I'm pretty sure that this is just a remake of the French film Nathalie. Anyone have any thoughts on this? The U.S. seems to do a lot of remakes, particularly of European or Asian films.
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You are absolutely correct in asserting that Chloe is a remake of Nathalie. I commented on this in 2010 as follows: I have just watched the Making Of interviews on the DVD of Chloe and am mystified as to why the director and screenwriter make absolutely no mention of the original French film "Nathalie" upon which Chloe is based. In fact, the American screenwriter has copied many of the words and situations directly from the original version, including the wife's profession of gynaecologist. I think this has to be the worst form of plagiarism ever. "Nathalie" is a far more subtle and erotic movie and I would like everyone to know that neither the story nor the screenplay of the American version originate with Erin Cressida Wilson or Atom Egoyan. It is disingenuous of these American filmmakers to not even mention the French film. How does everyone else feel about being misled?
shareI think originals should always be credited. People should be encouraged to see the original films or tv shows. It's bad enough hearing how much people love the american version of The Office, believing that it is an american (original) creation.
I often see foreign films and think 'Wow! Hollywood remade this. Can't they get their own ideas?' The remakes are usually really bad too and sometimes it's hard finding the courage to watch the original as I have such bad expectations.
The original was credited. Egoyan and Wilson even discuss the original in the commentary. I read some place that the director of the French film liked Chloe.
"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy
I was a little bit mad because they almost hide the fact that this same film was made in France before (even if, strangely, i liked a little bit more the Atom Egoyan erotic approaches than the passive coldness of the french original). What is a real joke is that these same north american studios are always arguing about 'copyright issues' on the net (even pushing everyone's private rights on the www with dumb fascist laws); are the same ones that keep disrespecting the ORIGINAL spirit of copyright: to protect the CREATORS of art, films, music, etc. from vulturing enterprises who don't care about authors but only big profits (not that making profit is bad, but doing everything possible to hide originals or manipulating distribution so most of the public gets the original films only after its remake has been massively shown, well... it doesn't feel like these studios can speak about 'illegal activities' with good faith in their own morals).
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shareFranco-Canadian.
StudioCanal is a French company, I think.
"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy
People don't understand film distribution. A lot of "Hollywood" remakes are international co-productions sometimes involving the very people they're supposedly "ripping off". They don't just re-make movies because Americans can't read subtitles--if you remake a foreign film in ENGLISH it also has greater chance of being seen INTERNATIONALLY.
This is hardly you're typical remake either. Egoyan has always been an interesting, and occasionally great, director (and he's very Canadian). This movie actually has MORE sex in it than the French original. That's highly unusual.
Yes, it's a remake and a far worse film. It's as if they didn't understand the factors that made Nathalie such a good film. This was just boring and turgid. Well maybe it takes a female director to do justice to this kind of story. Poor casting as well. You should have a Richard Gere type rather than Liam Neeson and a devious brunette for the title role, not a blue-eyed blonde who's too young to be believable.
shareRheli writes: "Well maybe it takes a female director to do justice to this kind of story."
I read someplace that the director of Nathalie like Egoyan's version.
"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy
But couldn't that be explained by her having a financial stake in a good outcome?
shareIt states during the end credits that it is based on the motion picture Natalie.. How come nobody mentioned this?
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