Miramax cut vs The Final Cut

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Thanks for the interesting material. I've wanted to try something like this for years ever since the final cut was released. The thing is for me that the Fango article I read about DD combined with the Paramount VHS and then the Laser Paradise DVD all seemed to "melt" together in my mind after a few years but this article straightened things out for me about what was/wasn't cut from Stanley's edit.

It seems like Miramax was so crazed about pacing that they inadverdantly cut out little connective details which actually moved forward the plot, such as the bar discussion between Ben and William Hootkins in the bar where we see the pinball machine in the background get carried across to the segregated bar so that when Mark accidently shows up there and hears the same pinball machine he did on the phone he starts flipping out. I guess Mark's dialogue still conveys that little details but when you can actually see the pinball machine moved it works better. Also it's just a beautiful scene between Mokae and Hootkins. Cutting stuff like this made the film even more obscure.