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> I'm not holding my breath on Hollywood. If movies have hope, it's from the indy scene doing interesting things on small budgets.

Yes, and foreign films from some of the worlds great directors like Pedro Almodovar, Michael Haneke, Claire Denis, and Fatih Akin. Some of the best of cinema is coming from as you mentioned independent projects, and foreign titles like A Prophet (Un prophete) and Dogtooth (Kynodontas).

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Also, don't forget South Korean and Hong Kong cinema. For example Scorsese's "The Departed" is a (inferior) remake after a Hong Kong trilogy.

I disagree!

The Departed was based on the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. It has a prequel as well as a sequel too. I don't understand Chinese and had to rely on subs.

But, I had watched Infernal Affairs before Departed came. Martin Scorcese was awesome, Walhberg and Damon are my favs, but still, I liked the original more than the Hollywood adaptation.

I think you watched Departed first and then the original, which would have caused the original to look inferior with the Hollywood one.

That's what I was thinking as I read the article. "The foreigners are gonna eat your lunch, Hollywood. You're living on borrowed time."

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