Re: Bye Bye, Life/Goodbye, Happiness/Hello Loneliness/I Think I'm Gonna Die

In article <Xns9A4285035D276mss2mediaonenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Michael S. Schiffer <mschiffe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Michael Alan Chary) wrote in
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>> In article <Jw3IEJ.HI6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>In article <foqgal$l3a$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Michael Alan Chary <mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>Fredric March, "Death Takes a Holiday," Paramount, 1934.
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>>>Yes.  Based on the translation of a 1931 play, _La Morte in
>>>Vacanze_, by one Alberto Casella, and if I had a time machine
>>>I'd go back to 1931, buy up the rights, and persuade Ottorino
>>>Respighi to turn it into an opera.
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>> Yes, well, this one was remade as Meet Joe Black, which is
>> notable for brutally killing Brad Pitt in the first ten minutes
>> and for the DVD finally, finally, *FINALLY*, bringing "Death
>> Takes a Holiday" into print on DVD. 
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>Yeah-- remakes, though mostly lame in themselves (due to Sturgeon's 
>Law if nothing else), are great for this followon effect.  

In this case it wasn't really a followon, because Death Takes a Holliday 
was a special feature on the "Meet Joe Black" 2-disc special editon.

And, of course, ti did not work with Bedazzled, though the original 
finally showed up on DVD last year.

>I also 
>generally find that when a remake shows up in the theaters, odds are 
>excellent that I can immediately set the TiVo to pick up the original 
>on TCM.
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Yeah, and when the original is release on DVD too.
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