Redux August concludes with a side-by-side comparison of the Spanish-language sci-fi film Abre los ojos and Cameron Crowe’s faithfully idiosyncratic remake Vanilla Sky. Does the original help justify the remake’s clunky plot? Is the remake grade-A Tom Cruise or a thinly disguised vanity project? Will Nico be forced to eat crow or will he defend the film as a classic guilty pleasure? Tech support is here to resolve all your burning questions.