Michael Haneke: Not George Sluizer
I've been on the fence about the upcoming American remake of Michael Haneke's infamous post-modern home invasion film Funny Games. On one hand, if anyone is going to remake it, Haneke should be the guy to do it, and it struck me as a good sign that he was indeed at the helm. On the other hand, there would certainly have to be compromises made to Haneke's uncompromisingly nasty scenario. Surely, at least, the video scene would have been altered.
So much for that. According to someone who's seen it, Haneke's attitude was along the lines of, "I'm changing nothing and go fuck yourself if you don't like it." Funny Games a la America is, by this report, the same vicious, thorny audience-baiting treatise on media violence that its Austrian counterpart was.
Of course, that brings up a new question: Does that make the remake more valid or completely superfluous?
posted by Steve C. @ 1:20 PM
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Question now is: watch the original before this one, or go with the new one first?
That's a damn good question. I suppose if you've not seen the original and want to see the remake, you might want to see the remake first, just so you're not mentally comparing the two in theater. Then you can catch the original later for comparison's sake.
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