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Multiple versions of this film?

posted 18 years ago by babatjie
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I saw this movie on local university cable station (CUNY) and liked it so much that I bought a (bootleg, apparently) copy on eBay. The version I received seems to be a different edit. The subtitling is definitely different (more frequent subtitles with more narrative content), and some of the editing is different as well (I could give examples but won't go into such detail at the moment). Is anyone aware of multiple versions in circulation? Neither of the ones I watched seems to be in good enough condition to be a recently restored print.

[–] lagal 18 years ago

In my experience (admittedly limited), it does seem as if silent movies are afflicted with the curse of various versions circulating. That situation seems to be the result of various censorships boards tampering with the film.

In Barry Paris's biography of Louise Brooks, he quotes the screenwriter as saying that he saw it in Paris and so much had been cut that he thought the film had broken. He sat in the dark for a bit thinking the film would resume but it didn't. That version was over.

[–] DJ-Chojin 15 years ago

i got the eureka print remasterd by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation on my computer it runs with the logos ect at 1h 47 mins with vlc media player, on the tv its 115 mins
other versions in uk are the tartan version 74 mins, the blue dolphin 96 mins in cinema

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