The way he sees the character of Sam Bowden is the key to why Martin Scorsese wanted to remake the 1962 thriller “Cape Fear.” Bowden, played by Nick Nolte, is a defense attorney who is threatened by a man from his past – a rapist who has finished a 14-year prison sentence and wants revenge for what he believes (correctly) was a lousy defense.In the original film, Sam Bowden was a good man …