On Friday, November 12, 2021 at 8:11:30 PM UTC-8, gggg gggg wrote:
Concerning "Stromboli":
- ...The original American release had [Ingrid Bergman's character] returning to her husband; Rossellini's cut, however, leaves her on the mountain [which is what is on Youtube]. The director later said that he didn't know what she did when the film
ended, that he simply wanted to take her to a "turning point."
http://www.fredcamper.com/Film/Rossellini.html
Concerning BLADE RUNNER:
- The international theatrical release of Blade Runner almost identical to the US theatrical release, it's just more violent and disturbing., which gives it an R-rating. It contains the same voice-over narration by Harrison Ford and the same "happy
ending" that was forced into the US theatrical version but contains graphic scenes that in some ways makes the storyline more compelling with more at stake.
This version was actually released on VHS in the US as part of the "Criterion Collection" in the early '90s, as part of a special "10th Anniversary Edition", and it could be seen on HBO as late as 2015. The scenes that producers thought were too
shocking for US audiences made it into "The Final Cut" version, the most gruesome of them being where Roy Batty gives himself stigmata.
https://screenrant.com/blade-runner-every-version-original-ranked/
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