[Kendo] Kingdom of heaven/treenit?

[Niko Pursiainen]

> (Onko tuo pidempi versio faktaa, kuulostaa mainiolta! t.o.h.e.)

"The London Evening Standard for April 28 says Scott 'had to chop more
than an hour from the final cut, and it really shows.' The article doesn't
explain what was cut or why. ... "

ja

"During a recent interview with Dark Horizons, director Ridley Scott spoke
a bit about the DVD release of his upcoming epic, Kingdom of Heaven, which
hits theaters on May 6th. According to the director, not only will a
multi-disc DVD set be available next year, but the director plans on
adding over an hour of footage back into the theatrcial cut of the film.

 The assorted actors and Scott himself confirmed today that the original
cut of the film clocked in at a little over three hours (around 195 mins).
Actress Eva Green revealed that the longer cut focuses more on the
characters, and less on the crusades themselves.

 Amongst the stuff edited out is more of the love story between Green and
Bloom's character, and a subplot involving her son. Green says her Lady
Macbeth style tragic character is more complex in the longer version - a
journey of self discovery.

 Why then did they bother with a shorter theatrical cut? Scott says "The
DVD world is a different experience. A theatrical audience goes out to see
the movie, and I think to a degree there's a tolerance...do you think
operas tend to be a bit long? do you think theatre tends to be a bit long?
You think 'oh my god' there's going to be another act...The extended
version, you can tell why we had certain scenes in the extended version.
The one that went out was the best version, no question about it in my
opinion.""


Cheers,
Niko