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Beaks here...
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
In all seriousness, I don't have much of a problem with producers Michael De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta developing a remake of ANGEL HEART. Though I think the original is an immensely creepy "voodoo noir" with a fantastic lead performance from Mickey Rourke, it's also an Alan Parker movie, which means it can't help but be half-full of shit*. It was also based on a novel by William Hjortsberg's called FALLING ANGEL, so it's possible that there's room for interpretation. According to De Luca (per Variety), that's kinda the idea:
"It's a great blend of genres with a great Faustian bargain, compelling, universal themes and a rare combination of literary and commercial appeal."
The trick now will be finding a director who can evoke the requisite New Orleans atmosphere without shamelessly aping Parker's aesthetic (Scott Derrickson comes to mind). And then there's the matter of casting a new Harry Angel. Even though Rourke claims he just "showed up" on ANGEL HEART, I can't think of a single thirtysomething actor working today who can show up like he did back in 1987. Recasting Louis Cypher should be a party, too, since Robert De Niro didn't exactly blow as the mysterious figure who hires Harry to track down a missing crooner named Johnny Favorite.
Y'know, I'm being too hard on Parker's ANGEL HEART. It's very effective the first time around, and is well worth seeing. But that story could be done differently. And better. It'll be interesting to see who De Luca brings on to adapt the novel.
*I was going to say PINK FLOYD THE WALL is the exception, but, come to think of it, that stylish muddle of celebrity and fascism is the fucking poster child for "half-full of shit". I haven't seen SHOOT THE MOON in years, but I remember that being fairly authentic; perhaps that's the exception. Let's leave BUGSY MALONE out of it.
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
In all seriousness, I don't have much of a problem with producers Michael De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta developing a remake of ANGEL HEART. Though I think the original is an immensely creepy "voodoo noir" with a fantastic lead performance from Mickey Rourke, it's also an Alan Parker movie, which means it can't help but be half-full of shit*. It was also based on a novel by William Hjortsberg's called FALLING ANGEL, so it's possible that there's room for interpretation. According to De Luca (per Variety), that's kinda the idea:
"It's a great blend of genres with a great Faustian bargain, compelling, universal themes and a rare combination of literary and commercial appeal."
The trick now will be finding a director who can evoke the requisite New Orleans atmosphere without shamelessly aping Parker's aesthetic (Scott Derrickson comes to mind). And then there's the matter of casting a new Harry Angel. Even though Rourke claims he just "showed up" on ANGEL HEART, I can't think of a single thirtysomething actor working today who can show up like he did back in 1987. Recasting Louis Cypher should be a party, too, since Robert De Niro didn't exactly blow as the mysterious figure who hires Harry to track down a missing crooner named Johnny Favorite.
Y'know, I'm being too hard on Parker's ANGEL HEART. It's very effective the first time around, and is well worth seeing. But that story could be done differently. And better. It'll be interesting to see who De Luca brings on to adapt the novel.
*I was going to say PINK FLOYD THE WALL is the exception, but, come to think of it, that stylish muddle of celebrity and fascism is the fucking poster child for "half-full of shit". I haven't seen SHOOT THE MOON in years, but I remember that being fairly authentic; perhaps that's the exception. Let's leave BUGSY MALONE out of it.
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Even you take it on just a purely visual level, you look at what Parker and his team did in that movie then look at what Fincher did several years later in SEVEN and it's all there.
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one of those movies that should be left alone. Rouke was good in this. Maybe Miley will play Bonet?
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Its Lohan.
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I remember catching this on HBO late one night, hearing that she showed em off. She did, but intercut with scenes of chickens being decapitated and blood running down the walls or some shit. What a boner-killer.
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From what I've seen(pretty much just this and Mississippi burning) he seems solid enough.
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Very true. Visually, Parker broke a lot of ground. I do, however, think it's a durable story. The tricky part will be finding someone who can imbue the thing with more than style. I mentioned Derrickson because he's got a solid handle on atmosphere, but he's not even close to Parker's level. Other suggestions?
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seriously people. I hate remakes, probably a hell of a lot more than most people. But when we starting getting remakes of films that are like 20 years old (ie The Hitcher) than I think most of us can agree that there is a serious lack of creativity. Fucking lame.
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Get over yourself, buddy. Secondly: This movie doesn't need to be remade. How about a NEW movie once in a while? Thirdly: Just saw Pulp Fiction again, and I'm wondering if anyone else thinks Keitel might have been trying to incorporate a little bit of DeNiro into The Wolf?
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I don't usually care for most remakes. But every now and then one justifies the idea. I know I'm in the minority, but Jackson's King Kong is my favorite version. The Christopher Lee Dracula easily trumps Luosi's. I could go on and on about remakes that I actually liked but I feel for the most part that there are so many scripts and novels that haven't been touched that I wish hollywood would cool it with the remakes. Who needs a friday the 13th remake, face it the first one was a shitty halloween ripoff. And tghey remade halloween, not well. But while I don't care for most remake, I don't understand gungans point. Why not rwooemalkes of 20 year old films. Would you rather see a remake of the matrix? Titanic. Minority report? I would like to see a remake of a film that isn't so well know and either andvance the spfx or if appropriate the sexuality. I saw what u did? I'd be there.
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That's the one film to take out your fru$tration on Hollywood for their constant stupid remakes.
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Angel Heart is right up there on my list of favorite movies (there's something about the physical manifestation of Satan). The visuals and imagery, for instance, the fan stopping and then starting again, but spinning in the opposite direction, really stuck with me. It's a very well done film and I can't imagine anything new being better. Who could possibly make you forget Mickey and DeNiro?
It's been quite awhile, but I did read the novel after seeing the film to try and get more insight into certain transactions between Cypher and Favorite. If I remember correctly, the movie was pretty faithful to the book with the main difference being that the book made it very clear early on who Johnny Favorite was.
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...is clearly "The Commitments."
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I blame the celebrity media who spends way too much time concentrating on non-threatening soulless douche bag actors who care for nothing more than starring in the next big budget mess so their clout can quickly take them on the road to fleeting pointless fame. This site is no different either. Look Shia Labeouf may get a raw deal from some, but he's esteemed way to highly by many others. the kid is likeable in Transformers, nothing more. How that become a yardstick of the next big thing is totally unfathomable to me. He's, thus far, totally inconsequential as an acting force. The young actors we should be talking about are Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon Levitt (who had to be in a raped GI Joe to get noticed...ugh). Those are the only guys who can hang nowadays.
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David Fincher would rock the shit out of this movie.
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No one remembers Angel Heart except people (like me) who worship at its demonic altar as one of the greatest mindfuck movies of all time. Which means the only people likely to see it will hate it on principle. Why remake it? Why? What could possibly be done with it that Parker, Rourke and De Niro didn't do the first time?
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This is exactly the type of movie that doesn't need a remake. It is a cracking movie, with a fantastic central performance, a series of great supporting characters, a wonderful visual feel, a distinctive rhythm to the way the story is told, and a satisfying pay-off.
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Just die Hollywood. Plain and Simple.
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Unfair. Parker makes some excellent films. The first time I saw Angel Heart it created a bizarre and unnerving mood and was loaded with atmosphere and aesthetic. The twist was spoilt for me by a 'friend' who'd seen it already, but it was a dark noir film that doesn't need a remake. But hey, seeing the dearth of original ideas in Hollywood it doesn't suprise me.
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Get Ryan Gosling to play Rourke's character, and get De Niro to play the same character again, but with the twist that it isn't a remake, it's the same story... but the reason for the re-telling is because it is always in purgatory.
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You do know that the book is set entirly in New York and all the New Orleans stuff was Parker's input?
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Beaks,
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It does prefigure the fashion for twist endings in the late 90s.
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The book most certainly does NOT make it clear early on who Johnny Favorite is. Just like the film, it's structured as a Chandler-esque mystery, and the reveal is doled out at the climax in exactly the same manner. The primary difference between book and film is that in the novel Harry never goes to New Orleans but instead enters small Haitian enclave in New York.As for the remake, fuck this. ANGEL HEART is bar none my favorite Parker film (not half-full of shit at all) -- it's perfect the way it is and doesn't need to be remade. Twenty bucks says fucking De Luca decides to go with a modern-day setting. Fuck! Is nothing sacred?
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The it completely loses direction. All I remember about the third act is the cheesy group musical number.
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One of my favorite soundtracks too. It has dialog intermixed with the tracks.
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ANGEL HEART is one of the best films EVER. It's a bad idea to remake it, because you can't top it. Holy Christ, when will Hollywoodland learn that in order to make a successful remake, you have to make it better than the original? And you can't top Mickey and Bobby D.
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Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Alan Parker. I'm lost for words as to understan why anyone would even try to do a remake?
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She's fat.
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Dear AICN – your site appears to have been hacked by someone posing as one of your “journalists” who thinks everything Allan parker has made is half full of shit, with the possible exception of “the Wall”.
Seriously, bad enough that we get that level of comment in the braying trough that is the talkbacks – but this is the level of actual site-content we can expect now? This sites becoming the Perez Hilton of movie comment.
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Oct 01, 2008 3:04:53 AM CDT
Industry killer: the entertainment media is beyond pathetic.
by rev. slappy
The majority of the "personalities" in the entertainment media are failed actors ( to wit, Mario Lopez). They obsess over the shallow untalented douchebags because they really really want to be them. The entertainment media has no idea what the craft of acting involves -- they just like to be around famous people.
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Mr Beeks, you truly are part of the problem. Angel Heart is a great film. Why remake something truly original and special? Well, to dumb it down and make money. Guess you have no problem with that. That's why they kan keep churning out shitty remakes like The Hitcher, The Omen etc. Beacause guys like you will be there opening day. Have some integrity man...
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First of all you are SOOOO Wrong about Angel Heart and Alan Parker. That film is just pure genius, from the way it looks all the way down to the actors. Instead of just agreeing with hollywood goons to remake movies, how about defending a classic. I mean Hollywood is just full of idiots. They just keep remaking things. How about some originality..? With all the millions of books and writers out there, why not do something original as Angel Heart is not just a fine movie, but I guarantee you it's a movie of it's time. No new director will be able to inject that atmosphere or creepiness anymore than you can have a new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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That movie totally rocks. It's even better than the book.
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It's only worth remaking a film when the original is -
A - not very well done in the first place & a missed oppertunity. Angel heart doesn't fall in to this categoery, I am Legend does.
B- so old that it is incredibly dated ( king kong) & most people have forgotten it (dam busters).
An Angelheart remake will fail in the same way that the remakes of all those other 1980's horror films did.
A pointless excercise.
Spielberg's war of the worlds, deserves a remake because it feels rushed & largely ignores the, (very original), novel & instead mimics independance day.
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.... it's the one where Lisa Bonet gets a bad case of gun-to-the-snatch, right?
I can't really remember the film that much (except for the gun in the snatch and Robert DeNiro as the Devil). I guess that's the kind of shit that sticks with you as a teenager.
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Still, to this day, one of my favourite 'rainy day' movies that I can watch at any time and thoroughly enjoy.
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What a surprise! Another remake. There isn't really anything i can say about it. It's like talking to a wall. Those idiot suits in Hollywood are going to do what the hell they want to do. Hire Mark Romanek goddamned. Make a real movie out of this. Don't gloss this over and cast the "hot young stars" of today.
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Bring on Night Breed 2: Electric Boogaloo!
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FALLING ANGEL is a terrific, larger-than-life, endlessly entertaining and atmospheric book. Parker's film version, on the other hand, is drearily pretentious in an '80s spinning-fan-cutaways style (JACOB'S LADDER is another film sunk by that style). So I say, do the film faithfully. Hire Ridley Scott (he writes an intro to the latest edition of the book, after all). Get a good composer. Have some fun.
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I'm making a Bugsy Malone remake, but with an all adult cast.
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Or Birdy? Or Midnight Express? Which half is bad in those movies, exactly? Parker was a great ad man so if they're going to do a remake, get a great ad man to do it. David Deneen from Australia would be perfect.
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Excellent read. Hjortsberg has a knack for gumshoe dialogue that is both tongue-in-cheek and nihilistic. Alan Parker is an absolutely phenomenal director, and I implore everyone here to seek out "Shoot the Moon", which was finally issued on DVD earlier this year, ASAP
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Harsh words Beaks
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...theres a Porky's remake in the works.
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...oh, wait. That already happened. Well, it should happen again for your stupid comments about Alan Parker: Angel Heart, Midnight Express, Fame, The Wall, half-assed? I don't think so. But you're a total ass for thinking that...
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Always enjoyed Mickey Rourke as an actor but there was something about him that rubbed me the wrong way - that he was the glorified image of what the Pabst-Blue-Ribbon swilling Andy-Capp-wannabes had of themselves. Maybe it was his perf in "9 1/2 Weeks". I dunno.
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Oct 01, 2008 4:54:27 AM CDT
Yeah, but it won't be done better
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
That's the problem. They never are. Angel Heart is pretty good, it is a little cheesy the way they handle the Louis Cypher character and plot twist though I guess. Boy I'm sure they're going to really play up that aspect now, with every movie having some bullshit plot twist like that. The best thing would be to just make to plain the audience from the beginning I think. Who cares, they're just going to fuck this up.
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I know he'd be completely the wrong caste, considering who the character really is, but damn if I couldn't help but picture Morgan Freeman (and hear him delivering the dialogue) every time I read Wednesday...
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Birdy is an absolute masterpiece of a movie? For a very brief moment in time Matthew Modine was the coolest actor on the planet, doing Birdy with Alan Parker and then Full Metal Jacket with Stanley Kubrick. And then his career turned to shit.
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Angel Heart is part of my October Halloween movie line up every year. It is near perfect and does not need a remake. There must be some personal animosity toward Alan Parker blinding some talk backers. Jacob's Ladder, Angel Heart, Se7in- all front runners of the visual horror noir genre.
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For a moment I thought they were referring to the fun ANGEL HEART anime which Hojo Tsukasa came up with as a 'sort of' follow-on to his wildly successful CITY HUNTER series. No such luck.
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I thought the same - that it was too soon etc. However if you look at Hammer remakes of the Universal Horror films - it was only about 20 something years between most of them.Not saying it's a good thing but there you go
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Oct 01, 2008 5:48:56 AM CDT
!great blend of genres, great Faustian bargain, compelling, univ
by o_goncho
COMMERCIAL APPEAL" $$$$$$$$$$£££££££££€€€€€€!!!!! I'm starting to hate remakes with a passion. I used to take the 'well if it's done with respect and brings something new, yadda, yadda' but no more... fuck remakes!
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why remake this? why? there's absolutely no sense in that
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Or perhaps Marky Mark.
But they will cast John "Johnny" Depp. Why didn't Craven choose his buddy rather than Depp when casting the bit parts for "Nightmare"? -
are they remaking this moive masterpiece?
angel heart,is one of the best movies ever,and a personal favorite.
they want a news orlean voodoo horror film noir?i have a good suggestion for them:
GABRIEL KNIGHT SINS OF THE FATHER
get jane jensern,write as a team a script,get a suitable cast for the character (even better i would like tim currey for voice-over but thats impossible in a movie),hire a talented director who can respect the source material,and binog u have another one movie masterpiece. -
Just got up and this day's already in the shitter. Fuck you, Hollywood.
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The Commitments, y'all! 0% shit, all% awesome.
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Hate missippi Burning. But then where is singleton these days anyhow?
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got. I dont think Deniro will be actiny in a movie for quite some time.
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My favorite Alan Parker movie. Great score by Peter Gabriel in that one too. Fincher did indeed borrow from Parker's visual style. Speaking if underated horror movies (well sort of horror), any one else here did Paperhouse?
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Who the fuck is this movie even for? I wasn't aware that fourteen years olds were interested in watching movies about WWII veterans turned private dicks. Oh, wait, it's the supernatural aspect they're after, isn't it? So, what, they'll update the other aspects? Channing Tatum (the new Paul Walker) as a Gulf War Veteran turned mulleted reality TV bounty hunter fighting evil in a post-Katrina New Orleans? (Katrina - Wonder if *that's* got anything to do with this idea?) Or will they just get Keanu Reeves? Or is it going to be some mopey, gothy, Tim Burton, Twilight bullshit for teenage girls to fingerblast to? Clean up Russell Brand when Johnny Depp passes and get ready for some intense panty-poking fingerbang action from your underage teenage girlfriend. Once again: Fuck you, Hollywood.
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I've got the thunderous music score for Paperhouse by (Hollywood Big gun) Hans Zimmer around somewhere. And Nomads was John McTiernan's first movie, before he did Predator and Die Hard, it stared Pierce Brosnan. Both movies are full of geeky goodness.
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The Commitments is a great film, by Alan Parker. It is such a good film that I went ahead and stole one of the character's names for my AICN handle.
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Its been almost 6 months since it was new and therefore interesting. Zac Effron as Bruce Wayne anybody?
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Zac Effron as John Lennon anybody?
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Joel Shemaker directing and Nic Cage in the lead!!!!
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I come to this site a lot and have been for a very long time, but recently I'm finding that I'm disagreeing with the reviews and opinions of this site more and more. I appreciate all these guys are writing from the heart but I just don't seem to agree anymore!
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like the idea of remaking this great film
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tosser
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I'd put Parker in the top 5 directors of the last 30 years. I'd also say The Wall is one of the best films Ever. The big problem with this is gonna be trying to pull of the Surprise ending that barely worked in the first one and that everyone knows now. They'd better keep this aimed at 14 year olds, who probably won't give a shit in the first place.
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but RUDY?
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no need to remake this movie. get another story. hollywood is full of deadbeat movie producers.
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But this does seem pointless. I'd rather see a new version of Howard The Duck.
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Ed Norton as Rourkes character and Morgan Freeman as De Niro's. Movie is alright but i heard the book was much better
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...some confusion over which acctress played Rudy... she is damn fine looking now... this 'll prove it...
http://tinyurl.com/5xqf65
It's a clean photo... c'mon she was a Cosby kid...
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I remember the first time I saw it when it was shown to us during a local film-making class for kids during the school holidays - utterly inspiring. I still am amazed each time I see it nearly 30 years later that a) someone ponyed up the cash for such a bizarre concept, and b) it still looks and sounds so fucking good. The day that every friend and family member I care about bite it in some alarmingly contrieved attrocity I am going home and watching Bugsy Malone and Hudsucker Proxy, and then going to sleep with a shit-eating grin on my face. As for Angel Heart - I read the book just after seeing the film too - and I can see an argument for retelling a film version without leaving New York. Would be interesting to see how that affects the tone of the film. (Does anyone else still find themselves sometimes cupping their hands over their mouths and subconsciously singing "girl of my dreams I love you"? I do it 2-3 times a year without realising it)
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Terrific performances in...Rumble Fish, Year of the Dragon, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Barfly, Johnny Handsome, Diner, Body Heat... He's fucking amazing in Angel Heart. Seriously.Then the threw it all awaya.
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"Then he threw it all away!"
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when the original is so good? geez, are we only 1 year away from a sixth sense remake?
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Oct 01, 2008 12:21:42 PM CDT
So just 4 years left until a "Reservoir Dogs" remake then?
by benbraddock
Fuck YOU Hollywood!
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for you to tell us how "The Commitments", "Birdy," "Mississippi Burning" etc are half full of shit. They're not, and neither is Angel Heart, which is an entirely solid movie which is not in any way in need of updating or re-imagining. Of course, "David Gale" was completely full of shit, and "Road to Wellville" was just plain shit, so maybe when you say half-full you just mean as an average? If you're going to casually snipe at a director who directed some truly classic and much-beloved films, you're going to have to explain yourself a bit more.
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Anyone who hasn't seen "BIRDY" should do so asap. Love that film. Parker had a great run of films, He hardly set a foot wrong for a long while... talk about variation too. I like to listen to his commentaries too, he's a witty and intelligent guy. And no, I'm not his agent, by the way.
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Totally forgot about that. I reviewed the DVD, like, four years ago, so that little sliver of info escaped the ol' noggin'. (Obviously, I've never read the book.)And MISSISSIPPI BURNING is completely full of shit. Nothing like the FBI being painted as the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. That movie trashes the historical record. It's garbage.
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... I'll exempt THE COMMITMENTS. Very likable movie.
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Really? Talk about unwanted! The first one while was pretty good without being brilliant, a little curiosity for DeNiro fans.
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Prolly Parkers best! luv the Atmoss. De**l Niro and the boildy Eggs, and Micki Rourk Pre Pug Face!
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The Holy Trinity of British 1980's TV commercial directors turned Hollywood giants. At the height of their creative and bankable power, each made one truly standout mindf##k movie ("Angel Heart, "Jacob's Ladder", "Blade Runner"). Each has made their fair share of shite. If we're going to remake Angel Heart, are we going to remake Indecent Proposal, Legend, The Road to Wellville?
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Fuck you. I'm out.
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So YOU didn't like "Boys in the Hood", "New Jack City", etc. (By "etc." I assume you mean other Black-themed movies by Black directors). You didn't like them, but a lot of other people did. So what's your point???
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Another overblown, noisy and "hip" remake of another great movie...
People tell me:"but there are great remake's!
I reply:"count the good ones vs the bad ones..."
they reply:.....
Case closed, great remakes are made by great directors.
Almost none of the directors involved today have anything else to show within in the genre.
Is 1 good remake out 10 realy worth it?
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I feel so wrong... she was cute as a button 20 years ago, but now... holy Jesus, she's hot.
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Remaking Angel Heart?!? What a bunch of talentless hacks. Here's a fuckin' idea, write something original you dumb fucks, and stop ruining every god damn movie with an unneeded remake.
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Benicio Del Toro or Daniel Day Lewis. Fincher, Nolan or Tarsem as director. Christian Bale as Fortune.
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Buddy, by declaring Angel Heart is half-shit you made me lose faith in you as a film reviewer for as long as you are here. Man, that movie is a certified horror-classic, it's a one of a kind film that's worth seeing 100 times, it doesn't get better thriller-horror movie wise. And yes, another big vote here for Rose's Paperhouse, his best and most intriguing movie (Why are debut movies often the best in a Director's Career ?). A remake for Angel Heart ? Most useless movie attempting to re-do I've heard so far, I hope it's gonna bomb really hard and will run everyone involved with it out of the movie-business for life. Yes this news annoys me. There's no way a spanking new version could come close to the originality and brilliance of Parker's movie, that's just not gonna happen. Fuck it.
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All original content must be phased out by 2012, yada, yada, yada...
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I don't see him actually volunteering, but I'd love to see what Clive Barker would do with the material, being a novelist and director. Harry Angel is a little bit like Harry D'Amour, too. I agree with everyone that it's not necessary to remake the original, which DOES stand as a really great subtle horror flick, but if they're GOING to do it, that's who I'd give it to first.
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Alicia Keys or Rosario Dawson. But that's just me being pervy.
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Fuck it. Vanessa Hudgens for Lisa Bonet chick.
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Just saw this a while ago, and the original was very good. Blah blah fucking holly wood.
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Oct 01, 2008 11:16:12 PM CDT
Why the heck are they remaking Angel Heart now? Has it been that
by heyscot
I mean. . .I don't know. Is it really time for an Angel Heart remake already?
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The Rourkes of today are sitting at home surfing AICN. I would play a great Harry Angel but I live in the middle of Texas.
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Just because you don't understand/get it...doesn't mean that the movie is half-shit.
You had to think to much with this one...?
Probaly gave you a headache...?
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Other classic noir novels ("The Maltese Falcon" by Hammett and "Farewell, My Lovely" by Chandler) were made more than once into movies. In both cases, the second or third time was the better one. "Fallen Angel" was a favorite book of mine, because of the heavy chandleresque dialog and hero. And when I saw the movie, in 87, I was a little disappointed. Ok, the music was f***** awesome (I bought the Trevor Jones soundtrack in CD), the photography was haunting, the acting of the main cast (the detective and the client) pretty intense (in one scene with De Niro, Rourke was so nervous he was keeping an ice cube in his pocket). BUT, the book was better. The most shocking scene, the orgy and the fight in the subway, was cut from the movie. I was expecting NY, not New Orleans. The detective was supposed to be more city tough and less...charming and fragile like James Dean (it´s a praise, in a sense). Ok, the discovery of the final twist, the sex-bloodbath scene, the flashbacks with the creepy-as-hell fan, the elevator-to-hell scene at the very ending, all of them were superbly done by Parker. Alan Parker was the man, amen. But I will watch the re...oops, the new version, hehe. Time will tell.
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It's been so long since I've seen the film that I barely remember anything about it, except for Mickey Rourkes performance. Brilliant. I'd say a remake of (virtually) anything is superfluous, but the comment itself is superfluous! The only need to remake ANYTHING is if it’s a great idea that didn’t work the first time. And only if you know how to improve it. Anything else is cashing in. All I seem to hear about are sequels and remakes! Elm Street, Bad Lieutenant, Poltergeist and now Angel Heart. What are they going to remake next? Godfather? Jaws? Back to the Future? C’mon!!!
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They’re about two years two late for a remake, because the only actor (in that age bracket) I can think of that could've put in a performance like Rourkes was Brad Renfro. That kid had the goods. Damn shame.
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Thats like a given. I'm in the " don't ever remake this" group. I mean it's one of those films that I would like to see expanded on a little,but totaly outside the realm of the first flick. If it's filmed as an updated version I swear i'll boycott that entire studio's shit from now until death.
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...and I think "Seven" was just a cheap imitation of it (not the narrative, just the overall atmosphere and art direction - which it also stole from "Blade Runner"). That final scene in the elevator going down - ::shudder:: And I don't even believe in all that scary devil stuff.
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...or some other cheeseball, right? It will have to, otherwise they won't get the financing. Wow - it's going to blow, isn't it?
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So, Beaks - you're talking shit my son. 'Falling Angel' is a great novel btw. Brad Pitt could quite easily play Harry Angel without much of a stretch. Come to think of it, Rourke did phone in his performance. I always considered 'Year Of The Dragon' his best.
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I don't think Angel Heart should be remade
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