Published at: March 6, 2008, 4:42 p.m. CST by quint
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I love David Gordon Green's work, especially his recent film SNOW ANGELS, which I saw at the '07 Sundance Film Festival.
You'd think this doesn't make much sense (the director himself says so in the story at MTV), but his work has a dark quality about it and in SNOW ANGELS there's a sense of despair and dread that coats you while watching. He's actually a pretty inspired choice to remake SUSPIRIA if they have to do it.
This is why I don't have a general rule about remakes. This is a fascinating director. It's like saying you're against all covers of all songs. If that was the case we'd be without Hendrix's ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER or even Joe Cocker's Beatles covers that I love so much. On the movie side we wouldn't have John Carpenter's THE THING, Victor Flemming's THE WIZARD OF OZ or John Huston's MALTESE FALCON. If you have someone with an interesting voice (literally for songs and visually for film) it can become something great.
Green says he's written the adaptation, but doesn't seem to know if he is locked in to direct. If they're going to remake Argento, then this is the way. If they don't want to go with him or someone like him, then leave it alone, I say. What about you? Do you think they shouldn't even bother, no matter who's out the helm or would you be excited to see David Gordon Green's version of the movie?
