| Saturday, March 06, 2004 |
| Scorsese to remake INFERNAL AFFAIRS |
So I just found out that Pitt will be playing Andy Lau and Leo Di Caprio will be playing Tony Leung. Are you freaking kidding me?! Leo is definitely too young for the character. He's a good actor no doubt about that but....ntahla, I dunno why I am being so pessimist. Maybe I have this idea that Western and Asian film are just two different world. No adaptation or a remake will do any good. I just hope these people stick to the original version. These are some actors I think suitable for characters in the movie. Brad Pitt - Andy Lau (mole in police), Edward Norton - Tony Leung (mole in triad), Sean Connory/Ian McKellen - Anthony Wong (superintendent) and Al Pacino - Eric Tsang (triad leader). Then, Leo can play the young Leung. Below are a few feedbacks I found on the web:
"Aren't you all seriously shamed to be American yet?"
That was the response I got from Asian Fever columnist Shogo, when I asked him about the planned U.S. remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. Variety reported today that Martin Scorsese is in the middle of negotiations with Warner Brothers to re-make Infernal Affairs after he completes The Aviator. The film will be produced by Scorsese along with Brad Grey and Plan B (Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's production company). Word is that Pitt is very interested in playing one of the leads. The film will be based on the immensely popular Infernal Affairs trilogy which has broken just about every box office record in Hong Kong. The films concern an ongoing battle between Hong Kong police and the triads who rule the area. In the midst of this battle an undercover police officer has infiltrated the upper ranks of one of the gangs, while a triad member has simultaneously infiltrated the police department. Miramax picked up the U.S. distribution rights for the films in October but has so far not announced any plans to release the films here. No word yet on what role Miramax will play in this re-make, but this definitely smells like something they would be involved in. We have already documented Miramax's lousy treatment of Asian films. As time passes, it sounds less and less likely that we will ever see the films in their original version here in the U.S. If you want to see the original Infernal Affairs before this Hollywood remake hits your multiplex, we recommend you start looking for import versions or bootlegs immediately
Why? Is the original Internal Affairs bad? Is Scorsese too mainstream? Is Pitt too hot? Or is my aforementioned comment just too positive for your psuedo patina?
Infernal affairs is one of the best hong kong movies I've seen. it's a shame westerners don't appreciate foreign movies so I guess a hollywood remake will have to do. hope it stays true o the original.
Infernal Affairs is the best non-martial arts asian film I think I've ever seen. Now it looks like DiCaprio is up for one of the two lead rolls in the American version of the film, with producer Brad Pitt considering the second. All joking aside, I actually think Leonardo would be great in this. He is a talented actor and seems to have the right "aura" about him for it (you'd have to see the origninal to understand what I mean).
This movie is that good I think it should've been nominated for Best Foreign Films in the recent Academy Awards. |
| posted by efarina @ 11:10 AM |
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