moving picture remake and reboots have become the norm in Hollywood , with every existing property , it seems , becoming honest game for a do - over — disregardless of its previous success or failure . ( See : Josh Trank’sFantastic Four . ) The television above by Barcelona - found filmmakerJaume R. Lloretcreates a ocular dialogue about the remake trend by placing scenes from the original plastic film side - by - side with their remakes , revealing the similarity and difference between the two , without making judgments as to which is better .
The supercut sport 50 films from the past 56 yr , with several genres represented . There are shot - for - shot remake like Gus Van Sant’sPsycho(1998 ) and Michael Haneke’sFunny Games(2007 ) , remakes that portion out a title but deviate from the original story like David Cronenberg’sThe Fly(1986 ) , and a duet of head - scratcher that fans of the pilot are still tempestuous about . It ’s impossible to fully appreciate which elements the remaking take up from the original plastic film , because this video recording only admit a few seconds of each moving-picture show . But it does work as an interesting jumping off point to go back and find out the pairings to compare and counterpoint .
Obvious difference can be seen in some of the poor snippet , like the shift from a male to a female friend inEvil Dead(2013).But the more elusive difference are in the way scenes are frame up and how dialog is altered , which requires seeing the films in their entirety . Lloret includes a few obscure selections , and a couple of films that some viewers may not recognize as remakes , like Martin Scorsese ’s Oscar - winningThe Departed(2006 ) , which was a remake of the Chinese crime - thrillerInfernal Affairs(2002 ) , or Terry Gilliam’s12 Monkeys(1995 ) , which was based on Chris Marker ’s inadequate film , La Jetée(1962 ) .
Watch the supercut above to see some of the choices the remaking director made , as well as the choices that Lloret made as an editor in putting this piece together .
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Banner image via Jaume R. Lloret onVimeo
