I was just chatting with a co-worker as she was getting ready to go home, and got onto the subject of drag queens (invite for a show tomorrow night from the Chicagoistas!), which made me ask her if she had ever seen Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. She hadn't, but when I mentioned who was in it, she asked if it was available for rent. I mentioned the remake To Wong Foo..., and she had seen that one, but could never remember the name of it.
I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.
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Kathy A - Sep 29, 2006 1:24:00 pm PDT #4551 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2006 1:29:58 pm PDT #4552 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To Wong Foo isn't a remake of Priscilla, as best I interpret them. Sure, two movies about drag queens and road trips and redemption. But remake implies much more similarity than I feel exists.
I also don't think you can remake a 94 film in 95. Turnaround time's too short.
Scrappy - Sep 29, 2006 1:42:08 pm PDT #4553 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Also, Priscilla is an absolutely wonderful film and Wong Fu sucks.
Aims - Sep 29, 2006 1:49:26 pm PDT #4554 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Does not.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2006 1:52:21 pm PDT #4555 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like them both, but differently.
Scrappy - Sep 29, 2006 1:54:57 pm PDT #4556 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Okay, it does have some good stuff in it, but it's really not a great film. (Which is no reason not to like it--hell, I love many films which aren't very good)
Aims - Sep 29, 2006 1:55:57 pm PDT #4557 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh Gods, it's so far away from being a good film.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2006 1:56:32 pm PDT #4558 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a fun film, of no particular depth. I absolutely don't think it sucks, though.
Aims - Sep 29, 2006 2:05:32 pm PDT #4559 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Wesley Snipes alone made that movie for me.
Fern Armstrong - Sep 29, 2006 2:08:15 pm PDT #4560 of 10001
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I recently saw "Priscilla" again. I prefer it to "To Wong Foo...", I like that Priscilla is grittier, I guess is the best way to put it, and that the charactors aren't all portrayed as overly-"good". I think it's more realistic in terms of what could happen to a trio of drag queens in the middle of Australia or the US. It's been a while since I've seen "To Wong Foo..."