A couple of days ago, the trailer for the remake of "Street Trash" (1987) was uploaded to YouTube.
It looks quite bizarre indeed, and appears to successfully recreate some of the blunt humor of the original movie. What do you think? Is the new one any good?
The old, new "Caligula" is about to be released, containing previously unseen footage. Does the "ultimate cut" turn the infamous trainwreck that is the 1979 version finally into a transgressive masterpiece?
There were several conflicting goals during production of the original
version, and it ended up as a mess with some porn scenes. Director Tinto
Brass, and part of the cast distanced themselves from the result, and
tried to have their names removed from it.
Reconstructed by Thomas Negovan, this new 2024 version of Caligula aims to stay close to the original, unaltered script, written by Gore Vidal. It does not contain scenes that were added after director Tinto Brass had finished his work, and is, according to the trailer, "created entirely from unseen footage".
No director is listed in the credits - Tinto Brass is listed as "principal photography". Feedback from the initial creators of the original version remains limited so far. According to sources, Brass has distanced himself from the new "ultimate cut", which might be unnecessary, but also makes some sense. While Caligula actor Malcom McDowell has shown big appreciation, now that his enthusiastic performance gets considerably more screen time.
It remains to be seen if the new "Caligula" has captured the spirit of the Gore Vidal script, or has a spirit of its own. In any case, the trailer already shows some fantastic new material, making it highly interesting for the connoisseur and the cineaste. And maybe it's even a really good movie.
It's out pretty much right... now.
Caligula The Ultimate Cut final international preview trailer 2024:
Original 1979 trailer:
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Additional sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080491/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula..._The_Untold_Story (Caligula 2)
Classic German expressionism masterpiece "Nosferatu" (1922), which has been remade in 1979 once, gets another remake, for which the trailer has just been released.
After only about 10 hours of being released on distributor "Focus Films" YouTube channel, the trailer already got almost 3 million views - there's certainly an audience for this new "Nosferatu" movie.
On first sight, the trailer looks quite decent. It has hints of Hollywoodism, and making a quick buck from a legendary name - but so far this is just a trailer, and visually it's really quite nice. Featuring Willem Dafoe of "Shadow of the Vampire" fame, the movie gets a little bit of extra "Nosferatu" credibility. Director Robert Eggers obviously has huge shoes to fill, with the previous incarnations of "Nosferatu" being directed by film icons F. W. Murnau and Werner Herzog, and the original movie being one of the most iconic movies ever made, across all genres.
It remains to be seen if the new "Nosferatu" movie can even remotely capture, or recreate, the magic of its predecessors - but judging from the trailer it seems it's (at least) an honest attempt.
Release date for the full movie is set for Dec. 25th 2024.
Watch "Nosferatu" (2024) trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/@FocusFeatures
What do you think? Is it any good? Are you going to watch the movie?
