now that Hollywood has remade all their movies they've decided to remake the movies of the people they blacklisted... awesome.

Yeah, just to prove the blacklist was justified-- cos no "commie" can make a film better than a "capitalist"..../SARC

But seriously, Rififi has already been re-made/Americanized into countless "comedy-caper" movies-- cos the way the French/Europeans inject fatalism/existentialism into heist movies is just so UN-American, where movies are first and foremost ENTERTAINMENT.

If you care enough to go around telling people you don't care... you obviously care.

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[–] gslzll3 10 years ago

Does anyone realize that Rififi is itself a remake of John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" from 1950? Perhaps it wasn't meant to be, but that would be quite a coincidence since they are virtually the exact same story. Maybe they came from the same source material?

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[–] ridge-m-1 9 years ago

If you are unaware if both films are derived from the same source, how can one state that "Rififi" is a remake of "The Asphalt Jungle"?

"Rififi" is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton while "The Asphalt Jungle" was based on one of America's best writers of film noir material, W.R. Burnett.

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[–] sanjay_kn 9 years ago

riffi is in itself a hollywood movie casted in france by a hollywood director who was outcast( damn! I found all that now). the robbery scale is too low budget and low scale for todays standards. So they will have to amp it up big time. As no body wanna rob tiffanyi's these days and bank robbery is just dated! so they will have lot to change from original 50's theme!

for 1950's it was just class( and hollywood in france is just too stylish to overcome). you wont get that aura in usa at all( french woman, style, city and all that. only missing things are sky-scrappers in the background)

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