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Originally Posted by tehthomas
Yep. Van Sant had huge clout after "Good Will Hunting" and supposedly got it made just to prove how pointless remakes are. And how pointless indeed.
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I don't think that's true at all. Every source I read indicates he made it because it was rare to do a shot-for-shot remake using the original script, camera angles, etc. because it was something that hadn't really been done before. It was only in taking this approach that he proved his own remake was pointless, considering most other remakes at least bring something new to the table beyond some "fap-fap" sounds and random inserts of clouds and cows.