“Can you hear me? Stay calm. Everything will be all right.” 9/10 Bar a few exceptions (Bladerunner being the obvious one) I find the notion of the director’s cut a highly suspicious enterprise, especially from a director whose post-70s output has been so poor. I also hate the extraneous use of CGI effects, which I [...]
THX 1138 (The Director’s Cut) – George Lucas
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Film
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Apocalypse Now Redux – Francis Ford Coppola
September 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Film
If it ain’t broke… 6/10 The trend of the director’s cut has long become a dubious exercise in profit-making. Hilariously, a quick Amazon search of ‘director’s cut’ reveals extended edits of such dizzying filmmaking classics as Troy, The Chronicles of Riddick, Daredevil and Welcome to the Jungle! And for the few good examples that I [...]
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