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Bob Cashill · 01-29-2008, 03:57 PM

This is one case, however, where I very strongly feel that the longer cut is the better one. The theatrical version felt slimmed down to me, as if something was missing. I'm glad both will be present but I can't imagine choosing the shorter one over the far more immersive longer one, which is the one that sold me on a film I had previously only respected, and that only begrudgingly. (Per Bertolucci, I thought it was boring.)

01-29-2008, 03:57 PM	#3 of 304
Bob Cashill Member Location: Brooklyn, NY Join Date: Aug 2001 Local Time: 06:55 AM Local Date: 08-30-2008 Posts: 302	Re: Statement concerning THE LAST EMPEROR (Criterion Collection) This is one case, however, where I very strongly feel that the longer cut is the better one. The theatrical version felt slimmed down to me, as if something was missing. I'm glad both will be present but I can't imagine choosing the shorter one over the far more immersive longer one, which is the one that sold me on a film I had previously only respected, and that only begrudgingly. (Per Bertolucci, I thought it was boring.)