The Danish director of the original film Speak No Evil He has criticized the new remake for rewriting the “entire ending,” saying, “I don’t know what it is about Americans.”
Speak No Evil, which is an American remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name, was released in theaters on September 13. Written and directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black), the film stars James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi and Scoot McNairy.
Now, the director of the original, Christian Tafdruphas criticized the remake of the film for a number of significant changes.
The remake changes the families’ nationalities to British and American and Watkins has divided fans by completely changing the ending of the film.
Tafdrup told Danish radio show Kulturen that he was not impressed with the film and went on to criticise several elements of it.
Said: “I don’t know what it is about Americans, but they are bred for a heroic storywhere good must triumph over evil, and this version of the film cultivates that.”
He went on to say that the changes to the story also make it “less dangerous,” making it a safer version than the original.
The differences between the endings of Speak No Evil (contains spoilers)
Tafdrup added: “I found that they have made a very entertaining, effective and well-acted version of my original film. But it may not be that dangerous either.”
“When I watched the movie yesterday, I realized that they would never succeed with a movie where the characters are stoned to death, like in our movie. These people must fight for their family and defeat the bad guys.
“It’s kind of a happy ending, and it’s so ingrained in their culture that America should be able to handle it all.”.
She also reflected on the different audience reactions to the film. On the most recent reaction to the new film, she said, “People were completely enthralled and clapping, laughing and screaming. It was like being at a rock concert,” while on her way out, she recalled how “people… walked away from my film traumatised.”
Source: Ambito
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