You all will have the opportunity to see the remake of 3:10 to Yuma soon. Despite some reservations, I see the remake as genuine, at least as genuine as you can be in the post Western, post noir era. Today, Kevin Costner is making noise about doing another Western. There was a rumor a while back that he wanted to remake Hombre.
Do you think another of Elmore’s classics should be remade (Valdez?), or do you think these Hollywood guys with a western appetite should choice something else off the Elmore Leonard Western Menu? If so. what?
My number one with a Mauser bullet is Cuba Libre. The Coens tried to get it going and failed.
It’s unique. I call it a tropical western.