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Kathleen Clare Waller's avatar

Great highlights here and discussion in general of alternative cuts! Curious to see director’s cut for Farewell my Concubine. Sometimes it’s interesting when this is done for different audiences. For example, Fruit Chan’s Dumplings is a longer and more political version for Asian audiences and the internationally marketed version is a shorter more horror-focused film. I don’t know of a lot of examples but find it interesting!

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Mikhail Skoptsov's avatar

Oh thank you! Yes I am also curious about the international cuts of Chinese films. Curious now about Fruit Chans Dumplings as I am a horror fan.

I realized often it was hard to incorporate such little highlights into larger articles so decided to make short posts containing them going forward. Maybe a monthly thing. Will figure it going forward.

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Kathleen Clare Waller's avatar

Sounds good! Look forward to it.

Definitely check out that film :) one of my favorites. All his work is great.

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