Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]at work, we were pondering which remakes (of any kind) outshone the originals. i tried to offer up "ben hur" (the charlton heston versus the silent ones). what remakes surpassed the originals? there have to be some. -rei On Mar16 17:17, Christopher Williams wrote: > Ah yes the never-ending remakes of Asian horror films. Looks like this > time > the lead actor traded his plastic bag+video camera(American Beauty) for a > Leila! Well done! > > Sometimes the Sundance Channel will show the original movies on weekends. > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Cassidy" Subject: [Leica] m8 features prominently in a new > movie ... > > > > a few years back i became a fan of a quiet thai movie called "shutter" > about a photographer who, in a very "omen" way, begins to capture photos > of > ghosts (that look a lot like light leaks) on film. it's relatively low > budget and doesn't really bring anything new to the horror table, but it's > a nice movie and has some legitimate thrills in it. i ordered the VCD from > a hong-kong distributer after reading about it in some back issue of Asian > Cult Cinema -- WELL, long story short, philfo just handed me a pair of > tickets to ... tada -- AN AMERICAN REMAKE because we know it's impossible > for americans to watch a movie with little words along the bottom -- the > remake features what looks to be an M8 in nearly all of the promotional > photos: > > http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2536216832/tt0482599 > > as someone who bought a leica in large part because of seeing one in a > movie (High Art was the one that tipped the scales for me) all i can say > to > solms is: rock on! it's about time you got with the product placement. > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey