Re: Spielberg abandons 'Harvey' remake

Thumper <jaylsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:45:27 -0800 (PST), Mark <weiss.sloan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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Remakes are made because there are only so many good stories to go
around. It's easier to use an old plot and update the scenery for the
audience that wasn't even alive when the original was made.
ESPECIALLY black and white films. Young folks don't want to see
anything in black and white and they are the ones buying the tickets.

Actually, it's because they're a sound financial investment... albeit
relatively speaking. Whenever you do a remake, you already have a script
and a built-in audience.
Movies are an extremely expensive art form, folks... and *something* has
to keep the lights on and the rent up to date and pay for all the beautiful
films that nobody goes to see except us.

--
alt.flame Special Forces
"It is providential that the youth or man of inventive mind is not 'blessed'
with a million dollars. The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and
uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside
influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone -- that is
the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born."
-- Nikolai Tesla
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