And just to prove that you can be too clever for your own good, the mercurial Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke actually remade his own movie. Ten years separated Funny Games — Haneke’s English-language debut — from its 1997 original. Language and recognizable names (Naomi Watts, Tim Roth) aside, it’s almost a shot-for-shot retelling, delving into the emotional and physical effects of violence while questioning the viewer’s need to watch it unfold in the first place. And that makes the following bit of advice all the more apt: disregard both versions, and watch the director’s undoubted masterpiece, Caché (Hidden), instead.
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Top 10 Hollywood Remakes
