Textual Variations

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Paratexts and Inferred Versions

Or, Further Observations on Deleted Scenes

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Mikhail Skoptsov
Jun 28, 2021
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Following up on my previous article about deleted scenes, this piece discusses the existence of ‘inferred versions’ of films. Among other things, it defines what ‘inferred versions’ are, details their connection to the process of textual revision, how one can actually deduce that these versions existed at some point in the text’s internal history.

Screencap: Kevin Spacey appears in the first trailer released for “All The Money in the World“ (2017). In the final film, he is replaced by Christopher Plummer. The trailer attests to the fact that a complete or near-complete version of the picture with alternate footage of Spacey-as-Getty should exist.

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