Eyes Wide Shut Director's Cut R1 release?
Was there a R1 release of Eyes Wide Shut-The Directors Cut or was it only available through R2??
2nd question-if its only available in R2 where is the best place to pick this up at online? Thanks in advance |
Currently it's not available in region 1.
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That's right. Instead we have to deal with poor CGI shadows blocking nudity. Bah.
I thought Warner did a bad job with the Kubrick movies. I'd love to see them re-released in amaray cases with more extras. |
minor question ... how can we have a director's cut of this film???
the director FREAKIN DIED BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETED!!!!!!! and now back to your regular programming T |
Man oh man, that was funny T!
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Re: Eyes Wide Shut Director's Cut R1 release?
Originally posted by animalmystic 2nd question-if its only available in R2 where is the best place to pick this up at online? |
I will add that the R2 Japanese and the R2 European are still slightly censored.
The only release that is fully uncut is the R3 Hong Kong version DVD. The R2 versions have a line of dialogue that some religious people might have objections to cut out, while the R3 left it in. |
It was edited by WB for a R rating if I recall corectly. I remember something about the international version being his way but the US version was changed. WB said he agreed to it-- remember he had apperantly just finished editing it when he died--, but somehow I doubt that.
Believe me there are plenty of ways to know what his cut would have been. For one, you just gotta ask the editor what he wanted. Look at his notes, etc. Dead don't mean nothing. |
The only release that is fully uncut is the R3 Hong Kong version DVD. |
Originally posted by manicsounds The R2 versions have a line of dialogue that some religious people might have objections to cut out, while the R3 left it in. Whether or not the R3 disc is actually uncensored is hotly contested around these parts; people who have had both R3 and R2 have claimed that there's no difference. minor question ... how can we have a director's cut of this film??? the director FREAKIN DIED BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETED!!!!!!! |
Originally posted by ZackR While the cuts to the R1 version are not really i[]that[/i] significant, I recommend any fan pick up the R3 version. I grabbed it for like $12 a year or so ago. Highly recommended. |
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Originally posted by THORN minor question ... how can we have a director's cut of this film??? the director FREAKIN DIED BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETED!!!!!!! However, Kubrick had a history of continuing to tinker with his movies even after delivering his "final cut", including making changes to 2001 and The Shining after they had already premiered. So it's possible that he would have kept working on Eyes Wide Shut as well. I have the Region 3 DVD. The chanting is the same as the Region 1 release. There is no home video release of this film with the Kubrick's chosen chanting. They sound nearly identical, though, so unless you speak Arabic or Hindi or whatever language it originally was you won't notice the difference. |
Originally posted by Josh Z The movie was completed when Kubrick died. Warner Bros. then added in the digital silhouettes to get an R-rating (which Kubrick knew he was obliged to deliver when he was making the film). including making changes to 2001 and The Shining after they had already premiered. |
There is no home video release of this film with the Kubrick's chosen chanting. They sound nearly identical, though, so unless you speak Arabic or Hindi or whatever language it originally was you won't notice the difference. (OTOH, the digitally superimposed figures are terrible and the film shouldn't be watched this way) |
Zack - whereabouts? I've kept an eye on E-bay, but it keeps going for $30 or more (the rare times it's even available). |
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