"There Is No Formula"

John Huston on remakes

John Huston on the set of Moby-Dick, 1956; photo by Norman Parkinson. The Siren couldn’t find a good shot of him on location for Roots of Heaven, no doubt because the set was so miserable no one was taking snapshots.

Only successful pictures are made over again; I’ve never understood why. I’ve never known of an instance where the remake was as good as th…