So all of us are going to be intrigued by a highly-acclaimed director climbing the mountain in the attempt to deliver a "truly definitive" version of Gresham's spasmodic text. We're all going to sit through the potential bloat of a 2:30 version to see if del Toro completes the high-wire act of remaking the most lurid and strange of the noirs made in the 1940s without suffering a fate similar to what befalls the protagonist in the movie.
My suggestion: watch the original film on TCM tonight (12 midnight EST, 11pm CST, 9pm PST) so that it will be fresh in the mind when you get a chance to see the remake.
Responses