America's response to successful foreign films...

...is usually to throw together an English version as quick as money allows and get a few moderately well known actors to provide enough press to allow the same success that the original version showed abroad. Then they wait, make money off the fanfare and repeat with another foreign film to hide the lack of creative effort that no one wants to put forth in the first place.

Take care, my love. That savors strongly of bitterness.

Alright. Well can you hold a girl's hesitation against her when she just found out that the Swedish vampire flick (if you don't know what I'm talking about, keep reading - its not Sweden's answer to Twilight) Låt den rätte komma in - translation - Let the Right One In, is being remade in the US? Now, we all knew it would probably happen eventually, but it still feels...tarnished, or some other polluted word. The frustrating thing in this global world of ours is that a film, even a good film, doesn't get the public it deserves because its in a foreign language? It literally needs to be remade in English for the majority of English-speaking movie watchers to take the time to view it.

Okay, I will admit, I may possibly be accused of blowing smoke where there is no fire. While the director who has taken the task of remaking Let the Right One In didn't convince me with his life's work (I mean, he's directed TV and Cloverfield), Matt Reeves has promised that he isn't going to age the characters, which is admittedly an important aspect of the plot. I am excited, however, that Avy Kaufman, the casting director, is going to put her visionary hand to work to pick out the perfect actors. Avy Kaufman, guys, is the woman who cast Public Enemies and the Sixth Sense. She has a lot of experience under her belt.

So while I can see that the American remake has brilliant potential, I do - as a third party that is offering an opinion without judgment - suggest that Hollywood stop attempting to recreate the film worlds that were already released and search for the talent that can create one themselves.

At least see the original that sparked imagination in a vampire fantasy genre that is getting WAY too much obsession as of late.



"god natt"
Good Night
~Ferdinando