Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bulkington (A) on April 20, 2004 at 06:40:28

In Reply to: Disagreement about the narration in AB. posted by tinear on April 19, 2004 at 18:23:05:

I think American Beauty provides an interesting test-case, though. Next time you watch it, ignore the narration as best you can and think about how different (not necessarily better, but certainly different) the movie becomes without it. I'd like someday to get a hold of editing equipment to make a narratorless American Beauty (and a narratorless Sheltering Sky, and original theatrical release of Blade Runner--I think the director's cut is superior for lacking narration, but some of the violence has been edited out and looks abridged, to me at least, at those moments).