Whereas if the film did any little bit of business in America, if the film did some decent bit of business, then Hollywood would take it, and they'd remake it and up the budget by 50 million and it would be called The Room With a View of Hell! : Staircase of Satan! : Pond of Death.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Izzard criticizes Hollywood's tendency to overproduce and repackage foreign films.
- In plain terms
- Hollywood takes good foreign films and makes them bigger and worse.
- What can you take from it?
- Creative integrity is often lost for profit.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is money bad for art?
- Do remakes ever work?
Another view
Not all remakes are worse than the original.
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