You make a very good case, but the reason I dislike the auteur theory is because of what started it, i.e., the argument that films can't be art because they're not created by one artist (as novels, paintings, symphonies, etc. usually are) but are done by committee, so to speak. Unfortunately...
OK, I think I'm getting there. What threw me was the reference to branching to a "slightly shorter" version.
Let me see if I have this. The new version is longer than the DVD but 85 seconds shorter than the laserdisc. It also contains some things not on the laserdisc.
However, there is a...
Could someone state explicitly what's on this? I'm so confused I can't think straight.
As of this minute, I'm thinking this contains what was on the DVD, which is basically an extended version of the theatrical release, but with seamless branching it can be viewed in a longer version which is...