Boogeyman

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by amber

But i read a few cases in the article that just pointed to very inept studio bumbling - and that's also when they talked about the remakes - studio heads think that they need to be remade/changed to appeal to american audiences. But again, the few Asian films they have marketed have done very well.
Anyways.

IMO American studios remake Asian and European movies, because they think US audiences can't stand reality as it is but need to see it filtered through famous actors' faces, glossy settings, plastified cinematography and possibly a reassuring ending. But at the end, they had to give up: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon has been a huge international success, Zhang Yimou and Takeshi Kitano movies are still ignored by Academy but have found a public everywhere and after Lars Von Trier, Wong Kar-wai is going to have Nicole Kidman as star of his next film. Beware Hollywood...

Romy