Vertigo (????, 202?)
- DarkImbecile
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Vertigo (????, 202?)
Worst Idea of the Day Department: Vertigo to be remade with Steven Knight scripting and Robert Downey Jr. starring
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
Serenity now
- FrauBlucher
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
One more film that I will never see
- therewillbeblus
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Downey is too charming (and not terribly versatile at removing himself from this mode) to play someone who has to be amped up as delusionally creepy for this film to work, especially in today's climate. Stewart's potential to reveal this depth had already been mined by Mann, and Tom Hardy immediately comes to mind as an actor who can be charming and flip on a dime to show a more disturbing side. That seems like an interesting enough casting choice to maybe get my ass in a seat (probably not though), and I think pretty highly of Downey as an actor for what he can do.
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He played the part of a creep pretty well in A Scanner Darkly.
I'm actually one of the viewers who found Stewart's character too unappetizing in Vertigo. If Downey could make him more appealing (among many other things), I could find myself liking a remake more than the original.
I'm actually one of the viewers who found Stewart's character too unappetizing in Vertigo. If Downey could make him more appealing (among many other things), I could find myself liking a remake more than the original.
- Finch
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I don't know why but I am immediately thinking of David Dalmastian for the Scottie part.
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Betting this won’t be as watchable as Final Analysis
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- willoneill
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Counterpoint: both of those were before his resurgent second act. I'm not sure he'd be willing to go in that direction anymore.
- therewillbeblus
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Yeah I didn't mean to suggest that he had no range as an actor, but that he's found a marketable brand of an attitude that both he and studios are cooperatively committed to delivering some iteration of to audiences. Hardy just comes to mind as another actor capable of equal charm but who is still also willing to go to new, surprising places
- Walter Kurtz
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Cary Grant all along would have been the perfect Scottie. Can be utterly charming or utterly devilish. A recognizably great actor who still is underappreciated because he made it look so easy.
- Walter Kurtz
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Hitchcock would have cast Grant even more frequently but like Phil Jackson (Bulls coach) he wanted to be known for more than just relying on Michael Jordan (Cary Grant). So he moves to the Lakers with Kobe Bryant (James Stewart).
I guess that makes Shaq Kim Novak.
I guess that makes Shaq Kim Novak.
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More like VertiNO amirite up top bro
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A film that stayed a little more close to the Boileau/Narcejac novel might be interesting. Might be interesting.
- The Curious Sofa
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I saw Jonathon Holloway's stage adaptation of Vertigo/D'entre les morts in London, which returned the plot to its WWII Paris setting and used the protagonist's confinement to a psychiatric ward as a framing device. It wasn't very good but it showed that you can do something different with the novel.
I remember the internet being up in arms over the announcement Luca Guadagnino Suspiria remake but he managed to reconfigure the elements of the Argento movie into something distinctive and new. Whatever its flaws, being the remake of a beloved classic isn't one of them.
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Re: Vertigo (????, 202?)
Whenever Downey stars in a film he’s also producing, results are electrifying. I, for one, cannot wait.
- Forrest Taft
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Nah, it was a poor attempt at wit. I haven't seen Dolittle, and have no interest in it. Nor do I have any particular interest in this remake, if they ever actually make it. But that may change if at one point an interesting filmmaker gets involved with the project.
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Vertigo is obviously hot right now after that French video game and Birdemic 3's call out.
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Taylor Swift is Lester Bangs in Let It Blurtigo, a plucky shaggy dog tale centered around Detroit's favorite critical curmudgeon, featuring Jack Antonoff as Bob McKenzie, Bella Hadid as Peter "Laugh-In" Laughner, and Melissa McCarthy as RORER 714.