They should stop with all the remakes.

I'm afraid of waking up one day and hearing about the inevitable Blade Runner remake.

Scott, I'm curious as to why you call Harvey high concept. To me, it defies that type of definition b/c it's much more multi-layered.

@daveed: In my view, high concept does not translate necessarily into something that is not "multilayered." Romeo & Juliet is high concept. Jaws is high concept. High concept as in a plot that can be summarized in one or two sentences (that's basically the 'traditional' take on HC / I have my own take on it which is a bit more complex).

So how is Harvey a high concept? "Guy goes through life with his best friend: An invisible 6-foot tall rabbit."

Now I will grant you that there have been tons and tons of crappy high concept movies, and that has tended to besmirch high concept as equivalent to crap. But it's just not the case.

I'll try to remember to repost that thing I wrote on high concept, basically that a strong high concept has three additional aspects (other than reduceable to 1-2 lines):

* Strong high concept has a grab.

* Strong high concept has an audience.

* Strong high concept has an indicator.

I guess I'm not clear on what exactly 'high concept' means...

To me, there's a lot more going on in Harvey than just a man with a imaginary 6-ft rabbit friend. That makes a high concept statement not quite a fitting description of the film, as opposed to for say, Jaws: small town sheriff battles killer shark.

It's been a while since I've seen Harvey, but I recall how sorry I felt for the main character. Probably because I saw Harvey as escaping from some dark hurt in his past -- through booze, benign ignorance, and fantasy.