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Originally Posted by J Harker  It is a long time since i watched the original but i don't recall it bring much different to the remake. To be fair if i watched them now i might prefer the original as i want so open minded with world cinema back then. Neither are masterpieces but with a watch. As for the films mostly judgmental tone i just think its a somewhat cumbersome way of trying to make the audience complicit in the horrors onscreen. Something done far better when subtle. |
As far as I remember, they are basically the same, with the American one being practically a shot-for-shot remake, even with the 'rewinding' gimmick.
I agree with you that the idea of making the audience complicit in something better to do subtly so you only realise very late on – or perhaps afterwards in conversation with someone – that you have been siding with the villain. I think this 'sympathy for the Devil' part of storytelling is what made those who saw Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960 so uncomfortable.