A director pair you'd like to see remake eachother's work

TheIrishGrover

and why?

Don't ask me why but I was just thinking: I'd love to see what Michael Bay would make of Scorsese's "The Departed"? (I know, I know, I prefer Infernal Affairs also but that's another story). I assume he'd set it in LA and have Shia LaBeuf in it. But how would he work in explosions-within-explosions? It goes without saying that Jack Nicholson's character would now be played by John Turturro.

And what would Scorsese make of Bad Boys? Would he be able to direct two young black actors? Could he handle the OTT gloss that Bay applied ? Who would he cast? He's rarely worked with black actors. Would the Linkin Park sound track be replaced by blues artists? Set in New York I presume.


I'd actually like to see what Scorsese would do:)

e_e

Paul Thomas Anderson remaking Barton Fink, and Coen Brothers remaking There Will Be Blood.

Kinski

Quentin Tarantino remaking The Passion of the Christ, while Mel Gibson remakes Inglourious Basterds.

TheIrishGrover

Ah c'mon folks, don't just throw names out there. Tell us why or this will just turn into another list and the thread will be closed my the mods: Tarantino doing Princess Mononoke and Miyazaki doing Pulp fiction and all that stuff? Tell us what you'd genuinely think would be interesting and why.

e_e

Well I didn't think I needed to sell my choice really. They are each great contemporary American film makers that put a unique and engaging stamp on their movies. I also think both have a mutual fanbase that will gladly see anything they release so their work crisscrossing in that way would be very interesting.

Corholio

Michael Bay can't even make his own stuff, nevermind other peoples.

I'd have loved to have seen what Del Toro would have actually done with The Hobbit. I think a different vision wouldn't have been a bad thing.

bnt

If we can include directors who are no longer with us, I wouldn't mind seeing what Christopher Nolan could do with some of Powell & Pressburger's films such as Black Narcissus or The Red Shoes. There's a complimentary "big screen" sensibility among those directors, including extreme attention to details and framing of shots. Conversely, the old guys might make great versions of The Prestige or Inception.

Powell & Pressburger weren't really Action directors, but then I don't really see Nolan as an Action director, either. Impressive as the Action sequences in his films are, they aren't the best things about his films IMHO, and he has help from stunt co-ordinators etc. So even a Dark Knight wouldn't be beyond the likes of Powell & Pressburger, I think. :pac:

FearDark

I would like to see a Helena Bonham Carter directed movie starring Tim Burton.

Yeah that'd be nice.

roanoke

I'd like to see Kubrick do "Early Summer (1951)" and Yasujirô Ozu do "2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)"

spiritcrusher

e_e wrote: »

Paul Thomas Anderson remaking Barton Fink, and Coen Brothers remaking There Will Be Blood.

For some reason I'd imagine they'd be quite similar to the originals! Both have shown they can do serious films, quirky films and dark humour films.

Unless you specifically wanted the "intense" Anderson doing Barton Fink and dark humour/quirky Coens doing There Will Be Blood. That may be interesting.

LiamMc

As someone once told me "why do they make re-makes of good films? why don't they make re-makes of bad films?"
With that in mind.

Terry Gilliam, Orson Welles or Sergio Leone to continue to film or finish a film on Don Quixote of La Mancha.

Two films originally made in 1988.
Roman Polanski to direct High Spirits and Neil Jordan to direct Frantic.