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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: DESTROYING THE CLASSICS

By | May 2003

Most studios are afraid to take chances. Few want to be the first to do “The Exorcist,” but all of them are happy to copy its success in one form or another, or do an unnecessary prequel. Executives are cowards, and remakes prove it…

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