WEBVTT - Remake World 0:00:00.230 --> 0:00:06.559 Darling, you should marry some lovely accomplished girl who adores you. Someone- 0:00:07.390 --> 0:00:10.660 Someone who would grace your beautiful home and give you 0:00:10.660 --> 0:00:14.080 the sort of life you really want, I wouldn't. 0:00:14.270 --> 0:00:18.660 Oh Teddy, I'm not fashionable enough for London. You need 0:00:18.660 --> 0:00:19.541 someone who's elegant and refined. 0:00:19.541 --> 0:00:19.542 [inaudible 00:00:20]. 0:00:19.542 --> 0:00:23.759 Look at me, I'm homely and I'm awkward and I'm odd. 0:00:23.759 --> 0:00:23.829 I love you, Jo. 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:26.071 And you'd be ashamed of me. 0:00:26.070 --> 0:00:26.220 I love you, Jo. 0:00:26.810 --> 0:00:29.430 And we would quarrel because we can't help it even now. 0:00:30.410 --> 0:00:33.059 That was Jo March, the heroine of the classic film, 0:00:33.059 --> 0:00:36.990 Little Women, as played by the great Katherine Hepburn, 1933, 0:00:37.460 --> 0:00:41.040 and the great June Allyson, 1949, and the great Winona 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:46.809 Ryder, 1994, and the great Saoirse Ronan, in 2019. You 0:00:46.809 --> 0:00:50.550 get the idea. Louisa May Alcott's story of four sisters 0:00:50.550 --> 0:00:53.510 coming of age in 19th century New England, may not 0:00:53.510 --> 0:00:56.840 seem like the freshest subject, yet for generations, people have 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.469 flocked to theaters to form a new connection with the 0:00:59.470 --> 0:01:03.550 irresistibly charming March family. The success of the latest cinematic 0:01:03.550 --> 0:01:06.789 version of Little Women, directed by Greta Gerwig, is a 0:01:06.789 --> 0:01:09.440 testament to the power of the story itself. And it's 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.160 also a great starting place for a conversation about the 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.369 art of the remake. How do you create something vital 0:01:15.369 --> 0:01:18.219 and contemporary, when you're telling a tale that's been told 0:01:18.220 --> 0:01:21.569 so many times before? Today, we're going to find out. 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:26.759 I'm your host, Natasha Gargiulo. Welcome to Hello movies. As 0:01:26.759 --> 0:01:30.869 together we face these unprecedented times when theaters being temporarily 0:01:30.869 --> 0:01:33.589 closed is the least of our worries, we could all 0:01:33.589 --> 0:01:36.240 use a little diversion. So today, we're going to turn 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.440 our attention to the idea of movie remakes, many of 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.300 which you can watch at home on the Cineplex Store. 0:01:42.649 --> 0:01:45.679 From the live action Disney remakes like the Lion King 0:01:45.679 --> 0:01:48.410 and Aladdin, to films like Little Women and A Star 0:01:48.410 --> 0:01:51.380 Is Born, remakes have really risen up and connected with 0:01:51.380 --> 0:01:54.220 audiences in a big way over the last few years. 0:01:54.740 --> 0:01:56.630 It doesn't look like that trend is going to slow 0:01:56.630 --> 0:01:59.809 down, with remakes of classic films like West Side Story, 0:01:59.809 --> 0:02:03.130 Dune, Candyman and many more set to hit theaters in 0:02:03.130 --> 0:02:06.630 2020. To discuss the evolution of remake culture and to 0:02:06.630 --> 0:02:08.930 look ahead to some of the most exciting remakes coming 0:02:08.930 --> 0:02:12.040 down the pipe, I'm joined today by two great guests. 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:16.190 Chandler Levack is an award winning writer, journalist, and filmmaker. 0:02:16.460 --> 0:02:18.359 Her writing on film can be found in The Globe 0:02:18.359 --> 0:02:22.340 and Mail and on CBC. In 2017, her short film, 0:02:22.340 --> 0:02:25.139 We Forgot To Break Up, premiered at the Toronto International 0:02:25.139 --> 0:02:29.130 Film Festival and South by Southwest. Sal Patel is the 0:02:29.130 --> 0:02:32.870 managing editor of Shopify Studios in Toronto. Prior to that, 0:02:32.870 --> 0:02:35.790 he was the managing content producer at the Toronto International 0:02:35.790 --> 0:02:40.270 Film Festivals, digital studio. Sal and Chandler, welcome to Hello Movies. 0:02:41.030 --> 0:02:41.269 Thank you so much. 0:02:41.269 --> 0:02:41.330 Thank you. 0:02:42.150 --> 0:02:44.750 Like all types of films, some remakes are great and 0:02:44.750 --> 0:02:46.870 some aren't so great. So, can you give me an 0:02:46.870 --> 0:02:50.139 example of a recent remake that you loved, and why 0:02:50.139 --> 0:02:52.419 this particular iteration works so well for you? 0:02:52.750 --> 0:02:56.279 I love the Little Women remake that... Or no, I 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:01.940 guess, re- adaptation that Greta Gerwig did, that was released 0:03:01.940 --> 0:03:06.329 in December. I thought it was just so astutely made. 0:03:06.329 --> 0:03:08.700 And every element of it, was so considered. And even 0:03:08.700 --> 0:03:11.929 though there's been seven adaptations of Little Women over the 0:03:11.929 --> 0:03:16.169 last hundred years, this was a remake that felt like 0:03:16.169 --> 0:03:19.040 utterly necessary. And even though it's a period piece, also 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.489 felt like incredibly urgent and modern. 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.540 Yeah, I would agree. I love that Little Women remake. 0:03:25.269 --> 0:03:29.139 For me, a remake from maybe a few years ago, 0:03:29.139 --> 0:03:31.079 is Mad Max: Fury Road. 0:03:31.079 --> 0:03:32.640 My name is Max. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.440 And I really love that one because I think it 0:03:36.450 --> 0:03:40.190 most effectively demonstrates for me what makes it worth it 0:03:40.190 --> 0:03:44.830 to remake a film or revisit an established universe. And 0:03:45.140 --> 0:03:47.369 for me with Mad Max: Fury Road, what that is... 0:03:47.369 --> 0:03:52.330 It's a transfer of power that exists in the universe. So, 0:03:52.710 --> 0:03:56.270 the original Mad Max is about the character of Max, 0:03:56.330 --> 0:04:00.040 and the Fury Road is about the character Furiosa and 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.891 about the women in this universe. 0:04:01.891 --> 0:04:06.260 And how exactly do we take the Citadel? Assuming we're 0:04:06.260 --> 0:04:07.130 still alive by then. 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.960 If we can block the pass, it'll be easy. 0:04:10.030 --> 0:04:13.440 It just totally transfers the power and it makes it 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.450 really interesting. That it's... We're still in this universe and 0:04:16.450 --> 0:04:19.330 we're still playing with some of the ideas introduced in 0:04:19.330 --> 0:04:23.190 the original films, but in a totally different and fresh 0:04:23.420 --> 0:04:27.689 and important way. It feels worth it to revisit this 0:04:28.010 --> 0:04:31.140 world for that reason around the transfer of power. 0:04:31.469 --> 0:04:34.070 Chandler, speaking of Little Women, I saw a lot of 0:04:34.070 --> 0:04:37.330 grumpy comments when the first trailer came out. Do we 0:04:37.330 --> 0:04:40.300 really need another Little Women? And I don't think this 0:04:40.300 --> 0:04:42.839 was even necessarily a dig at how the film looked. 0:04:43.050 --> 0:04:45.690 It was mainly just people who loved Lady Bird, and 0:04:45.690 --> 0:04:48.210 wanted to see Gerwig follow it up with another original 0:04:48.219 --> 0:04:50.839 story. So, how valid is that attitude? 0:04:51.300 --> 0:04:54.669 I think when a filmmaker proves the reason... I mean, 0:04:54.669 --> 0:04:57.250 when you watch that movie, I think you understand why 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:01.760 there's a need. When she so carefully... Every aspect of 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.460 that film, from the score to the production design to 0:05:04.460 --> 0:05:09.770 the actors, it's so deeply considered and multi- villain and 0:05:09.770 --> 0:05:13.630 beautiful. And she kind of really unpacked the text and 0:05:13.630 --> 0:05:18.150 kind of found a way to excavate it and transcend 0:05:18.150 --> 0:05:21.680 it. So, I think when it's a great filmmaker... I 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.950 mean, there are certain filmmakers I would watch them remake 0:05:25.029 --> 0:05:30.640 anything. Great filmmakers justify the story by making the story 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:31.239 into art. 0:05:31.630 --> 0:05:35.580 Yeah. I think with Greta Gerwig, just given the trajectory 0:05:35.890 --> 0:05:38.900 of the film industry these days, if she followed up 0:05:38.900 --> 0:05:43.020 Lady Bird with a film of that size and scale 0:05:43.020 --> 0:05:46.989 and budget, there's a good chance that film wouldn't have 0:05:46.990 --> 0:05:50.130 gotten a chance to play at theaters and certainly not 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:55.529 broadly. Whereas, because she made Little Women, it had a 0:05:55.529 --> 0:05:58.900 Christmas Day release, and it became this family event for 0:05:58.900 --> 0:06:02.690 people to see over the holidays. And her take, her 0:06:02.690 --> 0:06:06.939 point of view, like Chandler was saying, absolutely necessitated this 0:06:07.020 --> 0:06:09.880 remake. Where she brought something totally new and fresh to 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.650 it, which was so cool to see. But then, it's 0:06:12.650 --> 0:06:16.429 also... That sensibility is on display for such a broad 0:06:16.430 --> 0:06:18.200 audience, the biggest audience that she's ever had in her 0:06:18.210 --> 0:06:22.700 career. So I think that alone is... Makes it so worth 0:06:22.700 --> 0:06:26.210 it. Because a storyteller who is so unique and such 0:06:26.210 --> 0:06:28.349 a voice of a generation like Greta Gerwig, is being seen 0:06:28.349 --> 0:06:29.499 on that level all of a sudden 0:06:29.729 --> 0:06:32.020 Now, a lot of the best remakes seem to succeed 0:06:32.020 --> 0:06:34.169 in finding a way to make a classic story feel 0:06:34.169 --> 0:06:37.500 modern. And sometimes, that's done by being fairly liberal with 0:06:37.500 --> 0:06:41.049 the source material. That said, there are always some folks 0:06:41.049 --> 0:06:43.949 who look at the original text as sacred and don't 0:06:43.950 --> 0:06:47.210 want the new version to diverge too much. Chandler, I'm 0:06:47.210 --> 0:06:48.820 wondering, where do you stand on this? 0:06:49.219 --> 0:06:52.979 I mean, I understand that some texts are very canonical 0:06:52.979 --> 0:06:55.370 and we hold them in high regard for a reason 0:06:55.370 --> 0:06:58.779 and some movies in their cannon or even if they're 0:06:58.940 --> 0:07:03.289 really well loved book or a TV show or some 0:07:03.289 --> 0:07:06.250 kind of... Or a film that is just really wonderful 0:07:06.250 --> 0:07:08.239 that a filmmaker is done before, it's hard for us 0:07:08.239 --> 0:07:11.120 to kind of see it adapt and change. But if 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.760 a movie is great, I think people can forgive a 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:15.720 lot of creative license. I'm sure there will always be 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.239 purists. Remember when they remade Ghostbusters with all women and 0:07:19.530 --> 0:07:21.500 it kind of premeditated the US election? 0:07:21.550 --> 0:07:21.960 Yes. 0:07:23.420 --> 0:07:27.020 But for me, I want to see new forms of 0:07:27.020 --> 0:07:31.489 art and people revisit it and something like Ghostbusters done 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.749 with the totally radical gays on it, I think that's exciting. 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.300 And as culture evolves, we're going to want to see 0:07:38.380 --> 0:07:41.140 new intersections into the stories that we know, I think. 0:07:41.370 --> 0:07:42.680 Sal, how about your thoughts? 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:48.620 Yeah, it's tricky for me. There's certain worlds and established 0:07:48.620 --> 0:07:52.450 IP or stories, whatever, that I'm very attached to the 0:07:52.450 --> 0:07:55.569 way that they were presented originally, things that I watched 0:07:55.570 --> 0:08:00.200 as a kid. That when I've seen more recent adaptations 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.689 of it, I'm like, " Yeah, they got this wrong." So, 0:08:03.870 --> 0:08:07.210 one example for me was, I watched Aladdin a lot 0:08:07.210 --> 0:08:10.230 as a kid, I loved Aladdin. It was the first 0:08:10.230 --> 0:08:15.020 time that I'd seen any animation with people who had 0:08:15.020 --> 0:08:17.679 the same skin color as me on screen. And I 0:08:17.679 --> 0:08:21.610 was just excited by that idea, I think. And the 0:08:21.810 --> 0:08:25.280 world that it portrayed and that... It had... Being South 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:29.340 Asian. That there was references to the Middle East and 0:08:29.340 --> 0:08:31.179 South Asia and that kind of thing in it. And 0:08:31.179 --> 0:08:36.010 so, when I saw the new Aladdin's trailer, I was like, " 0:08:36.179 --> 0:08:38.360 Why did they change the color palette? Why did they 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.220 make the outfits different in this way or that way?" 0:08:41.740 --> 0:08:43.880 But then I watched it and I actually loved it. 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.089 I thought that there was so much power in bringing 0:08:46.090 --> 0:08:49.530 it to life with actual actors and actors who are 0:08:49.530 --> 0:08:52.110 from the part of the world that the movie is 0:08:52.579 --> 0:08:55.520 meant to be set in, and they still maintain all 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:59.050 the strong points of the story and... So... I mean, 0:08:59.340 --> 0:09:02.040 with something that I love, I'm willing to at least 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.280 give the artist a chance to see what their point 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:05.580 of view is. 0:09:05.581 --> 0:09:05.911 Mm-hmm (affirmative). 0:09:06.250 --> 0:09:09.699 But, I do hold on to the original ideas very 0:09:09.699 --> 0:09:12.730 tightly and I... It's a harder sell for me as 0:09:12.730 --> 0:09:16.220 an audience member. I need to be really... The work 0:09:16.220 --> 0:09:18.030 needs to be really good, I guess, for me to 0:09:18.030 --> 0:09:19.300 be convinced that it was worth it. 0:09:19.650 --> 0:09:23.110 Okay. So there've been some really inspired casting decisions of 0:09:23.110 --> 0:09:25.689 late in some of the new remakes, Dev Patel as 0:09:25.689 --> 0:09:29.209 David Copperfield, for example. Or the very fashion forward Billy 0:09:29.209 --> 0:09:33.219 Porter playing a genderless fairly godmother in the upcoming Cinderella 0:09:33.220 --> 0:09:36.579 remake. I'm wondering, what do you think film remakes have 0:09:36.579 --> 0:09:39.059 done to foster representation on screen? 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.559 Yeah. Well, I think we're starting to see more gender 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:46.780 blind and color blind casting. And I think that is 0:09:46.780 --> 0:09:49.439 true. I think if you grew up never seeing yourself 0:09:49.530 --> 0:09:53.209 as the hero of your own story and you've always 0:09:53.209 --> 0:09:56.349 kind of had to read yourself into these classic Disney 0:09:56.350 --> 0:10:00.270 movies or musicals that we've all grown up watching, there 0:10:00.270 --> 0:10:04.550 is something really exciting about finally seeing someone who you 0:10:04.550 --> 0:10:07.309 can relate to, playing the hero of a really well 0:10:07.309 --> 0:10:10.220 loved classic. I think people find that emotional. And then 0:10:10.220 --> 0:10:12.020 I think other people have a hard time with that, 0:10:12.020 --> 0:10:14.380 because it is kind of a subversion of what the 0:10:14.380 --> 0:10:18.040 norm is. But, I think there needs to be a 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:20.319 balance as well. Because, you don't want to just see 0:10:20.319 --> 0:10:24.010 so many remakes of these movies that there are no 0:10:24.490 --> 0:10:28.189 opportunities for filmmakers to tell original stories. And I think 0:10:28.189 --> 0:10:31.319 the success of a movie like Parasite, goes to show 0:10:31.319 --> 0:10:35.589 that there is room and enthusiasm and a deep hunger for 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.770 really just amazing lead told films. 0:10:39.260 --> 0:10:41.050 Yeah, I totally agree. I mean, it gets back to 0:10:41.050 --> 0:10:43.720 what I was saying about Mad Max: Fury Road. Which 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:48.030 is, deciding to remake a film and revisit a universe 0:10:48.030 --> 0:10:51.670 or a story with that idea in mind, deciding to 0:10:51.670 --> 0:10:55.559 transfer power, broaden the representation of people on screen who 0:10:56.010 --> 0:10:59.370 weren't represented in the original story, is so powerful. I 0:10:59.370 --> 0:11:05.189 mean, there's a distance that exists for so many people 0:11:05.189 --> 0:11:08.280 who are left out of these stories that are considered 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:13.130 canonical and part of the cannon. And I think, the 0:11:13.130 --> 0:11:15.559 power of cinema for me is so much in the 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.900 idea that we have a chance at mass culture or 0:11:19.900 --> 0:11:23.410 monoculture or a chance at sort of understanding the same 0:11:23.410 --> 0:11:26.729 thing and are seeing and appreciating the same thing. And 0:11:26.730 --> 0:11:29.920 that becomes more and more possible, when more people relate 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.000 to the idea of a movie. They're like, " Oh, there's a 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:36.300 character in this film that looks or sounds like me 0:11:36.300 --> 0:11:37.890 and now I want to see it. And now I 0:11:37.890 --> 0:11:39.750 can talk to more people in the world about it." 0:11:39.750 --> 0:11:42.130 And... So the more we could do that with these 0:11:42.350 --> 0:11:46.280 blockbuster type works, I think we should strive for it. 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:48.870 Okay. We're going to wrap up soon. But before we 0:11:48.870 --> 0:11:51.189 go, I want to get your rapid fire takes on 0:11:51.189 --> 0:11:53.900 a few big name remakes coming up later this year. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.589 Chandler, how excited are you for Dune? 0:11:57.199 --> 0:12:00.040 I think you saw what Denis Villeneuve was capable of 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:05.249 with Blade Runner 2049. I think people consider the David 0:12:05.250 --> 0:12:08.170 Lynch, doing a bit of a failed masterpiece. So, I 0:12:08.170 --> 0:12:11.300 think people are excited about this maybe getting... Doing right, 0:12:11.350 --> 0:12:16.639 this incredibly difficult to adapt novel. The cast is phenomenal. 0:12:17.420 --> 0:12:19.390 And I think he just... Denis Villeneuve is such a 0:12:19.390 --> 0:12:22.140 visionary director that seems to really understand how to make 0:12:22.140 --> 0:12:25.420 a sci- fi movie feel both incredibly cinematic and deeply 0:12:25.420 --> 0:12:28.010 relevant. So, I'm stoked for Dune. 0:12:28.170 --> 0:12:32.040 So, how do you feel when I say the Green Knight? 0:12:33.339 --> 0:12:35.309 Well, I already know what my Halloween costume is going 0:12:35.309 --> 0:12:36.300 to be for 2020. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:38.450 Perfect, (crosstalk) time. 0:12:38.450 --> 0:12:44.979 And... I'm super excited about it. I mean, like a lot 0:12:44.980 --> 0:12:47.860 of people growing up, I read a lot of stories 0:12:47.860 --> 0:12:52.069 about King Arthur and his court. And the Green Knight's 0:12:52.069 --> 0:12:55.820 story is set in that world. And I love that 0:12:55.849 --> 0:12:58.589 they cast up Patel for it, it's just a... It's 0:12:58.589 --> 0:13:03.059 a different take. And A24 is behind it, which is 0:13:03.059 --> 0:13:09.339 always a great sign for me. And David Lowry, who's 0:13:09.339 --> 0:13:11.860 directed so many really cool movies, A Ghost Story being 0:13:11.860 --> 0:13:14.969 one of my favorites of his, I think the... It's 0:13:14.969 --> 0:13:17.959 going to be a really unexpected take on this world 0:13:17.959 --> 0:13:21.099 and one of a kind look at King Arthur's court. 0:13:21.829 --> 0:13:24.209 Chandler, what are your thoughts on Candyman? 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:28.050 Candyman, the urban legend is. If you say his name 0:13:28.050 --> 0:13:31.589 five times while looking in the mirror, he appears in 0:13:31.790 --> 0:13:33.490 the reflection and kills you. 0:13:33.790 --> 0:13:33.940 Who would do that? 0:13:33.940 --> 0:13:38.809 Yeah. I mean, Candyman I think was one of... A really 0:13:38.809 --> 0:13:42.160 seminal horror movie that I remember studying in university, in 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.530 film school. And... Always kind of spoke also to kind 0:13:45.530 --> 0:13:49.860 of black lens on filmmaking as well. And I think 0:13:50.230 --> 0:13:54.380 this new film that's executive produced by Jordan Peele and 0:13:54.380 --> 0:13:58.499 has this amazing female director at the helm and such an 0:13:58.540 --> 0:14:01.002 amazing trailer with a perfect use of a (inaudible) 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:06.929 song, really just goes to show there's exciting and really 0:14:06.929 --> 0:14:10.770 innovative ways to revamp these movies that actually tap into 0:14:10.770 --> 0:14:14.579 what the culture wants to see, and can... These movies 0:14:14.579 --> 0:14:17.359 can actually lead a conversation in cinema, as opposed to 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:20.450 just being kind of an interesting diversion during the summer. 0:14:20.710 --> 0:14:23.460 This is a movie I am so excited about. Sal, 0:14:23.460 --> 0:14:25.060 tell me about West Side Story. 0:14:25.110 --> 0:14:28.180 Yeah. I mean, West Side Story is one of the great 0:14:28.990 --> 0:14:32.220 movie musicals of all time. And now we have Steven 0:14:32.220 --> 0:14:36.680 Spielberg, one of the great modern film makers... One of the 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:41.310 great filmmakers, period. Who is going to be remaking it. 0:14:41.310 --> 0:14:44.120 I think that's super exciting by itself. But one of 0:14:44.190 --> 0:14:47.160 the things that I know that he's doing is that, 0:14:47.380 --> 0:14:50.109 when he looked at the original, he said to himself 0:14:50.110 --> 0:14:54.340 that it's such an important story about two different communities 0:14:55.100 --> 0:14:58.600 and their relationships with each other. And when the original 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:04.220 was made, the Puerto Ricans in the film, were mostly 0:15:04.220 --> 0:15:07.770 played by white actors in brown skin. And it was 0:15:07.770 --> 0:15:12.080 very important for him to correct that casting choice. And 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:16.290 so, everybody in this film is Latinx, if not Puerto 0:15:16.290 --> 0:15:19.530 Rican. And I think that's great. It's going to bring 0:15:19.530 --> 0:15:23.960 a level of authenticity to the storytelling. And it also 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.260 just feels like such a vital story for the political 0:15:26.260 --> 0:15:29.530 time that we're in, in the US. So, I'm really 0:15:29.530 --> 0:15:30.380 excited for that. 0:15:30.770 --> 0:15:33.729 Yeah, I'm excited for that too. We've talked today a 0:15:33.729 --> 0:15:36.670 lot about great film remakes, but you both must have 0:15:36.670 --> 0:15:38.710 at least one movie that you would never want to 0:15:38.710 --> 0:15:41.300 see remade under any circumstances, right? 0:15:41.700 --> 0:15:44.690 It's hard because I think as a filmmaker, I get 0:15:44.690 --> 0:15:48.080 really excited about these filmmaker... Films I love and being like, " 0:15:48.110 --> 0:15:51.930 Oh, what if I could remake Ghost World? Or..." Say 0:15:51.930 --> 0:15:54.410 anything. Or these movies that mean a lot to me. 0:15:54.410 --> 0:15:57.920 And then, it is a tough responsibility. And they're remaking 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:01.629 everything. They're remaking Gossip Girl. So, sometimes it seems like 0:16:01.630 --> 0:16:06.490 a fun challenge, but I also feel like it's a 0:16:06.490 --> 0:16:08.440 big burden of responsibility to do it well. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:10.890 Sal, do you have a movie that they should never 0:16:10.890 --> 0:16:12.999 remake under any circumstances? 0:16:14.220 --> 0:16:16.100 Yeah. I'll throw one out that I know is close 0:16:16.100 --> 0:16:20.420 to Chandler's heart as well. Almost Famous is a movie 0:16:20.420 --> 0:16:21.750 that I think is perfect. 0:16:22.220 --> 0:16:24.009 I am a golden god 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.970 And I love it and I don't want it to 0:16:29.970 --> 0:16:32.670 ever be remade. I think that, the way that it 0:16:33.380 --> 0:16:36.960 was told, came from such a personal place to Cameron 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.609 Crowe, who wrote it and made it. And it was 0:16:39.609 --> 0:16:43.499 obviously very tied to his own story. And... So, anyone 0:16:43.500 --> 0:16:45.940 remaking it would obviously not be close to the source 0:16:45.940 --> 0:16:48.729 material and the way that he was. And all the 0:16:48.729 --> 0:16:51.989 aesthetic choices that were made for it, also came from 0:16:51.990 --> 0:16:54.820 such a personal place. So, I just... I can't imagine 0:16:54.859 --> 0:16:59.100 that a movie that is so autobiographical and so tied 0:16:59.100 --> 0:17:01.310 to a place in time and a place in somebody's 0:17:01.430 --> 0:17:04.830 mind, could ever be remade faithfully. So, leave that one 0:17:04.830 --> 0:17:06.870 alone. Don't ever remake Almost Famous. 0:17:06.871 --> 0:17:09.770 And what about a movie that you think should be remade 0:17:09.770 --> 0:17:10.400 and soon? 0:17:10.770 --> 0:17:13.010 Well... I mean, I give it up to one of 0:17:13.010 --> 0:17:16.040 my other favorite movies, The Apartment by Billy Wilder, just 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.129 because I love that movie so much. 0:17:18.590 --> 0:17:19.910 Yeah. (inaudible) I get too close. 0:17:20.030 --> 0:17:20.800 I never catch colds. 0:17:21.300 --> 0:17:25.379 Really? I was reading some figures from the sickness and actual claims division, do you know that the 0:17:25.379 --> 0:17:27.909 average New Yorker between the ages of 20 and 50 has 0:17:27.909 --> 0:17:28.991 two and a half colds a year? 0:17:28.991 --> 0:17:31.530 Mm-hmm (affirmative). That makes me feel just terrible. 0:17:32.590 --> 0:17:32.590 Why? 0:17:32.590 --> 0:17:34.239 Well, to make the fingers come out even if I have 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:35.859 no colds a year, or some poor slob must have 0:17:35.859 --> 0:17:36.700 five colds a year. 0:17:36.750 --> 0:17:37.899 Yeah, it's me. 0:17:38.550 --> 0:17:39.810 Should've stayed in bed this morning. 0:17:40.500 --> 0:17:41.640 Should've stayed in bed last night. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:47.609 And it's so funny, confessional, amazing screenplay, and it has such 0:17:47.609 --> 0:17:50.580 great parts for actors. And I that it has... It 0:17:50.580 --> 0:17:55.690 does say really deep things about capitalism and relationships and 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.939 loneliness and isolation in a big city. And I think 0:17:58.940 --> 0:18:02.320 that if you had a really smart director who really 0:18:02.470 --> 0:18:05.270 could do it justice, it would be great. I mean, 0:18:05.669 --> 0:18:08.350 Jason Reitman did a reading of it, the screenplay where 0:18:08.350 --> 0:18:10.919 he cast Paul Rudd and the Jack Lemmon role and 0:18:10.919 --> 0:18:15.330 Emma Stone and the Hurley McLean role. I just like 0:18:15.330 --> 0:18:18.270 the idea of classic movies that maybe an audience doesn't 0:18:18.270 --> 0:18:22.100 know about from the '40s and '50s getting a new lease on life. 0:18:22.730 --> 0:18:25.689 One that is really close to my heart that I 0:18:25.690 --> 0:18:27.730 love and that I've watched probably more than any other 0:18:27.730 --> 0:18:30.850 movie, is Good Will Hunting. And I... Some... For some 0:18:30.850 --> 0:18:35.219 reason, I imagine what that... What Good Will Hunting would 0:18:35.220 --> 0:18:40.990 look like with a younger casting crew today. And I 0:18:40.990 --> 0:18:43.600 think of Lucas Hedges playing the Matt Damon role and 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:47.409 Timothy Chalamet playing the Ben Affleck role and Saoirse Ronan 0:18:47.409 --> 0:18:51.129 playing the mini driver role. But... And so, I've imagined 0:18:51.700 --> 0:18:57.540 what this movie would look like. Also, Michael Stuhlbarg as 0:18:57.540 --> 0:18:58.939 the Robin Williams character. I'm just like- 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.649 You have this all planned out already. You have the 0:19:01.649 --> 0:19:04.550 cast, (crosstalk) the script ready. Why don't you just make it? 0:19:04.619 --> 0:19:07.659 I've got the cast. Because I'm like, " I don't know 0:19:09.169 --> 0:19:12.369 it would be good to remake it." But at the 0:19:12.369 --> 0:19:14.670 same time, I'm like, " I would love to see what... 0:19:15.109 --> 0:19:17.850 Maybe even just as a stage production first, I would 0:19:17.850 --> 0:19:20.659 love to just see what a set of new actors 0:19:20.659 --> 0:19:21.439 would bring to it." So... 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.139 That's the problem with remakes. They're so fun and irresistible. 0:19:25.139 --> 0:19:27.600 I think that's why so many get made. Because you start 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:29.109 cooking them up and you get excited about them and 0:19:29.740 --> 0:19:33.720 you don't realize the monkeys par... Repercussions of what you're doing. 0:19:34.179 --> 0:19:36.470 Chandler and Sal, you guys are great. I would like 0:19:36.470 --> 0:19:38.879 to remake this experience and have you guys back on 0:19:38.879 --> 0:19:40.700 Hello Movies. Do you think we can do that? 0:19:40.940 --> 0:19:43.280 I want to be played by Timothy Chalamet, though. 0:19:45.820 --> 0:19:47.050 And I will be played by Dev Patel. 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.010 And I will be played by Marisa Tomei, how about that? 0:19:54.179 --> 0:19:54.830 Perfect casting. 0:19:59.230 --> 0:20:02.070 That's it for this episode of Hello Movies, but remember, 0:20:02.070 --> 0:20:04.510 if you want to check out some great remakes right 0:20:04.510 --> 0:20:07.570 now, you can always go to the Cineplex Store, online. 0:20:08.030 --> 0:20:10.100 I'm Natasha Gargiulo. Thanks for listening.