The Departed detonando nas críticas

O Zinda é uma cópia picareta de Oldboy mesmo, eles costumam fazer muito isso na Índia.

Em uma entrevista, Thelma Schoonmaker diz que Scorsese e ela decidiram não ver Infernal Affairs até que The Departed estivesse pronto, e que na verdade o filme não é bem um remake. O roteiro é que teria sido baseado em Infernal Affairs, e Scorsese teria tido contato apenas com ele. Cabo do Medo teria sido um remake propriamente dito, mas The Departed não. Não sei se engulo, mas a entrevista é bacana. E Scorsese previsivelmente gostou de Oldboy, dá a entender Schoonmaker mais adiante.

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It's a reimagining of Infernal Affairs?

Marty read a wonderful script by Bill Monahan, a Boston Irish-American. He said, "This is great, the dialogue is fantastic and it's really interesting." He's always been fascinated by the corruption of police departments. Then he found out that it was based on or inspired by Infernal Affairs, and it's a real problem because neither of us have seen the movie and we're not going to see it until this is finished. It's all about character and I think it's different. People tell us it's different. I don't know!

I can tell you that the Hong Kong film is very well-made and it is quite character-driven. More character-driven than most HK films...

I'll watch it after this is done. It's always going to be a problem for us though because everyone's going to compare...

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