The rise of the re-makes is in direct proportion to the rise of budgets. Whenever big money gets involved there soon follows people who try to quantify the process with "rules" and "formulas" for success.
The one exception to this -- and let the flaming begin -- was Miramax. The Weinsteins, for all of their faults, genuinely loved movies and were capable of taking big risks.
That used to be the case. Now they probably do as much damage to film lovers as anyone. Buying foriegn films and sitting on them to eventaully release them in mangled form. Shameless Oscar campaigns...
"The rise of the re-makes is in direct proportion to the rise of budgets. Whenever big money gets involved there soon follows people who try to quantify the process with "rules" and "formulas" for success."
Sounds plausible. The talentless excluding the talented for financial reasons vice political.
However, it seems that really talented writers could do something even with a remake, and that brings me back to the talented being excluded for political reasons.