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Ridley Scott is set to combine the three stories into one film, set it in Pennsylvania, and create an Americanized version. Whatever comes as a result of that will end up being a completely different sort of thing entirely, in the same way that countless other recent films have been Americanized. The fact that the whole story is told in a trilogy contributes a hell of a lot to the character development. In addition to this, the set-up with the three different directors is what makes the Trilogy feel like a trilogy, and makes the separation between years in the story believable. How many other crime films (or recent ones in general) can you think of that have this kind of set-up? It is by far the most compelling thing I’ve seen in a long time, and it’s exactly the sort of visual style that I fall in love with.