I’ve seen directors really get lost in their own heads before, but seven different cuts for one film? That’s just… wild. It makes you wonder what was even on the cutting room floor to begin with.
This wasn’t a case of minor tweaks, either. We’re talking about fundamentally changing the storyline, the pacing, even the characters’ motivations each time. Imagine sitting in a theater expecting one movie and getting a completely different experience five minutes later because they decided to shoot a new ending after the initial release. It’s happened, you know, with things like ‘Blade Runner’; there are like, six officially released versions, and they’re not subtle differences like adding a few extra seconds of dialogue.
The primary sticking point, from
