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Ghost­busters vs Ghost­busters – Ivan Reitman’s orig­i­nal vs Paul Feig’s reboot

02 Jun 2019

Words by Leigh Singer

Silhouetted figures in a brightly lit, ornate hall with a large, illuminated structure at the centre.
Silhouetted figures in a brightly lit, ornate hall with a large, illuminated structure at the centre.
A side-by-side look at the clas­sic 1984 com­e­dy and its ​“she-boot” coun­ter­part from 2016.

In the lat­est episode of our Remake/​Remodel video essay series, Leigh Singer com­pares the beloved orig­i­nal Ghost­busters from 1984 with its maligned 2016 reboot, analysing the key sim­i­lar­i­ties and dif­fer­ences between the films while also ask­ing impor­tant ques­tions about nos­tal­gia, fan­dom and legacy.

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