Thursday, 26 August 2010

Awesome title as the idea of remakes is turned on its head!

A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop.  That is a title.  In an era where it seems every single successful foreign film is snapped up by Hollywood and repackaged for people who can't be bothered to read subtitles (cough*Americans*cough), it is refreshing to see it go the other way.  Blood Simple, a relatively small 'Coen Brothers' movie from the 90's, is being given the Asian treatment.  Now to me, this is how you do a remake.  You are essentially telling the same story, but it is in a unique and engaging way.  I'm hoping the QFT run a print of this later in the year.  What do you guys think?

2 comments:

  1. It's not quite Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place, but it looks good. Also nice to see the mentalist from Mongol playing another badass.

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  2. I'm looking forward to it, am a sucker for quirky Asian movies. Jean Luc Godard did once say all you need for a movie is a girl and a gun. This is definitely on the right track!

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