This is the first and only time that I am aware of, where a director made a movie and later (25 years to be exact) remade the same movie.
Hitchcock made The Man Who Knew Too Much in 1934, and then again in 1955, with a different studio, bigger budget and James Stewart and Doris Day in the leads. Michael Haneke's currently remaking his own Funny Games (1997) with Naomi Watts, too.
You learn something new everyday. Are those the only directors you know of that have remade their own work?
Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
[I'm woefully unfamiliar with Ozu.
Whoa! No TOKYO STORY, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, etc? Ozu is my second favorite Japanese director behind Kurosawa.
No TOKYO STORY, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, etc? Ozu is my second favorite Japanese director behind Kurosawa.
