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American Money?????

posted 16 years ago by CathyE
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Okay, here I rant again....

Why oh why, did Canadian director Lynne Stopkewich, when making this Canadian film, with Canadian producers, and Canadian actors, in Canada, feel it necessary to "Americanize" the film, by having the money be American? (and therefore this is an American town)?

It would have made absolutely no difference to the plot whatsoever if the money, and therefore the location, had been Canadian. Why do Canadian film makers so often feel it's necessary to set their films in the states? Even when it has nothing to do with the plot? I just don't get it. It irritates the heck out of me.

Come on Lynne, Atom Egoyan has set many of his films in Canada, and it hasn't hurt his films any!!

“I always tell the truth…even when I lie” - Scarface

[–] miles-29 15 years ago

The book is set in America, she was just being true to it. Your problem isn't that the film was "Americanized" but rather that it wasn't 'Canadianized'.

Egoyan does 'Canadianize' a lot of his films, like The Sweet Hereafter - the novel is set in upstate New York. I don't think there's anything wrong or right about it, it's just a decision for the writer/director of the film.

I can understand taking umbrage if the original novel were set in Canada and a Canadian film moved it to America, but in this case, where the director was true to the original source, I don't have any problem with it.

[–] Yinky 13 years ago

Because the novel takes place in Michigan.

[–] mikiec 12 years ago

Having traveled all over the world, I have found that American currency is more acceptable than local currency every where I went. The only thing that seems to make a difference is when the exchange rate between currencies differs to the point where the local currency is worth much more than the US dollar. I know Canadian merchants take US currency from US tourists.

[–] worldsofdarkblue 9 years ago

Wish I could get all worked up about really trivial things. Must make life so much more fun.