You may have seen by now the new trailer for the Coen Brothers’ version of Charles Portis’ novel True Grit. If not…
Now comes Pixar’s take on the remake…
Thanks to Anne Thompson for pointing me toward this little bit of mash-up genius. Wouldn’t it be nice if, following in the footsteps of Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, a surprisingly powerful reimagining of Let The Right One In, the Coens came along to provide barrel number two in what could be a convincing double-barreled exhibit in defense of the artistic possibilities of the remake? We shall see.
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It's a weird coincidence that the YouTube trailer shows that particular shot of Jeff Bridges. I had noticed something familiar about that shot last week:
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