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This is what someone replied to on a board when another began whining that Hollywood is nothing but remakes lately:
".....Fresh ideas? Give me a break. There are only 31 stories, and variations on those. Joseph Campbell went so far as to say there was a "monomyth"... but from that monomyth we get all fairy tales.
I grant that remakes often spring from the minds of executives with limited imagination, who want to bet on a proven horse. But this remake springs from the mind of a director given a choice of any dream project he wanted. He chose this one out of passion, love, and wonder. I think you cannot lump that in with all remakes. This ain't Dukes of Hazzard, this is a fresh take on an old myth by the best director of our time."
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I thought that was a pretty good reply.
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