On September 18, the remake of the Spanish suspense movie "Invisible Guest" and "Dead No Proof" officially landed in mainland theaters.
The Spanish version of "The Invisible Guest" has a Douban score of 8.8, which is the highest-rated European film in the annual list of Douban movies.
On September 15, 2017, "The Invisible Guest" was officially released in China. With a scheduling rate of less than 10%, the box office on the first day received 7.02 million.
Later, with the outbreak of the film's word-of-mouth, the film schedule rose against the trend, and the final box office was fixed at 172 million. The result of 172 million also broke the box office record of Spanish films in China at that time.
The Italian version of "Dead No Proof" has a Douban score of 8.2 and has received a nomination for the Douban movie "The Best Film of the Year".
Also released in mid-September, its first-day box office was only 4.172 million, with a scheduling rate of about 10%.
As of Saturday, September 19, "Dead No Proof" had only grossed 11.423 million in the two days of release, far lower than "The Invisible Guest" in the same period.
However, it is not a common thing for both remakes and original works to win such a high reputation. What is even more unusual is the remake of "Dead No Proof".
Unlike most film adaptations that emphasize "forgetting the original work", the adaptation of "Dead No Proof" is the opposite.
In addition to the difference in actors and language, most of the rest of the content is basically the same as the original version, which is jokingly called "the complete transfer of the original 1:1" by netizens.
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The experienced white-haired female lawyer slowly stepped out of the elevator. She walked quickly to the other end of the house and knocked on the hero's door....".
At the beginning of the story, the audience of the original version can feel the familiar atmosphere.
Like "The Invisible Guest", "Dead Without Proof" tells the story of a derailed entrepreneur who commits a crime, in order to protect his own interests, he does not hesitate to weave one lie after another to blame others, intending to defend him through an undefeated lawyer, thus hiding the story of the world.
The setting of the story is the same as the original. The same is true of the portrayal of the protagonist.
The masquerade male protagonist full of lies is ostensibly an entrepreneur at the peak of his career, but in fact he is a cheating lover and a criminal with blood on his hands; a white-haired lawyer with strong logic, who exposes the lies of the male protagonist again and again, and finally outlines the actual situation of the whole case; Laura, the lover who was innocently killed, is also a substitute ghost who was married; the father who lost his son Daniel finally planned a contest of wits and courage.
With the appearance of the protagonists, it is not difficult for the audience to find that whether it is makeup and hair accessories or personality experiences, the character construction of the remake version is no different from the original version.
In addition, as the core of the suspense film, the hints of the mystery clues and the presentation of the reversal scenes have also been "recorded" by "Dead No Proof" with the original work.
Even the "golden sentences" of the protagonists are no exception.
Like "The Invisible Guest", the male protagonist's motto is still: "It took me ten years to get to this point, and now I am going to lose everything." ”
The white-haired lawyer still loves to say, "There is no salvation without suffering, and you are no smarter than I am."
Familiar recipe, familiar taste.
It can be said that from the first act of the film, every frame of "Dead No Proof", every transition, every detail, every line, it is almost exactly the same as the original presentation.
The Italian's remake routine is undoubtedly a reproduction of the original.
However, even with a 1:1 remake of The Invisible Guest, the Italian's adaptation strategy was not without innovation.
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Many details in the film deserve careful consideration, and many metaphors and hints can see the creator's intentions.
For example, when the man and lover choose to drive into the path, the camera gives a close-up of the sign of the Elk Nature Reserve, hinting at the occurrence of an accident. When the male protagonist sank the car into the lake to destroy the body, he was arranged for a shot of confronting the elk head-on.
Compared to the original, the Italian version reinforces the metaphor of the elk's identity with close-ups in both arrangements.
It is the "fuse" of the accident, and it is also the "witness" who witnesses the crime of the male protagonist.
Another example is the hotel where the male protagonist and his lover last met. The Spanish version of the hotel is located at the foot of the mountain, while the Italian version of the hotel is moved to the mountain. Under the same snowy sky, the hotel at the top of the mountain naturally has a little more dangerous meaning.
Later, Laura was killed at the hotel.
In the previous version, she was lying on her side next to the bathroom, sprinkled with money, and the camera passed by. And in "Dead Without Proof", in this more dangerous hilltop hotel, the picture of her death is no longer a flashing side bed, but a big close-up of the overhead lying in the middle of money.
In the foggy atmosphere of suspense, the presentation of the latter is more gripping.
The hint of one link and one link, "Dead No Proof" is more obvious and more powerful.
The most sublimated adaptation is the addition of a metaphor for masks to the film.
"Living with a mask on, I thought I could hide myself." The man said when he "confessed" to the lawyer.
In addition, Laura also found two masks at Daniel's parents' home. This later hint refers to Daniel's father pretending to be a reporter to meet the male protagonist, while the other is probably referring to Daniel's mother's "magic weapon" to uncover the mystery.
With more positive descriptions added to the way it is told, "Dead Without Proof" incorporates more careful thoughts into the details that are not easy to find on the basis of the reproduction of the story.
Compared with the original version, it focuses more on the metaphor of the clue, and emphasizes the shock of the close-up to cultivate the audience's emotions. It integrates into the film what the Spaniards did not present and can extend the imagination, so that the whole film also has a little more shocking tension.
It can be seen that the complete remake of the original version is inseparable from the copy, but it does not mean that it is absolute take-ism.
Because "The Invisible Guest" is a classic of the classics, "Dead No Proof" in the process of 1:1 remake invisibly infiltrated more ingenuity, and finally gave the work a new charm.
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"It's a little calmer than the Spanish version, the rhythm feels a little looser, and the overall can be done as a suspense textbook." After watching "Dead No Proof", some fans commented on it.
In the Chinese market, Douban's score of 8.2 points is enough to make it surpass 91% of suspense films, justifying its title of "suspense masterpiece".
In the local market, "Dead No Proof" was also nominated for the "Best Adapted Screenplay" by the David Award, which is known as the "Oscar" in Italy.
Judging from the above achievements, "Dead Without Proof" has not only won the favor of ordinary audiences, but also been recognized by professional judges.
Even with a 1:1 remake of the original, Dead No Proof still relies on a perfect plot, wonderful presentation, and metaphorical details to find its own value on an extraordinary remake road.
But at the same time, some netizens questioned the significance of the 1:1 remake of the original work.
"The film 'Dead No Proof' not only has a completely consistent plot structure with the original, but even the sub-shot settings, set props, and editing effects are all exactly the same. So it's hard to give it a low score. Who made it stand on the shoulders of giants? But just like if two people are exactly the same, one of them is superfluous. ”
It can be seen that as far as the 1:1 remake of the original work is concerned, recognition and doubt coexist.
In fact, "Dead Without Proof" is not the first example of this situation.
The same is true of the Spanish version of Perfect Strangers.
Originally from Italy, Perfect Stranger tells the story of a crisis of trust triggered by seven friends posting on their mobile phones at a party.
With a Douban score of 8.5, it is the highest-rated comedy of the year for Douban Movies.
Since its release in 2016, the film has been remade in 10 countries, including Spain, China (remade as "Caller") and France.
Among the many remake versions, although the Spanish version cannot be said to be a 100% copy of the Italian original, except for the treatment of the ending, other places are not much different from the original version, basically belonging to the 1:1 original remake.
Similar to the situation of "Dead No Proof", the Spanish version of "Perfect Stranger" Has a Douban score of 8.4, which also gained a good reputation with the original work.
At the same time, the film was questioned about the way it was adapted: "Naked plagiarism is not interesting"
In general, although the 1:1 remake of the original work is not the mainstream of the adaptation, I believe that "Dead No Proof" will not be the last work on this road.
Future remakes, if you want to make a breakthrough on the road to a 1:1 remake of the original work, you must first complete your "breakthrough" as an adaptation.
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