Could remake it but less Avant Garde.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Man Who Fell to Earth
fictionalman — 9 years ago(June 25, 2016 06:21 PM)
I rewatched this recently in honor of David Bowie's recent death. I think the film should be remade but make it more linear and less avant garde. One needs repeated views to catch all the subtext.
The main characters age (other than Bowie) to indicate time progress.
Nothing wrong with the gratuitous female nudity.:-)
OT: There's only one family on an entire planet?
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Simon-140 — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 11:19 PM)
Who would play Newton's/Bowie's role? I can't think of anyone who could play that part so well.
I'm also puzzled by your desire for a simpler film ("less non-linear and avant garde") when it's already pretty straightforward. I suppose the wonky Martian train could be improved, but often Hollywood production values add surprisingly little: look at the remake of 'Solaris' or else 'Dogville'. (The latter was filmed on a black soundstage, with the streets sketched in paint on the floor, and the houses represented by a few free-standing doors and window frames., "Dogville" could have been a brilliantly shot film of a play. I'm not convinced that the approach was an improvement on good, conventional films, but I'm glad the director tried the idea.)
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