Yeah, prob both. Lol. Showtime as a kid? That was sort of like having a Neo Geo instead of a Nintendo (HBO).

I was just looking on Netflix. I’m surprised how few of his movies I have actually seen. I seem to remember staying up late to catch Body Double on Showtime as a kid. In hope of boobs. Or was that Body Heat? Probably both.

Haha. Check out Blow Out with John Travolta. And Body Double is cool too.

I think De Palma already made that movie, like, eight times. ;)

Great comments everyone. I’m glad and relieved that Suspiria is getting its “no remake” due here. Like I said, Argento’s flick is only gaining popularity by the year. It’s a slow mover, but the film has inspired several generations of creative types. Green should pay smart homage to the film and make his own Italo-horror/giallo.

Use a lead actress with actual boobs and missing the caterpillar eyebrows.

I’m joking. Kind of.

So, that the Giallos Flame can have a crack at the soundtrack.

I think the only person I would be excited to see do a suspiria remake is Edgar wright.

Remind what the hell has David Gordon Green done again?

- spidey

I love how excited Green sounds to make the film and how he says he has a great vision for a type of film… great.. i’d love to see it.. JUST DON’T REMAKE SUSPERIA! You have a new vision for an old flick? Why not just make a new flick and leave susperia alone! I’m sure he could easily get away with make a Susperia-esque film and even make Susperia look better since it will be such an obvious influence.

REMAKES ARE A CRIME!!!!!!!

so where do we draw the line? suspria is in english for fucks sake! whats next? clockwork orange? jaws? on the waterfront? annie hall? psycho was a mess, the shining tv thing happened, now rosemary’s baby & suspria…im not dissing green, and i understand that suspria is not as well known as the others ive mentioned, but maybe this is one of the main reasons why there’s such a decline in box-office sales - lack of original solid ideas.

then again a solid remake of a great film like suspria could do well, and yes it could turn a new generation onto a classic, inspiring them to check out the original - but who other than us film junkies is gonna actually do that? aww dammit this is a tough topic!!! both sides have legitimate claims!!!

Then again, ‘horror’ really isn’t my genre, so for me it is definitely an ‘obscure cinema’.

I do see the point against remaking a director’s signature work. Having rewatched Truffaut’s The 400 Blows the other night, I would find it a touch presumptuous of any young director to attempt to remake it.

Though, I think, ultimately, the problem is that the sheer number of bad remakes poisons the well for the actual good remakes that occur. I greatly enjoyed 3:10 to Yuma last year, even having seen the original. We need more remakes like that and Scarface, and less like Psycho and The Italian Job. And if DGG does get around to a Suspiria remake, hopefully it’ll end up in the category of the former.

It’s a 30+ year old film that 98.5% of Americans have never and will never see.
So if a capable and visionary director thinks he has something to bring to the film, can add a unique take to it and can make it relevent for a modern audience, why not?
As opposed to say, the remake of Rosemary’s Baby, which is a cultural icon that is much better known. (And, aside from the production company, we know nothing of what creative talent would be involved)