Tag: Extended

The director’s preferred edition: Ultimate Versus

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The fifth entry in the Fast and the Furious series, Fast Five, surprised most audiences by being actually a good movie. The DVD and Blu-ray release of the film includes the theatrical cut and an extended cut.

Director Justin Lin was interviewed by Hero Complex where he’s asked about the extended cut of Fast Five:

Hero Complex: What can you tell us about the extended edition of “Fast Five” that hits home video this week? What makes it different than the theatrical version?

Justin Lin: It’s extended and I don’t know if people will notice. What I mean is when you make films — and with the tone of “Fast Five” — there’s a lot of back and forth with the MPAA and the rating. It’s just part of the process. I thought the process was very fair and the back and forth was great but if there had been no restrictions, this is the version that would have been the movie. And if you watch [the extended edition] a lot of the hits and the action sequences, it’s very subtle but this is the version that I prefer. The version that was in theaters is the essence of everything I wanted but the extended version is [a fuller realization]. There is one extra scene in the extended version … but most people that have seen it really could barely tell the difference. But tonally, it has everything. If you want to look at the definitive cut, that’s the cut you want. And when Hobbs breaks the guy’s neck you really do hear it on this cut [laughs].

Source: ‘Fast Five’ sequel: Justin Lin looks for franchise finish line, Hero Complex/LA Times

The director’s preferred edition: Extended Cut

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The DC Extended Universe has had its share of trouble the last four years although the franchise has only three pictures to its name. Suicide Squad had the lion’s share of those troubles when Warner Bros. commanded the film to be reshot where they wanted to change the tone of the picture while in mid-production, making it more comedic and lighthearted, in response of critical reception of Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, director-screenwriter David Ayer was under tremendous amount of pressure from Warner Bros. where he had only six weeks to write the script. It also didn’t help the picture that the editing process was messy, according to THR, where multiple editors tried to work out the kinks and even the credited editor, John Gilroy, was said to have left the editing bay before the final cut was locked.

Ayer stands by his theatrical cut of the film in multiple interviews but sheds light on the editing process in an interview with Empire where he said that, “there may be six or seven different versions of the film.” When asked by Collider about the amount of footage that was left on the cutting room floor, Ayer said:

“We have a chunk, there’s definitely over 10 minutes of material on there. But this cut of the movie is my cut, there’s no sort of parallel universe version of the movie, the released movie is my cut. And that’s one of the toughest things about writing, shooting, and directing a film, is you end up with these orphans and you fucking love them and you think they’d be amazing scenes and do these amazing things but the film is a dictatorship (laughs), not a democracy, and just because something’s cool and charismatic doesn’t mean it gets to survive in the final cut. The flow of the movie is the highest master.”

Source: David Ayer on ‘Suicide Squad’, Deleted Scenes, the PG-13 Rating, and That Ending, Collider

The director’s preferred edition: Theatrical Cut

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The 2016 reboot of the 80’s classic Ghostbusters was released on Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray where it included the theatrical cut along with an extended cut of the movie. The DVD release only includes the theatrical cut. Director Paul Feig confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

@paulfeig Which edition of Ghostbusters do you prefer: Theatrical or Extended?

— This or That Edition (@thisthatedition) February 20, 2017

I love them both but have a soft spot in my heart for the extended cut on the Blu-ray. #GhostbustersATC https://t.co/bPgszbrGVu

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) February 20, 2017

The director’s preferred edition: Extended Cut

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The British gangster movie Rise of the Footsoldier from 2007 was released in a Extreme Extended Cut on Blu-ray in 2012. The theatrical cut is available on DVD in the States and Britain but the extended cut is only available on Blu-ray in the UK. Director Julian Gilbey says the following in the commentary on the extended cut on Blu-ray:

“I was actually really happy with the original cut of the 2007 cut of Rise of the Footsoldier. I would never call this edition the director’s cut because I was happy with the cut at the time. I wasn’t forced by anybody, Optimum or Carnaby, to cut the original down..”

“I think that the perfect cut of the Rise of the Footsoldier is probably I would say 2/3 the new cut, 1/3 the old cut. The truth of the matter is that there isn’t a perfect cut of it. Because it’s not perfect film but I celibate it for it’s imperfections..”

Source: Julian Gilbey’s commentary track for the Extreme Extended Cut of Rise of the Footsoldier on Blu-ray

The director’s preferred edition: Extended

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The Viking/Native American action flick Pathfinder was released in a unrated cut on Blu-ray. The unrated cut was marketed as an extended cut on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK. The theatrical cut is available on DVD but has not still arrived on Blu-ray. Director Marcus Nispel says the following in the commentary on the unrated cut on Blu-ray:

“This is something that’s on the DVD that was not in the original release. You see, the Pathfinder gives Ghost a moral background, he gives him teachings to take him off a vengeful path. I was very interested in telling a master-desciple relationship. And to me those little bits were actually very important. Now, to a thrill-seeking movie going audience it might slow things down. To me, it says a lot about character and how a character gets made, and it is a, you know, straying aspect of, I think, why the movie is called Pathfinder.

A couple of minutes later Nispel says:

“…And then after we looked at how the movie ran, the studio and me had various conversations about whittling it down. And going back to what was my original vision. To do something more in the vein of First Blood. But I felt in the DVD version, we can sort of expand on what the original idea was. Both of which I think are valid, and both versions I like.”

Source: Marcus Nispel’s commentary track for the unrated cut of Pathfinder on Blu-ray

The director’s preferred edition: Both

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The 2006 Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl was released in the US and UK on DVD as an extended cut. The theatrical cut of the film is available in Europe. Director George Hickenlooper starts his commentary track for the film on DVD with the following:

“Hi, my name is George Hickenlooper. I’m the director of Factory Girl, and what you are about to see is the very special unrated, kind of close to a director’s cut, version of Factory Girl. We were very rushed in making this picture towards the end of 2006 and I was able to restore some scenes and moments in the film that I think really helped it breathe and give some life both of Edie Sedgwick’s character and Andy Warhol’s character.”

Source: George Hickenlooper on the commentary track for Factory Girl on DVD

The director’s preferred edition: Extended Cut

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Director James Mangold took a stab at The Wolverine in 2013 which was the second Wolverine spin-off from X-Men cinematic series. The DVD release of the film included the theatrical cut where the 3D Blu-ray release had also an extended cut and was dubbed as Unleashed Extended Edition. The extended cut contained additional scenes and had digital blood added to the theatrical cuts action scenes. Mangold confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

@thisthatedition Complex. My fave is the unrated v of theatrical with some violence restored. Most extra scenes in extended were wisely cut.

— Mangold (@mang0ld) July 7, 2016

The director’s preferred edition: Theatrical Cut is closer to his preferred edition than the Extended Cut

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