This live performance involves the side by side projection of three narrative films of the same title (made in 1974, 1998 and 2009).  During the performance the sound is mixed from each of the three films so that details are brought to the fore from each of the narratives. As remakes go, these adaptations of  Morton Freedgood’s novel are similar.  The incident takes place on the subway, the heroes are confined to the control room, the villains both sly and vengeful.  However, when compared in real time, these thrillers reflect varying sorts of cultural anxieties, and views of the city.  Walter Matthau’s (1974) hero is long suffering and wry in the face of a city covered in graffiti, while Denzel Washington (2009) inhabits a slick and sanitized metropolis.