Why not Tarantino? I loved the flick, but as an American, never heard of the film before Tarantino mentioned it someplace.
I hate the way fans of certain types of films disown Tarantino, when he was the guy who brought them either back or in attention. Yeah, he has a budget. Yeah, he works with 'name' actors (he actually ALWAYS has, this is the second time he's worked with Brad Pitt, unless you think that every film excludes the writer.)
Tarantino doesn't do a lot of films, but if this film were made in the US, and he were at least to produce (and maybe work on the script,) it wouldn't be a bad thing.
I'm not trying to be a critical jerk, a troll, or a fanboy of Tarantinos'. I haven't been disappointed in Tarantino yet, but eventually people can disappoint. But, the flick needs to lay in the hands of people that knows the original, at the very least. There are Hollywood directors that would take this, ruin it, at not think the least of the original. At least Tarantino knows the film.
And, I say this a lot, the only reason a movie NEEDS a remake is when the original should get more attention. I wish it weren't like that, but they're getting to be bums about it. Used to be, a remake was coming out, and video store would try and cash in. Now, you may not even see a DVD out of the old flick (scared that the unoriginality will shine through and will kill the sucky remake.) Hollywood's stupid. Indepenent films are getting to be amature, but people who care about film have some high level back-up to show respect it deserves, plus they'll shoot it on film, not DV or HDDV. In ten years, mark my words, all films will suck. But a flick like this, if a remake is made, needs to be filmed on film, not by some hack who picks up a DV-Cam with his daddy's wallet.
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PostmortemG
12 years ago
"Why not Tarantino? I loved the flick, but as an American, never heard of the film before Tarantino mentioned it someplace... I hate the way fans of certain types of films disown Tarantino, when he was the guy who brought them either back or in attention."
Tarantino is *NOT* the sole reason why cult films become recognized here in the U.$.A. I became aware of Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato, Mario Bava, Andrea Bianchi, etc. by means of the international Death/Grind underground. Bands like IMPETIGO and MORTICIAN have been referencing and sampling exploitation films in their music since the '80s; I highly doubt that Tarantino had anything to do with IMPETIGO's 'Giallo' demo, or MORTICIAN's 'House By The Cemetery' EP. My point is that these types of films have *ALWAYS* had a devoted underground following. Anyone seeking out the strange, unusual side of cinema will inevitably come across them, be they fans of Tarantino or not. And Hobo With A Shotgun just *DESTROYS* Tarantino's lame attempt of a B-movie Death Proof, by the way... even though he's the self-proclaimed king of the post-grindhouse genre. Whatever. Tarantino's laughable attitude and utterly boring movies warrant the negativity aimed at him by lovers of bizarre film-making.
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