Side-by-Side Directory: mattskuta.com/sbs/ This side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating an original motion picture and a remake.
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@sethstine46984 жыл бұрын
This movie has always disturbed me. Glad to know that I'm not alone; Stanley Kubrick said that the Dutch version of this movie was "the scariest movie he had ever seen". Kubrick reached out to the director (he directed both versions btw) to ask him about the editing. Apparently Kubrick was impressed...
@heather53914 жыл бұрын
Seth Stine I just saw the American version & I agree they completely spoiled the ending. It is extremely unsettling.
@henkjarnosla19913 жыл бұрын
The original movie was Dutch not French. Almost all Dutch movies are shit so when there is a good one I won’t let the French take credit.
@tgarz232 жыл бұрын
Not French - feel like that’s important to correct
@sethstine46982 жыл бұрын
@@tgarz23 corrected 👍
@sethstine46982 жыл бұрын
@@henkjarnosla1991 corrected
@elduende004 жыл бұрын
Conclusion: Hollywood remakes of foreign films are mostly watered down and don't do justice to the originals.
@metalmissile88374 жыл бұрын
What about The Departed?
@maciek81594 жыл бұрын
You don’t know what the departed is? It’s only a best picture Oscar winner based off internal affairs. But ya, your right so unknown.
@tudorjason4 жыл бұрын
Hollywood prefers a happy ending in its films.
@eadghe3 жыл бұрын
Well it does not do justice to the original, but there was justice. :P
@1954rini3 жыл бұрын
Yep, big money prevails...
@Shayne25175 жыл бұрын
I prefer the darker Dutch version.
@filmer255 жыл бұрын
The American version is the shitty version. The power of the story was the end of it. And what do the Americans do? They change the end into something..... Well, let's leave it at that.
@pdottie212fu4 жыл бұрын
@@filmer25 Keifer Sutherland & Nancy Travis were excellent in the remake. Jeff Bridges was creepy and gross. The Vanishing 1993 disturbed me as a kid
@possiblepilotdeviation57914 жыл бұрын
@@filmer25 What did the Americans do? Who directed the remake, my friend?
@filmer254 жыл бұрын
@@possiblepilotdeviation5791 The quesion is: who was responsible for the screenplay? And who was it written for?
@possiblepilotdeviation57914 жыл бұрын
@@filmer25 That's right, a European made the film and changed the ending because he is a sellout for cash.
@natebroadus84743 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how the same general film can have vastly different philosophies to share. Spoorloos was about the danger of obsession. It's was one man's frantic search for an answer, under the mistaken belief that you can make sense out of something senseless. It was more of a character study. The Vanishing was a more traditional film. It was a man (and his girlfriend) vs a villain. The obsession was more of an accent piece. There was no utter consumption of the main character's life, like in Spoorloos. Both villains had similar motives, but only Spoorloos's villain felt like a true psychopath. He killed without any emotional reason -- just to see if he could do it; in The Vanishing, he claimed to have the same reasoning, except the film clearly shows he has emotional attachments. If you're looking for a three act structure with a more cinematic ending, watch The Vanishing. If you want to leave the film contemplating the danger of relentless obsession, and the gut-wrenching reality of one man's capacity for cruelty without a conscience to guide him, watch Spoorloos. It's a tough film to get through, but it is more thought provoking.
@shaymicah41942 жыл бұрын
WRONG! The American one DID dive into the character not moving on and becoming obsessed. You're taking out of your ass
@natebroadus84742 жыл бұрын
@@shaymicah4194 I said the obsession was there in The Vanishing, it just wasn't the central aspect of Jeff's character. It was about Jeff wanting to know the truth, still wanting to move on, and his girlfriend's frustration with his inability to do just that. The Vanishing was about BOTH of them. She was there to try to break him out of his obsession, because The Vanishing--at its core--was something of a love story. Spoorloos was just about the main character and his obsession. The girlfriend leaves him in Spoorloos and doesn't come back, because Spoorloos isn't a quasi-love story. She's only there to show that his obsession IS his life now. There's no redemption arc. It's just one man alone with his all-consuming desire to know what happened. I say again, the obsession was an accent piece in The Vanishing. It was there, it was just secondary to the girlfriend's attempts to "save" him. In Spoorloos, it was the central aspect of the film, and the main character. I stand by that.
@thameekstaninjahman8337 Жыл бұрын
Spooeloos is the true version
@DBCOOPER8887 ай бұрын
Oh just watch the original and ignore the remake completely.
@hatefanclub7 ай бұрын
It’s also about the banality of evil. The being middle class respectable man meticulously and coldly calculating his murder and then vanishing back into respectable middle class life only to methodically murder his next victim like planning a train trip.
@ryebread72243 жыл бұрын
The ending to the Dutch version is the scariest thing imaginable. I can’t think of a worse way to die.
@shaymicah41942 жыл бұрын
It's basically the movie buried. It's a suck ass way to die for sure but the movie on an overall view is amateur at beat compared to the top notch cast of 1993
@lewispoll44092 жыл бұрын
@@shaymicah4194 top notch cast doesn't save a film, the ending for the dutch film has so much gravity to it
@mulalula2 жыл бұрын
@@shaymicah4194 buried came out 22 years later so the implication of the original copying buried is ridiculous. spoorloos is infinitely superior to the remake due to the script being written by the original author, not watered down and dumbed down for american audiences. no cast could save the cheap, badly-made movie the vanishing is.
@ChrisR395 Жыл бұрын
@@shaymicah4194 That is the silliest opinion I have ever heard
@DBCOOPER8887 ай бұрын
@@mulalula they never said it copied the original though.
@Sophie-nz9fz Жыл бұрын
there’s no competition, the original is a masterpiece.
@BennyBlanco-gh3zd4 ай бұрын
No way, the remake has better ending and is overall just better.
@graet674 ай бұрын
@@BennyBlanco-gh3zd how is that a better ending??? it misses the mark on the whole point of the original.
@BennyBlanco-gh3zd4 ай бұрын
@@graet67 What point, nothing happens in the original, atleast in the remake there's a conclusion.
@graet674 ай бұрын
@@BennyBlanco-gh3zd a conclusion thats stupid and misses the point of the whole story. it was stated multiple times in the original that the obsession would get him nowhere. Rex acknowledges this and still continues to persevere due to his desire to find out what happened. it was never supposed to have a happy hollywood ending, its realistic.
@BennyBlanco-gh3zd4 ай бұрын
@@graet67 I understand your point, it was just more satisfying seeing the remake.
@Byezbozhnik3 жыл бұрын
Johanna ter Steege, the actress in the original is irreplaceable! She is so authentic and likable, truly a girl next door. Hollywood remakes are always to be avoided!
@shaymicah41942 жыл бұрын
You sound dumb. During the 90s Sandra Bullock was the epitome of lovable gf on screen. And KS is a legend...something the original nose dives in Lol
@Byezbozhnik2 жыл бұрын
@@shaymicah4194 You sound brainwashed by mainstream "culture".
@ibebangin81012 жыл бұрын
Jeff's character portrayal was creepier in every way than any monster I've ever seen on film.
@janetcastel43834 ай бұрын
stanley tucci comes close…
@captainkendo49352 жыл бұрын
The ending in the original is purely haunting
@garysimpson390010 ай бұрын
The original can't be bettered. UK film critic Mark Kermode describing both called the original "The Banality of Evil" and the remake "The Evil of Banality". Sums them up so well.
@efeguvensel54873 жыл бұрын
Dutch(original) version is one of kubrick’s fav movie.no gore,no jumpscare just pure fear
@starlight-xt7po4 жыл бұрын
Sutherland's scream at the end is so chilling, I like his acting better when he is in the box, but overall the original ending is profoundly more terrifying.
@Gmthekiller4 жыл бұрын
You mean his overacting right?
@thebeast50543 жыл бұрын
@@Gmthekiller yea because screaming when your buried alive is overacting
@nala30382 жыл бұрын
@@Gmthekiller you’re clueless
@knurdyob4 жыл бұрын
wow whose idea was it to rob the ending of its impact by having a dumb happy ending, I doubt it was the director's
@maciek81594 жыл бұрын
From what I understand he’s the same director from the original and he only did the remake cuz they offered him a boat load of cash lol
@Shayne25173 жыл бұрын
Blame the writer 💯
@shaymicah41942 жыл бұрын
News flash: Most people want a happy ending. You are part of the 1% Enjoy living in nothingness
@DonCannoli2 жыл бұрын
@@shaymicah4194 I didn't know you were the spokesperson for 99% of the world's population
@shaymicah41942 жыл бұрын
@@DonCannoli OH, my mistake, I didn't introduce myself. I'm the spokesperson for 99% of the world population. You're welcome.😆
@CursedMusicbox3332 жыл бұрын
The only reason I liked the ending in the remake better is because the villian was beaten to death by his own shovel.
@nellievdb93264 жыл бұрын
Hollywood ending made me laugh
@Byezbozhnik3 жыл бұрын
It's just so trite and ridiculous!
@Ironheart73 Жыл бұрын
Hollywood made the director ruin his own masterpiece by rewriting an ending that could have been used by a Disney movie. It also missed a lot of what made the original awesome. First, the crux of the novel and the original is that obsessions can be fatal. It reminded me of movies like Oldboy. Had the protagonist not been overly obsessed with revenge, he would have avoided his tragic fate. The original is similar only that the protagonist is obsessed with finding out what happened to his girl instead of revenge. He could have had the upperhand. He could have beaten the crap out of the villain and then reported him to the authorities, more than likely he would have found out where his girl was buried. But no! Because he is so desperate for closure, he acts recklessly and falls right into the trap of the villain. The remake completely erases this because at the end, the protagonist is saved from the tragic fate. Moreover, they kill the bad guy. So apparently, thanks to his obsession and recklessly risking his life, he does get his revenge! Horaaaay. Second, the Villain in the original is a textbook psychopath. He is unable to feel for anyone but more importantly he is very narcissistic. He is fascinated on himself and of what he is capable of doing and getting away with. He talks about his daughter's love and how his family admires him for saving a young girl from drowning, but he does not actually live for their love or admiration. They are just there to validate his narcissism. That he is awesome, because he is "worthy" of love and admiration. He is so overly confident, he walks into the protagonist declaring himself as the man responsible for the abduction, seemingly not worried that he will either go to prison or be killed by the protagonist in a fit of rage. He knows he can easily manipulate the protagonists obsession, and he does successfully. Again this element is taken away because in the remake, there is really no emphasis on what motivates the villain. He does what he does just because. Also unlike in the original, he is emotionally attached to his daughter which is why he ends up drinking his own drugged coffee and gets killed later on. Awwwww so he is not such a monster after all.
@GarethJones-uo8se3 жыл бұрын
I can’t watch the end again. Still gives me nightmares after seeing the original years ago.
@user-wq9mw2xz3j3 жыл бұрын
The small details, the big details, and the whole thing is just better in the original.
@the_slime_cat4 жыл бұрын
Never knew they made a 1993 version
@ellie-kc4kjАй бұрын
Reminds me of the director for Funny Games, who also directed the American version, which was almost shot-for-shot just like this was.
@SofienAmri4 жыл бұрын
please could you give me the name or the link of the first soundtrack?
@infernalsacrifice4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7uUaK6GztC6pZs.html
@richardbool42325 жыл бұрын
I prefer the dutch version it is much scarier than the american one, Remakes are always crap.
@MatthewtheMD5 жыл бұрын
Richard Bool and some are really good
@richardbool42325 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewtheMD just watched the remake of true grit and guess what it was crap
@epichal48835 жыл бұрын
False, John Carpenter's The Thing is a master piece and much deeper than the original black and white version.
@richardbool42325 жыл бұрын
@@epichal4883 The thing is a different movie all together
@epichal48835 жыл бұрын
@@richardbool4232 Which is exactly why it's a master piece, thank you very much. If you're going to remake something then make sure it's outdated af but has a good ground concept.
@747maran4 жыл бұрын
Hollywood always has its way of ruining foreign originals in remakes. Look at what they did with Old Boy, same thing. I watched this comparison, never watched the Hollywood version, and you can see right away its Hollywood. That's why I always watch foreign, with subs not dubs. Hollywood always playing for the stupid masses. Look at this version, a woman comes out of nowhere in the end and is able to incapacitate the villain with a stupid plank board, so realistic.
@maciek81594 жыл бұрын
Look the remake was garbage no doubt but there are plenty of remakes that we did that were even better than the originals. Example: girl with the dragon tattoo and the departed (remake of infernal affairs). Also to be fair there are a lot of country’s that steal from us. I know India did a remake of memento. They seem to always take from us.
@Gmthekiller4 жыл бұрын
Cool. You want a medal or something?
@Gmthekiller4 жыл бұрын
@@maciek8159 indian film industry is not as big as hollywood in terms of resources and money. So I don't think it's fair to compare it with an industry as giant as hollywood
@elcherry3 жыл бұрын
@@maciek8159 Ooof, I don’t doubt there are remakes that are better, but IMO The Departed is not a good example. I much prefer Infernal Affairs.
@fernfernisfernie4 жыл бұрын
I never hated a villain more
@janetcastel43834 ай бұрын
Amazing! I wanted to watch…got both versions…i might watch the dutch version now
@brajeshsingh23912 жыл бұрын
interesting Sandra Bullock and the Big Lebowski are in the American version. got to see it.
@loganstolberg27435 ай бұрын
The ending of the original totally shocked me. Most disturbing and shocking end to a movie, I’ve ever seen.
@mainchannel15662 жыл бұрын
93 ending undermines the film.
@mike196212 Жыл бұрын
First saw the original back in the 90s on SHOWCASE and saw it again last year(library borrow). Still a great,unnerving film. SHOWCASE host Ann Medina made sure,inadvertently of course,that I would have little interest in the remake because she gave away its ending. Then again,even if she hadn't done so,I'm pretty sure I would have figured out there would be a happy ending of sorts. That's Hollywood.
@doobla1 Жыл бұрын
The original 1988 ending version was waaaaaay better than the other one.
@AdamtheGrey022 ай бұрын
I prefer the '93 over the '88. I preferred the American actors over the Dutch ones and the ending not as disturbing. Got that with Se7en, The Wicker Man, The Mist, The Prestige, Primal Fear, Oldboy, The Skeleton Key, Buried, and The Omen.
@cesarcamba14 жыл бұрын
Seems to me that Americans will go to the huge expense of remaking a perfectly good film (that could be overdubbed) rather than watch the original. I wonder why is that and I come up with very ungenerous answers, ungenerous to the American public. Is it because they need to have the surface furniture of language, location and faces rearranged for them to gather the energy to watch? It's not wonder that on the whole, so I'm told, they know very little about the world and think there's nothing worthwhile out there. Why, the people who watched the remake probably thought the idea of this film is theirs!
@maciek81594 жыл бұрын
Hey! I’m an American and I loved the original. In fact I love it so much that I refuse to watch the dog shit version we unfortunately made. But it is the same director as the original who does the remake. Not all Americans are into remakes or whatever else you were suggesting. Hollywood is a business unfortunately and instead of making quality movies they keep it safe and do super hero movies with a million sequels.
@cesarcamba14 жыл бұрын
Manic Rhymes Yes, apologies, I know it's a sweeping generalisation, glad to hear there is interest in Europe in the US. 👍🏻
@maciek81594 жыл бұрын
Cesar Camba It’s all good. Hey, do you have any recommendations for some good foreign mystery thriller movies like this one? I’m just getting into foreign films and love them!
@Gmthekiller4 жыл бұрын
@@maciek8159 roman de garre 2007 Tell no one Nattevagen 1994 Thesis 1996 The invisible guest The body (el cuerpo) Les diabolique 1955 Repulsion 1965 The apartment 1996 The girl with Dragon tattoo 2009
@rossflair60572 жыл бұрын
1. Spoorloos is clearly the superior film. I thought The Vanishing was trite and soulless. 2. Money. I imagine Hollywood studios (more often than not) make much more money licensing the I.P. and producing and distributing a new movie than they can just distributing an overdubbed film. 3. "[Americans] know very little about the world and think there's nothing worthwhile out there." Do you realize how insulting and ignorant that sounds? Remaking foreign films is not unique to Hollywood. Here are a few notable ones: Russia remade 12 Angry Men; Japan remade Unforgiven and Ghost; Italy remade Jaws and Groundhog Day; France remade Maniac and Assault of Precinct 13; The U.K. remade The Longest Yard; Turkey remade E.T. and Star Wars; Nigeria remade Titanic; India remakes EVERY Hollywood movie they can. Those are just some of the most prominent.
@sarthaksingha25423 жыл бұрын
Well the Bride from Kill Bill can escape that :3
@arielg7000 Жыл бұрын
so no5t cool
@wr50232 ай бұрын
Lmao the us ending is ridiculous
@robyn11283 жыл бұрын
Jeff Bridges is brilliant in the 1993 film. Still haven’t seen the Dutch version. This movie has stuck with me ever since I saw it when I was younger. One of the most creepiest movies I’ve seen. I wanted to turn it off, but couldn’t because I had to see what happened next. I am claustrophobic so maybe that’s why I find this movie so scary.
@bloandon3 жыл бұрын
If you're terrified by the American remake, than you'll probably be haunted by the original. Its really good though
@robyn11283 жыл бұрын
@@bloandon I really need to watch it. I read the book The Golden Egg by Tim Krabbé which is what the movie is based on and it was really good. A short story really, the book was only a little over 100 pages, so I read it really fast. It just ends so dark and I imagine that’s how the original movie ends. Gotta watch it with my hubby tho, don’t wanna watch it alone. Lol
@gregthomas13232 жыл бұрын
Agree, this movie is simply haunting.
@Donbros3 жыл бұрын
Hollywood remakes are unnecesarry and just an excuse to show their actors XD
@jstar11234 жыл бұрын
Everyone complaining why would u wanna see the same ending?? I'm glad they changed it if u gonna remake it change something I hate seeing the exact same movie beginning to end
@davehuisman82413 жыл бұрын
Take your meds.
@williamkoppos70393 жыл бұрын
@@davehuisman8241 Star's right and that is a CRAPPY ending to have the guy just die? Wow, how artsy fartsy and deep. Always really liked the 93 version, never watch reviews.
@eadghe3 жыл бұрын
@@williamkoppos7039 You are the reason why Hollywood made a remake for the US market, which was also known in Europe though. Typical American audience can't stand a movie without a (sorta) happy end. They need their justice, because MURICA! But especially the USA should know that the family man is fake and monsters exist. Of course it is depressing when a movie ends dark, but you can only feel that way when the acting and execution was decent. These days people root for the anti hero though, but the movies are sorta dull, yet it is praised as, like you put it, arty fartsy and deep. Btw, I only knew the 93 version till today.
@someguy2972 Жыл бұрын
@@eadghe Have you gotten over that seething hatred for "Murica" you apparently were bottling up for a while and unleashed on the random internet person...
@stefaniesalzseiler30053 жыл бұрын
Wunderschöner Film . Aber die amerikanische Verfilmung kann da nicht mithalten.
@jagrut45595 жыл бұрын
Didn't watch the Hollywood version but loved the Dutch one. Check out my trailer reaction to this movie if you have time😁
@1954rini3 жыл бұрын
Stupid happy ending remake....
@christinak3641 Жыл бұрын
It really wasn’t a happy ending? He looks over and sees that the love of his life was buried alive and slowly suffocated to death after years of agonizing pain and obsessing over her and hoping she was alive only to find out she probably died shortly after she disappeared. I think it’s way more disturbing than having both die and that’s the end
@jennifershaw27963 ай бұрын
I like the US version better. Jeff Bridges was excellent….
@gk153 ай бұрын
If you watch the original version there is just an awful ending which can you give a bitter taste. You watch the whole movie and the ending shows you that there is no progress or positive outcome. While the conclusion of the American version is more of a retribution and shows that bad people get what it comes. I’m Dutch btw and our books and movies always have unnecessary negativity. Heartless and depressing
@kountryedge3 жыл бұрын
The only difference (only watched 1:43 of it) is that one of them I can understand ✌😁
@Byezbozhnik3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, subtitles do exist! No need to bother with the childish watered-down Hollywood version.
@BennyBlanco-gh3zd4 ай бұрын
If you don't speak french then watch the 1993 remake, if you speak french then watch 1988, however I love the 1993 remake as it's in English and the ending is better.
@jmatt46798 ай бұрын
That 1988 is to depressing he just goes in the box and that's it no I don't like that
@tokenofdevotion2 жыл бұрын
U.S remakes are a joke
@LOEKASH Жыл бұрын
I don't understand the appeal of either film. I think they're both incredibly stupid, neutered ending or not.
@jukeboxhero703 жыл бұрын
For me it's better the American version, except the end.
@siapaini43792 жыл бұрын
😐😐😐
@kellianncollins3 жыл бұрын
though the movie has its errors and not the best make i still liked it and enjoyed it better than Spoorloos. I thought the french version was boring though the ending much more disturbing. But why not have a happy ending after going thru all that!!! Still makes me shudder trying to imagine waking up in a coffin ...