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Has anyone noticed that some DVD issues have been re-edited? I don't mean additional scenes which are normally well advertised to entice you to purchase yet another edition, but cuts which are not advertised at all.
I have the Chinese issue of House of Flying Dagger and there are a couple of scenes which differ from the US version. In the final battle scene, just before the two male protangonist meat, the Chinese version has Zhang Ziyi whisper a warning, but that has been completely edited out in the US release. The Chinese version also has a scene where you can see her blood gushing out as she throws the dagger.
I no longer have my laser disc of Casablanca but I also seem to recall the scene where Bogart escorts his previous girl friend out of the bar was a bit longer and actually showed him walking her through a doorway.
All of this is relatively minor stuff, but it makes me wonder what else has been changed in other movies which I am not so familiar with.
Stu

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Re:Casablanca - rico 08:44:36 06/03/05 (0)
Although editing may occur on certain foriegn films (i.e., non- u.s. origin) I find it hard tobelieve that "Casablanca" would ne altered in any way.
Re: DVD editing - Jack G 16:23:56 06/02/05 (1)
Its quite a common complaint with imported movies. Mirimax is universally hated for this reason. They butchered Shoalin Soccer. I buy the imported version whenever possible.
I also refuse to buy the original Star Wars trilogy because it was very noticably altered.
Jack
- 6 versions of Star Wars - jbmcb 08:28:18 06/03/05 (0)
  Star Wars THX Letterbox edition on Laserdisc, the best verison available of the original, unmodified version.
  Laserdiscs are still great for getting good quality transfers of unscrewed-with movies. A few are actually superior, video-wise, to their DVD counterparts, particularly for earlier DVD's with a lot of compression artifacts.
  Of course, a good LD player is going to cost a lot more than a good DVD player.
  
  /*Music is subjective. Sound is not.*/

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