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Both films entertain and satisfy me in all the right ways. I loved the original when I was little, even going so far as to sing CANDLE ON THE WATER for the school talent show, and even now it works as a great pick me up. The remake was just as wonderful, in a totally different way, and I've managed to find excuses to rewatch it three times now. I feel the same with films like THE JUNGLE BOOK or PETER PAN. I love both the originals and the remakes and I can pretty much watch them anytime. Stories about boys not growing up, or growing up under unusual circumstances, have always appealed to me as far back as I know. Truffant's depiction of childhood in SMALL CHANGE pretty much says it all. Childhood is a sacred, indominaable state of being. You fall and you get back up. You're tough, rough, and self-motivated to survive anything and everything. It's a lot harder to do that as an adult. That's why films like these are so wonderful. They capture that strength that children have, which doesn't die. |