why was the sour milk drinking scene cut on the dvd version

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Hey there, everybody, this is Buddy Giovinazzo and I'm so happy to be reading your comments on COMBAT SHOCK. Believe me, both good and bad comments are valid and I agree with most of them, although of course I have a somewhat different perspective. I wanted to set the record straight on the "uncut" dvd release of the film. I was shocked and upset when I finally got to see the "uncut" version, because to be truthful, it contained even less footage than the video version. I'm at a complete loss as to explain it, as Lloyd Kaufman is a friend of mine and actually really loved the film as it was. That's the truth, Lloyd was a champion of this film from the moment he saw it. What I think happened is that some film geek in the Troma editing suites got his hands on it and thought he would impress his bosses by making the film better. Some of the cuts are imcomprehensible to me, sometimes major story points have been cut out.

Last October Troma renewed the rights to COMBAT SHOCK and Lloyd promised me that a new, truly "uncut" director's version would be released. I hope when that happens it will shed a little more light on some of the things that work, and don't work, in COMBAT SHOCK.

I was a film student when I made the film, and now looking back I can see how embarrassing some of my choices were. It just goes to show that sometimes if your heart is in the right place, an audience will see through the mistakes and inexperience and find the heart and soul of a film. I lived that film for over two years, and I thank everyone who still gives it a viewing and a comment. For me it's not important if the film is considered good or bad, the fact is, after twenty years it's still out there, and for a tiny little student film made at the College of Staten Island, I got much more out of the experience that I could ever express.

Thank you all and take care,
Buddy