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. <br>
<br>If you can find a copy of David Thomson's <i>Esquire</i> article, "Who Killed the Movies?", it's worth a read. <br><br>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?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Brian Del Bianco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ilbasso@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ilbasso@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I've been long aware of the rapidly declining lack of imagination in Hollywood (turning Bewitched into a movie?!?) but THIS....<br>
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<div>Broderick approves 'Bueller' remake</div>
<div>Jan. 12, 2010, 4:53 PM EST</div>
<p><a href="http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/matthew-broderick/" target="_blank"><font color="#07519a">Matthew Broderick</font></a> has given Hollywood bosses the green light to remake his <a style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 153, 0); padding: 0px 0px 1px; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; text-decoration: none ! important;" href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=451447>1=28101#" target="_blank">classic movie<img src="" style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline ! important; float: none; width: 10px; min-height: 10px;" width="11" height="10"></a> "<a href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/ferris-bueller%27s-day-off/" target="_blank"><font color="#07519a">Ferris Bueller's Day Off</font></a>," but doesn't want any involvement in it.
</p><p>Rumors have swirled for months suggesting studio chiefs are nursing plans to bring the cult 1980s comedy back to <a style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 153, 0); padding: 0px 0px 1px; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; text-decoration: none ! important;" href="http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=451447>1=28101#" target="_blank">the big screen<img src="" style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline ! important; float: none; width: 10px; min-height: 10px;" width="11" height="10"></a> in either a sequel or a remake.
</p><p>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.
</p><p>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."</p>
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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?<br>
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