Suspiria Remake On The Way
Dario Argento’s Suspiria is one of many horror classics I still have yet to see, but I do know one thing: most Argento fans will not be happy about it being remade. The original is, of course, an Italian language film, and it is quite violent. Now a company called First Sun has reportedly snapped up the rights to do an English remake.
Luca Guadagnino, First Sun co-founder, had this to say: “Suspiria has a unique style that we want to reinvent for today’s generation. We intend to create a concept that will encompass cinema, videogames, fashion and music and that revives the original for those who did not experience it.” Wha? Video games, fashion and music? Does that mean there’s going to be a Suspiria video game and clothing line to go with it? The interesting thing is that apparently they’ve recruited Scott Heim (Mysterious Skin) and indie director David Gordon Green (George Washington, All The Real Girls, The Pineapple Express) to write the screenplay. They’re currently on the hunt for an “international director not necessarily associated with the horror genre”. There was another Suspiria remake being talked about a few years back that was to be penned by Steven Katz (Shadow of the Vampire), but it never materialized. Argento himself was quoted as saying, “It will be shit, but that won’t be my fault”. Will this new remake be any better?
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Most Italian movies of the period were post-dubbed, which was used when the actors involved had varied nationalities and didn’t share a common language. Instead, the actors would phonetically read their lines (usually in English) and either they or other actors would dub in their lines later. This is why Clint Eastwood is dubbed in the English versions of his Leone films.
Long story short, I assume that this was the case with Suspiria, and it’s fair to say it probably wasn’t an Italian language film.
And I think a clothing line based on Argento’s films would be killer, though I’d choose a Bava line anyday.
Posted by Steven on May 18th, 2007Hey, I just read that they’re releasing an Italian language version at Cannes, which is flat out bizarre. I wonder if Argento bucked the trend and filmed it with the non-Italian actors reading their lines in Italian, or if this is just a mix-up of some sort. Oh, well.
Posted by Steven on May 18th, 2007Yeah I heard about that new version of it playing at Cannes… I think that’s where this announcement actually came from too. Of course, I haven’t seen any version of it at all so I am not sure what language it was originally shot in.
Posted by Sean on May 18th, 2007I personally think the original “Suspiria” is fairly overrated and ridiculous anyway, so a remake might actually be good. Given my dislike of “Undertow”, however, the fact that David Gordon Green has been signed on certainly doesn’t fill me with hope.
Posted by snorfle on May 20th, 2007Leave a Reply