• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    5 days ago

    In my experience, all of them.

    The directors cut isn’t about watching the movie itself, but examining the process of producing a film - dissecting it.

    Two different experiences.

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      The director’s cut for Blade Runner is a massive improvement on the theatrical version because it removes the narration the studio forced in. A lot of director’s cuts include a few scenes that make a movie work when they were cut or changed to meet some silly studio meddling.

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      I’d argue that James Cameron’s “The Abyss” director’s cut is superior to the theatrical. The extra 25min introduces some extra plot details in the climax that really flesh out the ending

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      The theatrical cut of Dark City assumes the audience is an idiot and spoils the movie’s plot twist with an unnecessary opening narration.