Thom Seaman
September 13th, 2007, 06:45 AM
Hi all,
Went to a preview the other week of the UK stand-alone release of Death Proof and loved it. I thought it made for a fascinating lesson in movie editing, because I had seen the film in its 90m Grindhouse incarnation and found it likeable enough but padded out with endless interminable dialogue scenes that seemed to last forever. I dreaded to think how a 114m cut would play, but to my surprise the extra length made everything flow much better: to my mind, the far longer version feels much shorter!
The screening was bookended by an introduction and Q&A with QT and Zoe Bell, who were linked up by satellite with us and another dozen cinemas around the country; this worked far more smoothly than I was expecting and it's a shame that more movies aren't promoted this way!
Thom
Went to a preview the other week of the UK stand-alone release of Death Proof and loved it. I thought it made for a fascinating lesson in movie editing, because I had seen the film in its 90m Grindhouse incarnation and found it likeable enough but padded out with endless interminable dialogue scenes that seemed to last forever. I dreaded to think how a 114m cut would play, but to my surprise the extra length made everything flow much better: to my mind, the far longer version feels much shorter!
The screening was bookended by an introduction and Q&A with QT and Zoe Bell, who were linked up by satellite with us and another dozen cinemas around the country; this worked far more smoothly than I was expecting and it's a shame that more movies aren't promoted this way!
Thom