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Ti West to His 'Devil' Producers: Stop Removing Scenes, Please
Filed under: Horror », Thrillers », Tribeca »
With the Tribeca Film Festival now underway, one would expect indie filmmaker Ti West to be all kinds of happy. His latest, The House of the Devil, is having its world premiere there -- plus the guy recently finished work on Cabin Fever 2. So what's the problem? Well, according to a rather fine interview between West and Spout's Karina Longworth, Ti is irritated that his producers have trimmed his movie down by a few scenes.
Click right here for the full piece (which also offers some interesting tidbits regarding the long-gestating Cabin Fever 2), but the gist of the conflict seems to be this: The House of the Devil, in its Tribeca incarnation, is missing a few scenes that the director happens to think are important. Having already seen West's 'preferred' version, I can offer the opinion that ... yes, the guy has a very good point. It's no secret at this point, especially if you've seen West's earlier flicks (The Roost and Trigger Man), that The House of the Devil is what we call a "seriously slow burn." You could trim SIX scenes from the flick and it'll still be a deliberately-paced and, ok, slow film. Trimming two scenes from this movie "for pacing" is like removing ten M&Ms from a giant bag "for dieters."
A Very Special Massacre
Filed under: Classics », Horror », Fandom », Home Entertainment »
Nothing gets me more geeked out than a brand-new Special Edition release of one of the true classics. Yeah, it means I have to drop a fresh 17 bucks on a movie I already have ... but some flicks are just worth the extra effort, you know? One such movie would be the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is a title I already own, of course, but that particular DVD, with its half-decent extras and mediocre A/V presentation, isn't exactly a piece of digital heaven. (It was good enough for a while, but no more!)Why no more? This is why: Dark Sky Films, the DVD maniacs I raved about a few weeks ago, are planning to unleash Tobe Hooper's finest flick in a seriously slick-looking mega-package. DavisDVD doles out the specs, and they look pretty damn awesome: Two commentary tracks (one old and one new), a feature-length retrospective documentary, deleted scenes, new cast interviews, trailers, TV spots, 5.1 audio, and a brand-new fully remastered OMG can't wait to see it anamorphic widescreen transfer. Zowie! (I can name one of my old DVDs that just made its way onto eBay.)
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