Deleted Scenes (6:31)-- There's a really good one of the kids be bullied at school while the other three
excised scenes aren't particularly interesting.
Similarly, his comments on
the excised scenes, which include an amusing alternate open and a darker (and more preferable) ending, address the obvious.
Those looking for director commentary,
excised scenes, subtitles, or even 5.1 sound are out of luck, and the source prints are scratchy and speckled, if not to distraction.
While the director's cut expands upon it,
the excised scenes were not unduly missed before.
Not exact matches
All
scenes feature an optional commentary from director David Fincher, including the alternate ending section, where he discusses the deletions and / or extensions and why they were
excised.
McEwan's understandable dedication to the source material also leads to some pushy, unnecessary inclusions, from a
scene that dramatizes Edward's apparent «coarseness» in a way that's in direct opposition to everything else we've learned about the character, to a heartbreaking insight into Florence's family life that should either be much bigger or totally
excised from the film.
But the
scenes of these last three men could easily have been
excised.
In every single instance, I could see exactly why the deleted
scenes were originally
excised.
Aside from a brief
scene towards the end of the film establishing its success, it's effectively
excised from proceedings.
There are also a number of extended and alternate
scenes, a fake commercial for Annie's jewelry store employer, and three entirely
excised sequences — the big one being a five - minute blind date
scene featuring Wiig's character with Paul Rudd, who experiences a character - revealing ice skating accident.
The requisite chapter stops are included, along with optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles, while a small clutch of deleted
scenes and a making - of featurette shed light on the behind - the -
scenes filmmaking process, and its
excised material.
Though it's a shame that more
excised footage isn't included, we do get a look at the «Director's Cut of the Final
Scene of Risky Business» (7:24), a very welcome complement to Brickman's comments on the commentary.
Carter's
scenes in particular cry out to be
excised: Her fake leg, which is made out of porcelain and harbors a secret shotgun, is a beautiful prop that the filmmakers obviously adore.
There are some telling moments when they discuss material that was
excised from the final cut, such as
scenes that might have made other characters in the film more sympathetic, but unfortunately none of this footage has been preserved on this disc.
Extras include a theatrical trailer (which contains so much
excised footage it could qualify as a deleted -
scenes section), four distinct television spots, a video for Jars of Clay's «Unforgetful You» and a hyperlink to that band's website, plus Britney Spear's «Drive Me Crazy» clip, a headache - inducing rocker that is mercifully underused in the film itself.
More insight is offered by the deleted
scenes, which show where a couple of meaningful character beats were
excised from the final cut.
The paradox of Cameraperson is that almost all of its countless terrific
scenes were deliberately
excised from other movies.
It's obvious why these
scenes were
excised (though they serve to further humanize McNamara, they're all tangential to his 10 lessons), but the way the first and last deleted
scenes serve to bookend the middle ones almost situates these forty minutes as a film onto itself.
The staccato cadence of Tim Streeto's editing, which clusters together short
scenes that
excise the beginnings and ends of interactions, often keeps the impact of Bernard's autocratic parenting from registering fully on impact, but the film's tragicomic punch lands in the final act after an otherwise useless therapy session triggers in Walt a warm memory of his mother — thus spawning a stint of self - analysis that doubles as an occasion for viewer reflection.
The one extra not blatantly promotional (though heavily media - hyped prior to the DVD release) is a trio of very brief deleted
scenes, most notably Ben Affleck's
excised cameo as an out - of - costume Matt Murdock, which turns out to be one hugely anticlimactic throwaway of a missed opportunity — much like the entire finished film itself.
A selection of deleted
scenes include a comic - book style alternate open and an extended ending in which Casey Jones (voiced by Chris Evans) proposes to April (Sarah Michelle Gellar); all of the
excised footage is in varying stages of completion and is accompanied by commentary by Munroe (which, unfortunately, can not be turned off).
Years later, he would go on to release yet another director's cut, with those final
scenes excised.
Apart from its aforementioned chapter selection, the only supplemental bonus feature comes by way of eight minutes of additional
excised material, including an extra dance
scene and a mock condom commercial starring Kattan.
In the Deleted
Scenes area, we get six
excised clips.
In early November, director Ridley Scott, 80, vowed to re-shoot
scenes and re-edit the kidnap drama - thriller All the Money in the World to
excise Kevin Spacey — just weeks before the film's theatrical debut.
It's long in that, as the film doesn't sufficiently stick to the central theme of Mandela's fight for freedom, the
scenes of his love life and his relationship with his children feel like they don't add much to the potency of the reason why Mandela is an important historical figure, and probably should have been
excised.
Elsewhere, Haneke doles out pleasure and then takes it away, as in one key
scene that's literally rewound and replayed to
excise a moment when the tables are turned on the captors.
He went to the trouble of filming expository
scenes that others might have
excised for budgetary considerations, such as Clair's divorce proceedings and grainy home movies of hippies at the commune.
No, problem they decided, and simply
excised twenty minutes of footage from the film and inserted newly filmed
scenes featuring American B - movie actor Raymond Burr.
At the same time, these characters and
scenes also add a certain complexity to the film, and even when they seem superfluous, I can't think of any that I would casually
excise.
Twelve deleted
scenes (which can be accessed through a «baseball» icon during commentary) are almost entirely comprised of
excised character development exposition, including a nice
scene between Prinze and Lillard that would've justified their movie friendship nicely.
A subplot involving Rogen's relationship with a high - school student (Amber Heard) could have been
excised, though at the expense of the one of the film's funniest
scenes.
Most of these
scenes are merely brief moments which were
excised from the film.
It was one of my favorite
scenes, but one I decided to
excise for pacing purposes.
By
excising the photograph from the context of a magazine spread and dissecting the original
scene, Stenram draws attention to the voyeuristic nature of the image.
Also, I had
excised any hint of gender in my art in order to be taken seriously in the LA art
scene and was fed up with doing that.