Studio messed up what could have been a horror epic

Dear Michael Mann,

it is really sad that the studio messed up your film. I was wondering why more space was not given to the death of the soldiers. We are only shown the deaths of the first two soldiers. But more keep dying and I got to know about this through the exchanges between the top brass of Nazis. Then I read about the studio interference and realized the whole film was badly cut. It is a shame because the film is a visual treat. The long shot of the Keep's entrance, the tracking shots of the soldiers running through the Keep's corridors with the cross shining in the background and the shots of the foggy village were beautiful and unlike anything I have seen for a horror film. The background score by Tangerine Dream during the entry of the Nazis into the village might have inspired the score for Sicario. It was a horror film with a large canvas not unlike The Shining or Apocalypse Now.

There were aspects of the film which were quite cheesy. Like Robert Prosky's get up and his exchanges with Ian Mckellen. And the special effects were nothing to write home about.

I hope you release the three hour director's cut, Michael.

Best Regards,
Pimpin.

(6/10)