English version would completly ruin this film!!!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Edukators
Amy_R — 17 years ago(October 27, 2008 12:43 PM)
I'm sorry, but if this film was to be translated for "Hollywood" then you have an emotionless piece of nothing. Foreign films have so much more emotion than English-speaking visuals,as your actually following the story (in my humble opionion) since when has America cared about revolution?
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IRanOverARabbit — 17 years ago(December 30, 2008 04:34 PM)
When I read the title of this thread I thought you meant an English version set in England!
I would have agreed that this would not work, when it comes to political radicalism England is far less interesting that Germany. I am not aware of any English equivalent of the German Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Group).
However America did have some interesting stuff going on in the 1960s with the Weatherman etc, and so there could be the makings of an American version of this film. -
kamikaze-gargoyle — 17 years ago(January 06, 2009 11:44 AM)
I have to say I find that a really naive way of looking at films: not all English-speaking films are made by big-budget studios (though more are), and conversely, a lot of foreign-language films are emotionless big-budget .. things too.
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Tomata_Du_Ignorant — 17 years ago(January 27, 2009 12:49 PM)
I agree that this film should not be remade, and that a remake could in no way capture some of the more beautiful aspects of the original, but I do not agree that all foreign (foreign to the U.S. that is) films are more emotional and better stories and everything. I've seen countless foreign films that lack any real redeeming quality, movies just as cheesy and weak as movies put out by Hollywood.
Basically, to sum it up, this remake will suck, badly. It won't be as good, it will ruin what was good about the original. But not everything that comes out of America is a Michael Bay film or a cheesy PG-13 horror film or parody movie or something. There are good things too.
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arabesquearabesque — 17 years ago(April 03, 2009 07:16 PM)
I agree that this film should never be remade, but I'm generally the type of person that doesn't really believe that great films should ever be remade. I, too, generally prefer foreign films, and it's usually the first section I head for when renting a movie or otherwise. However, I wouldn't discount most American films as being trash or so steeped in funds that they become nothing. While America has one of the largest and most influential film industries in the world, there are plenty of good (and often underseen) films made in the US that have the emotional depth and solidity of content that great movies like The Edukators have. I would say that there are equally as many horrible movies made in places like Europe, but they never reach a wider audience (to places where they would find there place in the Foreign Film section of Blockbucter) simply because they are not of a high quality.
I would also say that America has its fair share of revolutionary value. While it may not be quite as obvious, each decade has experienced its own social movements that could make themselves into incredible films - even today, the feeling of youth revolution (at least, in my opinion) has really taken its place in American society and has quite a bit of the fervor, angst, and frustration that movies like The Edukators express. I'm just 16, but I do feel that youth will always find an outlet and there will always be the same frustrations (whether against capitalism or otherwise) that the characters in the Edukators feel.
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robobeatnik — 16 years ago(May 28, 2009 12:49 PM)
Oh yeah, and your comment about America never caring about revolution is absurd! For one, every country can relate to the idea, it's not just Germany. And I think every 4th of July they'd argue that point fervently!
Yes, America did at one time care about revolution but those days are long gone. This film works in Germany, in Europe because there is a real sense of revolutionary instinct there. Look at May 1st in Germany and then look at May 1st in America. America doesn't even officially recognize May Day! It is very difficult to protest with the same zeal that Europeans do because American authorities are brutal. Germans have a very strong sense of where they have been as a country and where they are going. They've tried many ideologies and they've learned from their mistakes. This is why I want to live in Germany. It is very alive and progressive and it's always thinking.
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