His preferred version is not a years-later revisitation timed to coincide with some anniversary or a new Blu-ray reissue, however that is the route often taken by directors who’ve always had a niggling desire to revisit their past compromises. Von Trier is just the latest in a long line of directors who’ve taken issue with the theatrical cut of their film to the tune of retooling a version more in line with their original vision. Why Michael Cimino's Disastrous Epic Western 'Heaven's Gate' Was Blamed for Ruining United ArtistsĪ-Listers Enter the Best Director Race with the Advantageīut why should that matter? Well, it’s because we, like many enthusiastic cineastes have a hankering to get the “definitive” experience of a film, and in these auteurist times that tends to be the one upon which the director sets his or her seal of approval. Vangelis Dead at 79: Oscar-Winning Greek Composer Helped Shape the Sound of the 1980s So at this stage we’re not entirely sure any two of us have seen the exact same combination of cuts of “Nymphomaniac.” Adding to the whole sorry soup is that the theatrical cuts played certain territories long before others, while screenings for press were sometimes of the two ‘Volumes’ together as one film. Our stock of sex puns may have been well and truly plundered (note how we couldn’t even bring ourselves to say “this coming weekend”) but that’s still not the end of it, as ‘Vol II’ also has a director’s cut on the way (the director’s preferred version of ‘Vol I’ played Berlin some weeks after the theatrical cut had already opened). this weekend ( our ‘Vol II’ review is here). Blessed/cursed with one of the most confusing and prolonged release strategies in recent memory, (blessed in that it has kept the movie in the conversation longer cursed because that’s longer for everyone to get bored and irritated with it too) the second part of Lars von Trier’s “ Nymphomaniac” opens in the U.S.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |