yes, let's remake rashomon.

yes, that's a great idea.  let's take one of the most important films in the history of the medium and put it in modern day america.  why not?  

seriously, they're calling it rashomon 2010.  this is really happening.  it's come to this.  60 years later, have we made NO progress?  we should be wayyyyy beyond rashomon.  it was important and forward-thinking in 1950, but that was 1950.  can't we make new forward-thinking, important movies ourselves instead of stealing from the dead?  

this shouldn't surprise me.  and it doesn't.  it does upset me though.

by the way, you can get criterion-quality dvd of rashomon for cheap.  if you didn't know, criterion has launched a series called Essential Art House, and it's basically cheaper versions of their dvds (same high quality transfer, just no fancy special features).  also out in this first release are grand illusion, beauty and the beast, lord of the flies, wild strawberries, and knife in the water.

source: dark horizons