I want to see the new cut. I don't necessarily agree with laying it all out there, but I'd like to see the new and restored stuff. Do you think a theater around here will host a screening? It'd be cool to see it on the big screen....
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juliana - Oct 02, 2007 10:46:55 am PDT #1507 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
DavidS - Oct 02, 2007 10:49:25 am PDT #1508 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They just made the original special effects look as good as they were meant to?
Exactly. It should be close to an immaculate first print.
Do you think a theater around here will host a screening?
Definitely. SF is one of the places that almost always gets to show off a new print or restoration, along wth NY and LA. Usually shown at the Castro.
lisah - Oct 02, 2007 10:51:21 am PDT #1509 of 10000
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SF is one of the places that almost always gets to show off a new print or restoration, along wth NY and LA. Usually shown at the Castro.
aww that's where I saw the first release of the director's cut...possibly. a big release of one of the director's cuts at any rate.
DavidS - Oct 02, 2007 10:57:09 am PDT #1510 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
aww that's where I saw the first release of the director's cut...possibly. a big release of one of the director's cuts at any rate.
That's where they released the "director's cut" which took off the voiceover and the happy ending became ambiguous.
lisah - Oct 02, 2007 10:58:37 am PDT #1511 of 10000
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That's where they released the "director's cut" which took off the voiceover and the happy ending became ambiguous.
Yes. It was a big event.
juliana - Oct 02, 2007 11:02:58 am PDT #1512 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Definitely. SF is one of the places that almost always gets to show off a new print or restoration, along wth NY and LA. Usually shown at the Castro.
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Beverly - Oct 02, 2007 11:17:16 am PDT #1513 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I don't mind ambiguous. In fact I prefer it. But--and I know this makes me a philestine--but I really miss the voiceover.
DH and I saw Blade Runner at a special pre-release midnight screening in widescreen, and were utterly fuddled that it sank the way it did. We pimped it to friends and discussed it with those we persuaded to watch, at length. I've never been comfortable with the director's cut, but that's just because I fell so hard for it the first time.
Hell, I'm still upset at the cuts they made to Last of the Mohicans in the dvd release, and the recut release-to-dvd of a couple of made-for-HBO movies. If I like a movie the first time I see it, I'll probably not like a recut, even if the recut serves the story.
Jessica - Oct 02, 2007 2:46:39 pm PDT #1514 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bev, the new DVD release will include the original theatrical cut w/ the voiceover. (As well as the other fifteen bajillion four versions that have been released over the years.)
Cashmere - Oct 02, 2007 4:02:40 pm PDT #1515 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Hell, I'm still upset at the cuts they made to Last of the Mohicans in the dvd release
What did they cut from that? I don't have it. My folks used to have a copy of the letterbox format but I can't find it and I refuse to watch it any other way.
Volans - Oct 02, 2007 4:04:54 pm PDT #1516 of 10000
move out and draw fire
They just made the original special effects look as good as they were meant to?
Wired said the same. There's stuff like the obvious stunt double that got a little CGI treatment, but they didn't stick a younger, svelte Jabba in next to Deckard.
I'm with Beverly, on the falling for it hard the first time, and even liking the VO. But I'd been fighting with people for four years, since Intro to American Cinema freshman year, about Is He Or Isn't He, so I felt nicely vindicated with the director's cut.