why does “Straw Dogs” need a reimagining when the original is still creepy and disturbing even now?
RL: Well, because…oh boy, there’s such a long answer to that. You could ask that question to…well, I suppose anybody who’s ever done a remake of anything has been asked that question. BE: Probably. RL: I think that…first of all, the original “Straw Dogs” is, believe it or a not, rather a little-seen film. So I don’t think I’m facing the challenge of remaking a classic. I would never remake “The Wild Bunch,” for example. This is indeed a reimagining. My partner, his name is Marc Frydman, it was his idea to get “Straw Dogs” and to remake it. “Straw Dogs” is a good, not great, film. I think that one of the things you can do with it is Americanize it and modernize it without a problem. Its basic story is, well, rather basic. What I have to make clear is I’m remaking “Straw Dogs,” I’m not remaking Peckinpah’s “Straw Dogs,” in the sense that I’m not necessarily going to be slavishly attached to the themes that he was trying to explore in the film. In fact, every time that you make a film, yo
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