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PARIS, Dec 5 — Steven Spielberg is garnering rave reviews for his remake of the 1960s classic musical West Side Story, an act of homage that is perfectly in keeping with Hollywood’s love of nostalgia. Remakes have become a staple of LA studios as they try to mine the past for safe bets — as...

Some remakes have — debatably — managed to surpass the original, while others definitely have not. : Not many directors remake their own film . But US director Michael Mann felt he could have done more with his 1989 cops-and-robbers taleis a classic crime caper, famous for putting Robert De Niro and Al Pacino on screen together for the first time.

It remains a point of contention as to which is better, but the tale of a gay couple having to pass as straight was certainly a landmark for mainstream Hollywood’s depiction of sex and gender.: It boasted an extravagant cast , and finally won Martin Scorcese the best film Oscar he should have won decades earlier.

 

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