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wilbursbrain wrote: I have no problem with the movie taking place in Victorian England. Although it's not true to the original Wolf Man, I do believe that it would work better for visual and atmospheric purposes. While 1941 wasn't exactly yesterday, it's still considered somewhat modern, especially compared to Victorian England. Perhaps they were afraid that keeping the timeframe somewhat modern would draw comparisons to American Werewolf in London?
Looking back at the original, it could have taken place in the 19th century, really. About the only thing linking it to the present (of 1941) was Chaney's performance, since he plays Larry as pretty much a (then) contemporary American. That and some of the clothes the girls wear. Otherwise - the Talbot home, the village, the gypsies, it could easily have been taking place in the 19th century.
Jun 19 08 6:02 PM
aycorn wrote: wilbursbrain wrote: I have no problem with the movie taking place in Victorian England. Although it's not true to the original Wolf Man, I do believe that it would work better for visual and atmospheric purposes. While 1941 wasn't exactly yesterday, it's still considered somewhat modern, especially compared to Victorian England. Perhaps they were afraid that keeping the timeframe somewhat modern would draw comparisons to American Werewolf in London? Looking back at the original, it could have taken place in the 19th century, really. About the only thing linking it to the present (of 1941) was Chaney's performance, since he plays Larry as pretty much a (then) contemporary American. That and some of the clothes the girls wear. Otherwise - the Talbot home, the village, the gypsies, it could easily have been taking place in the 19th century.
Jun 19 08 9:27 PM
Joe Karlosi wrote: Well, it's hard to say. If it was an exact scene-for-scene redo with no different ideas and it still took place in the 1940s, what would be the point of remaking it?
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the shot for shot remake of Hitchcock's PSYCHO. Why...why...whyyyy? (as Nancy Kerrigan put it, so long ago)
I loved THE HOWLING in the theater, and would put it in the close-to-being-great catagory. As a kid, I always envisioned werewolves to look like those pictured in old woodcuts-oversized, upright wolves with claws. THE HOWLING delivered for me in that respect, and was pretty damn scary to boot.
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