Expressing his dislike for American remakes of foreign films, director of Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson said that he is not happy that his film is being remade by Hollywood.
"Remakes should be made of movies that aren’t very good, that gives you the chance to fix whatever has gone wrong,” he said. “I’m very proud of my movie and think it’s great, but the Americans might be of another opinion. The saddest thing for me would be to see that beautiful story made into something mainstream."
He adds, saying that “if you’d spent years on painting a picture, you’d hate to hear buzz about a copy even before your version…Why can’t you just read the subtitles,” raising a rather valid issue.
What is it with Americans and their inability to read subtitles? All the American remakes I’ve seen so far pale in comparison to their foreign counterparts.
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David said
October 6 2008 @ 8:55 pm
I think that American’s issue w/ subtitles is a generalized attention deficit that after years of modern media, has settled into many folks out there. Personally, I love subtitles, I even watch American movies w/ the English subtitles on.
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