[NEohioPAL] time to boycott Hollywood

[Robert Hawkes]

This is all no surprise in a culture so hungry for "reality" TV - an art
form that requires that we actually suppress our imagination. I do most of
my film-going at the Cinematheque, where, despite the occasional dud, I am
at least likely to be challenged in some way. Or else I get DVD of
interesting stuff for home consumption.

If you can find a copy of David Thomson's *Esquire* article, "Who Killed the
Movies?", it's worth a read.

There's still great work in film and theatre being done all over the world -
but cheesy remakes of material that was cheesy to start with, and the
general homogenization of all of it - stage, cinema, and TV - until it ALL
looks the same, and I can't tell the play from the film from the musical
from the TV show from the weather map - that's not it. Not for this citizen,
at least. Why should I consent to be dead before my time?

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Brian Del Bianco <ilbasso at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  I've been long aware of the rapidly declining lack of imagination in
> Hollywood (turning Bewitched into a movie?!?) but THIS....
>
> Broderick approves 'Bueller' remake
> Jan. 12, 2010, 4:53 PM EST
>
> Matthew Broderick<http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/matthew-broderick/>has given Hollywood bosses the green light to remake his classic
> movie <http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=451447&GT1=28101#> "Ferris
> Bueller's Day Off<http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/ferris-bueller%27s-day-off/>,"
> but doesn't want any involvement in it.
>
> Rumors have swirled for months suggesting studio chiefs are nursing plans
> to bring the cult 1980s comedy back to the big screen<http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=451447&GT1=28101#>in either a sequel or a remake.
>
> Broderick has now commented on the reports, insisting he would be "happy"
> with plans to bring back rebellious teen Ferris, as long as the project is
> handed to a completely new cast.
>
> He tells Cinematical, "(A remake) would be fine. I would be perfectly happy
> for somebody to do that. I probably wouldn't enjoy (having a role in the
> film). I would rather leave what we did as our thing."
>
>
>
> What is next??  Perhaps a Star Wars remake?  Maybe "The Muppet Movie" with
> an all human cast??  I overheard talk at work about somebody seeing a
> trailer for an A-Team movie-when will the madness end?
>
>
> -Brian
>
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