Apocalypse Now was Heart of Darkness
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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Laga - Aug 26, 2009 8:38:28 am PDT #3965 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Jessica - Aug 26, 2009 8:38:29 am PDT #3966 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Weekend at Bernie's was based a Shakespeare play.
Ah yes, the famous lost Weekend At Henry IV's.
megan walker - Aug 26, 2009 8:45:49 am PDT #3967 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Luc Besson's Nikita as Pygmalion?
Laga - Aug 26, 2009 8:47:58 am PDT #3968 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
East of Eden is Cain and Abel
megan walker - Aug 26, 2009 8:49:40 am PDT #3969 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Two other interesting text relationships:
Godard's
Contempt
and Homer's
Odyssey
Cukor's A Double Life and Othello
Both about remaking a classic work, but also mirroring that work.
juliana - Aug 26, 2009 8:51:48 am PDT #3970 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
What is My Own Private Idaho a take on?
Henry IV. There was a lot more Shakespeare in it, but the studio made Van Sant take it out. It's an incoherent mess of a movie, but I really like it.
megan walker - Aug 26, 2009 8:56:22 am PDT #3971 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, duh. Keanu.
Strega - Aug 26, 2009 8:58:43 am PDT #3972 of 30000
Barb Wire is Casablanca.
juliana - Aug 26, 2009 8:59:51 am PDT #3973 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Well, duh. Keanu.
Yes. But also River, and I can see where Van Sant was going with it, even if he didn't quite succeed. Shakespeare's version of Hal is always fascinating to me, and I like seeing what other people come up with.
Kathy A - Aug 26, 2009 9:00:45 am PDT #3974 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The Zero Effect is updating Sherlock Holmes.