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Mar 20 15 7:51 PM
The Batman of Gotham wrote:Count Gamula wrote:I have to admit I rankle a bit every time someone refers to these two reconstructions as "fan edits" or when someone assumes they are an attempt to "fix" the movie or make it better through creative choices made by Clark or myself. Or they think we claim that our re-edits represent what Browning wanted the final film to be. All Clark and I have done is arrange the the scenes in their original order according to the script to see how the film plays that way. Clark worked only with footage from the Browning film to create a very watchable alternative version of the movie based strictly on the structure of the script.That's what was fascinating about Clark's re-edit when I first saw it. It did "fix" continuity errors that I never realized existed and made the storyline play more cohesively. But it wasn't intentional on Clark's part - he'd just re-arranged the scenes to match the Latino version! The results to the Browning version, however, were indicative that it was no coincidence. The movie had been designed to play that way in the first place.- GJS
Count Gamula wrote:I have to admit I rankle a bit every time someone refers to these two reconstructions as "fan edits" or when someone assumes they are an attempt to "fix" the movie or make it better through creative choices made by Clark or myself. Or they think we claim that our re-edits represent what Browning wanted the final film to be. All Clark and I have done is arrange the the scenes in their original order according to the script to see how the film plays that way. Clark worked only with footage from the Browning film to create a very watchable alternative version of the movie based strictly on the structure of the script.
Batman,
That's the point of my beef, it fixed "continuity errors that" you AND others "never realized existed and made the storyline play more cohesively". In other words you didn't see any continuity errors until you had the re-edit to point them out to you. At least that's how your post makes it sound. So, what is it really, were there really continuity errors in the original film that you just simply failed to catch because of a lack of understanding of what you were watching to the extent that you needed to have them pointed out to you in black and white, or, more likely, "continuity errors" that really did nothing to harm the flow of the film and spoil your enjoyment of the picture? I never found DRACULA 31 to be so complicated an epic that I needed to have any so called blanks filled in.
Now, I understand the difference between the Browning and Medford versions and just accept them as two versions of the same picture. When I want to watch one I watch one, when I want to watch the other, ditto. I don't need to have elements from the later combined into the former to have a "cohesive" story where everything is spoon fed to me. I like using my imagination, sometimes. I suppose Universal feels the same way, because in this age of director's cuts and so on, we have yet to see a legit re-cut of DRACULA from Universal. At least then it would give them a faux reason for an umpteenth home video release on 3D Blu OR SUPER DUPER BLU when that technology is released. Now, all this being said, again I have no problem and no real say in what anyone wants to do with their time. But, I think a more worthwhile project would have been to re-edit the Universal Frankenstein saga from FRANKENSTEIN through ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Real continuity problems exist in those films which cry out for a major re-cut on the line of the GODFATHER SAGA.
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