One From The Heart S.e Jan 2004 ! (1 Viewer)

[MartinTeller]

The plot thickens... this info from DVDFile:

 

[Jay E]

If that news is true then Coppola is suffering from another bout of bad decision making, a condition that has plagued him in the past (ie: casting his daughter in The Gofather Part 3 and deciding to direct Jack).

 

[Michael Reuben]

But day and date with the DVD will be a D-VHS release of the film, presented in the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, but sans the extras included on the two-disc DVD set.

Once again, DVD File proves itself to be a font of misinformation. The original theatrical aspect ratio of the new version of One From the Heart was 4:3. I know because (apparently unlike the reporter at DVD File) I actually saw the film in a theater. (See post 31 above.)

M.

 

[Marc Colella]

Once again, DVD File proves itself to be a font of misinformation. The original theatrical aspect ratio of the new version of One From the Heart was 4:3. I know because (apparently unlike the reporter at DVD File) I actually saw the film in a theater. (See post 31 above.)

Yep, 1.33:1 for this film.

IMDB backs it up also:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0084445/technical

 

[Brandon Conway]

ie: casting his daughter in The Gofather Part 3

Well, to be fair, he cast Winona Ryder, and she became ill just days before shooting, and his daughter was available.

 

[Simon Basso]

Vickie, thanks for outlining the changes. I was going to pre-order, glad I haven't. I'm fair-to-middling disappointed about this.

 

[Drew Reiber]

I thought it would start off so wonderfully, with the first movie of the year seen in the theater a re-release of one of our All-Time Favorite films, One From The Heart, which we've loved since the mid-80s, and had never seen in the theater.

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I think there's something about this film that needs to be cleared up on this forum. I've now read on multiple reviews and other random posts around the Internet that the feature was recut upon release on VHS and again recut (8 minutes of footage re-added) on laserdisc.

I have not seen any of the three versions, but every official reference or theatrical experience commentary that I've read says that the 1982 theatrical version has never been released on home video until this DVD. This has been confirmed by those who were lucky enough to catch it during it's brief run.

I know there are people on this forum who are upset that the edition they grew up with on video is not available, but I don't believe it's fair that we label the DVD as a post-theatrical "Redux" edition when we're basing our perspective on the home versions.

Also, I would like to add that this is one of several instances of where something similar has happened. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was also edited upon home video release and the original cut wasn't made available until the recent DVD release (I don't *think* the laserdisc had that cut).

 

[Michael Reuben]

Sorry to bring up an old thread

It's not that old, and in any case there's no need to apologize for placing a post in an existing thread on the subject. I wish more people did so.

M.

 

[Patrick Larkin]

So, any reviews of the DVD? Thanks.

 

[Patrick McCart]

The D-VHS will be 1.33:1 windowboxed, not 1.85:1.

 

[Simon Basso]

I know there are people on this forum who are upset that the edition they grew up with on video is not available, but I don't believe it's fair that we label the DVD as a post-theatrical "Redux" edition when we're basing our perspective on the home versions.

That's a fair point, except that I've been watching a version taped from the BBC in the mid-eighties which was exactly the same as the version I saw at Britain's National Film Theatre throughout the eighties and last time in about 1991. So I particularly feel a bit cheated, and see it as further evidence of a once-great filmmaker's artistic decline.

 

[Drew Reiber]

So I particularly feel a bit cheated, and see it as further evidence of a once-great filmmaker's artistic decline.

Did you see the film during it's initial run in 1982, though? I haven't seen anything that indicates that version was available past those first two weeks. I'm still looking for more confirmation on this, but apparently Coppola took to cutting it immediately after it was pulled from theatrical release to make it more commercially viable. It's possible that the foreign release was also affected by this choice. Argh, there has got to be more info somewhere...

 

[oscar_merkx]

from the Bits

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...mtheheart.html

When one thinks of experimental film, the first things that generally spring to mind are plotless, no-budget shorts from the likes of Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, and Richard Kern. If you think features, you tend to conjure up images from John Cassavetes or the iconoclastic Dogme 95 banner. You don't usually think of lavish, $26 million musical fantasies directed by a multiple Academy Award-winner. But above all else, Francis Coppola's ambitious One from the Heart is every inch an experimental film. It was a test of new technologies. It was a gamble on a new kind of Hollywood studio. And it was a risk on a different kind of movie musical. At the time, it appeared that every one of these experiments had failed. Coppola withdrew One from the Heart from theatres a mere two weeks after its premiere and soon thereafter, lost his idyllic Zoetrope Studios. Twenty years later, One from the Heart is available again in a spectacular two-disc set that inaugurates the American Zoetrope DVD label distributed by Fantoma. And while its failings can't be denied, Coppola's labor of love today looks like an ahead-of-its-time minor classic, far more interesting than many so-called successful pictures.

enjoy the rest of the review

 

[oscar_merkx]

here is more

To answer the most obvious question first, the full frame presentation IS the movie's original aspect ratio. It is NOT supposed to be letterboxed. As Coppola explains in his commentary, he chose to shoot One from the Heart in the classic pre-1950's Academy ratio as an homage to the films he grew up on, from the great Astaire/Rogers musicals to Citizen Kane (which is explicitly referenced in an early shot of the Golden Nugget casino sign).

 

[Michael Reuben]

Another relevant excerpt:

Speaking of alternate takes, the second disc includes ten deleted, extended or alternate scenes. For this reissue, Coppola used the opportunity to make some changes (as seems to be the fashion these days). The original scenes from the 1982 theatrical release are found here and in almost every case, it seems that Coppola's changes were for the better.

Obviously, Vicki would disagree with that last assessment.

M.

 

[Drew Reiber]

Obviously, Vicki would disagree with that last assessment.

But at least I finally found out for sure, as there were some IMDB comments that claimed this version was the same as theatrical cut. Thanks for looking. I'll probably be checking this film out asap.

 

[Drew Reiber]

Well, so much for our theories. Counting the latest release on DVD, there are no less than 4 different cuts of this film.


Check out this interview with Francis Ford Coppola at The Digital Bits.

I found out one of my film professors got to see the premiere of this cut back in LA over the summer, and from some of his glowing comments on the stylization of the film... I broke down and bought a copy at Best Buy tonight.

I'm going to check it out with my friends tomorrow, so if anyone is interested I'll post my thoughts on the DVD release as soon as I can. Thanks again for all your help and comments.

 

[oscar_merkx]

thanks for the link

great interview