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FRIDAY 31st WE'RE GOING BACK HOME, FOLKS Thecinemaforums is dead for a number of reasons that I wish not to disclose, as it gives away my plans for world revolution ;). I was anticipating the expiration but didn't realise it'd happen so soon. It feels good to go back where it started, although that's not necessarily true, it's was our first major message board which we didn't have to quit so soon. We are back at ezboard. Click Here.
FRIDAY 17th SUPERMAN DOUBLE BILL The Roxy Bar & Screen, a free venue in London, England has released
their listings for August 2007. It includes a double bill of Superman
movies... 5.00pm "Superman: The Movie" (1978) 8.00pm "Superman Returns" (2006) The screening is free but you have to pay for your own drinks and food! Thanks to Mark Witherspoon
SUNDAY 12th LINKS Influenced by Superman The Movie, Kevin J. Anderson's"The Last Days of Krypton" hits stores this fall. Check out the interview here. The DVD set isn't quite ultimate, a number of deleted scenes are still missing for whatever reason. Are they missing? Not enough disc space? Superman Homepage has put together a comprehensive list here. Superman's Fortress of Solitude has been found under a desert! Click Here to find out more. RICHARD LESTER There was a brief interview with him on a documentary charting British Films yesterday. He was talking about 'A Hard Day's Night'. It seemed like it was done within the last year. He looked quite well and was articulate. Maybe he refuses to talk to any media outlet except the BBC? The last notable interview was with Steve Sodenbergh several years ago. You can read that here.
THURSDAY 2nd BLADERUNNER/SUPERMAN 2 By now you must have heard about this super duper Bladerunner DVD set. If you haven't, then click here. Why am I talking about Bladerunner? Selutron thought it would be a good idea to show that if Bladerunner DVD set can feature numerous cuts, then there's still life in Superman. Included are a number of different versions of the film - 5 different cuts - how could anyone be disappointed? Plus 47 minutes of deleted scenes in a chronological narrative form. I'm being presumptuous, but I think every fan is being catered for. This brings me on to Superman... ...Superman 2 The Donner Cut was to be the end. The King of kings, yet there are a number of disappointed fans questioning the quality of the Donner cut 9 months later. So bemused with the choices made that they are creating their own cuts. There's an insatiable demand for these cuts and at the top of the pile is Selutron's ambitious project that's been causing quite a sensation. His mission statement is quite clear, to resemble something that Donner might have finished back in 1980 using newly shot footage, stock footage and the creation of special effects. What I've seen is exceptional and is hard to ignore; the possibilities are frighteningly good, but also ominous that anyone can reshape material without the consent of the author today and throw it into the public domain. This is not an attack on anyone involved in fan cut projects, but just food for thought. There is a market for enabling viewers to control their protagonist, but you know what? I just want to sit back and enjoy the film without it being my arbitrary decision - I want the author to take me on an adventure. Selutron has vision and talent, so it's a shame in some respects that he's working on reshaping the Donner cut and not on something original of his own. He's too gifted to be bogged down in fan cut mire, but I think he's going to make the Superman throng very happy. What is the best cut of Superman 2? There isn't one and, judging by the various discussions, there never will be one. Everyone has their own conceived idea of what the Donner cut should be. Maybe if they included the International cut... people might have been more forgiving? I still think the best way of presenting the Donner material was a roundtable type discussion with footage shown in chronological order. The budget limitation on the Donner cut is so obvious, if you're not going to commit to it wholly, then why bother? The Donner cut has been a big success, I wouldn't be surprised if they revisit the cut upon the next anniversary. If Stone's Alexander can get umpteen releases, why can't the Donner Cut? The capacity is there, and hunger for various cuts is still evident judging by the sales. Hollywood lives on flogging dead horses and, may I add, saving injured ones, too. ;)
If you missed it, Selutron was interviewed about his Superman 2 re-cut AKA The version we deserved. You can read the interview here and check out his clips at YouTube -- here.
ILYA SALKIND SUPERMAN 3 INTERVIEW I'm in the process of setting it up. Don't fret, I haven't forgotten, but these things require time on both sides to commit.
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