Witch Kitsch: Zemeckis Dons Dahl in Revamp of Stylish Cult Classic
Thirty years ago, Nicolas Roeg, one of cinema’s most innovative cinematographer-turned-auteurs, adapted the 1983 Roald Dahl dark fantasy children’s novel The Witches into a film which scared a generation of children thanks to a fantastic performance from Anjelica Huston. While Roeg’s version featured a stellar Euro-based supporting cast and an inventive mixture of practical effects, one can see why a big-budget contemporary remake might appeal to someone, somewhere.
Although surprisingly much more adept and enthusiastically conjoined to the source material in ways more successful than, say, Tim Burton’s 2005 remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the special-effects obsessed Robert Zemeckis provides a workman-like offering of material which demands someone a bit more bizarre, at least if we’re meant to experience the same culture throb formatted by the trifecta of Dahl/Roeg/Huston.…
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Thirty years ago, Nicolas Roeg, one of cinema’s most innovative cinematographer-turned-auteurs, adapted the 1983 Roald Dahl dark fantasy children’s novel The Witches into a film which scared a generation of children thanks to a fantastic performance from Anjelica Huston. While Roeg’s version featured a stellar Euro-based supporting cast and an inventive mixture of practical effects, one can see why a big-budget contemporary remake might appeal to someone, somewhere.
Although surprisingly much more adept and enthusiastically conjoined to the source material in ways more successful than, say, Tim Burton’s 2005 remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the special-effects obsessed Robert Zemeckis provides a workman-like offering of material which demands someone a bit more bizarre, at least if we’re meant to experience the same culture throb formatted by the trifecta of Dahl/Roeg/Huston.…
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- 10/21/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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