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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
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Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighbouring town. Is a David Lynch film, think only Muholland Drive tops this one in his filmography. Lynch's work is an acquired taste, one that I'm happy to have acquired...

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Muholland Drive (2001)
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After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Mulholland Dr. is a film that will make you question your own sanity in many ways. Absolutely some of David Lynch's best work... Is a film that will make you think on it for several days if not more.

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Queen6 said:
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
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Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighbouring town. Is a David Lynch film, think only Muholland Drive tops this one in his filmography. Lynch's work is an acquired taste, one that I'm happy to have acquired...

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The Pink Room (link), from the soundtrack, is a menacing but interesting tune.

I am ambivalent about Lynch's films in the same way I am ambivalent about looking at the scene of a traffic accident. I admit to having curiosity but I don't enjoy the experience. And I am not squeamish - I laughed through The Shining...

Anyway, I have always thought it paradoxical that people watch horror films and psychological thrillers.
 
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I came across a small video on YouTube explaining the situation around the Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut, thought it was really interesting. Fox executives removed 45 minutes worth of material from a 3 hr 9 mins film to transform a sprawling epic into a smaller action adventure, the movie barely made it’s money back at the box office, and was hated by critics.

Then the director Ridley Scott releases the Directors Cut without any marketing support from Fox, with all the cut footage restored, and many critics end up calling it “one of the greatest epic movies ever made”, the film regains much of it’s reputation, and goes on a run in dvd sales.

Yet the Theatrical Cut remains the only one on sale through the Apple TV store, meaning you have to get physical media to see the Directors Cut. So I have ordered a blu ray for the first time in years to see what all the furore is about, being familiar only with the Theatrical Cut.
 
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I came across a small video on YouTube explaining the situation around the Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut, thought it was really interesting. Fox executives removed 45 minutes worth of material from a 3 hr 9 mins film to transform a sprawling epic into a smaller action adventure, the movie barely made it’s money back at the box office, and was hated by critics.

Then the director Ridley Scott releases the Directors Cut without any marketing support from Fox, with all the cut footage restored, and many critics end up calling it “one of the greatest epic movies ever made”, the film regains much of it’s reputation, and goes on a run in dvd sales.

Yet the Theatrical Cut remains the only one on sale through the Apple TV store, meaning you have to get physical media to see the Directors Cut. So I have ordered a blu ray for the first time in years to see what all the furore is about, being familiar only with the Theatrical Cut.
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I really like this film and was blown away when I found out that it was a critical failure. I never saw it in theaters, I've only seen the director's cut.
 
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I really like this film and was blown away when I found out that it was a critical failure. I never saw it in theaters, I've only seen the director's cut.
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For me, this is one of the best examples of why Directors Cut discs are a good thing. The pre-release screenings which executives use to determine whether a film needs this kind of last-minute cutting are based on a small sample size, and the audience for a film in the wild is self-selecting. You could well get a completely different kind of audience for a 3 hour epic than for a 2 hour plus action adventure. In this case studio executives lost their nerve and didn’t back the director.

One of the critics I follow, Tom van der Linden of the ‘Like Stories of Old’ YouTube channel, placed the Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut as one of the five most significant films on the subject of goodness and virtue, alongside The Shawshank Redemption and The Lord of the Rings. Which for me was reason enough to revisit the film.

Another Ridley Scott film is also a poster child for the Directors Cut, and that is Blade Runner. That film had a famously troubled history, but really I think all its versions are good and the differences are only slight. I have the Final Cut version myself, which I occasionally enjoy revisiting.
 
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Watched CODA last night. (Children Of Deaf Adults) I loved it !
Like watching 'Queen's Gambit' means a bit more if you know chess, CODA will mean a bit more if you know some members of the deaf community. IMHO, still worth the watch.
p.s. Played on disc in my 2010 MM.
 
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