David Mamet Adapting Diary of Anne Frank

I feel like we're in the middle of a commercial for a used-car lot: "All Holocaust movies must go now!"

Odd how there's a sudden resurgence in the market. Stanley Kubrick's unmade The Aryan Papers has a possibility of happening now (more like wishful thinking on the part of his family, to be honest) and now the trades report that Disney plans on taking another crack at The Diary of Anne Frank. I seem to remember a made-for-TV version was made a few years back under ABC.

So, what's up with this latest incarnation? The Mouse has lined up David Mamet to write and direct. Color me interested. Granted he wasn't the first person to come to mind. But I'm intrigued nonetheless.

However, my only request would be for this adaptation to be done entirely with unknown actors and in German with English subtitles. That's right. Fuck you retards who complained about films like Pan's Labyrinth and 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days because you "didn't wanna read during a movie!"