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Kudos to Bravo for doing as they said with rpt. BBM !!!
CellarDweller:
I didn't watch, I had strong suspicions that it would be hacked up, and while I didn't know of this thread, there was a similar discussion on DCF, and reading there only confirmed my thoughts.
Frederick Bravo.
ChrisC:
--- Quote from: BlissC on June 28, 2008, 12:51:42 pm ---Ah, Brokeback got another one good! Welcome to Bettermost! :)
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Many thanks, I truely love this place.......true salvation :)
injest:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on June 28, 2008, 01:01:53 pm ---I didn't watch, I had strong suspicions that it would be hacked up, and while I didn't know of this thread, there was a similar discussion on DCF, and reading there only confirmed my thoughts.
Frederick Bravo.
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and Fredrick the horse they rode in on...
:laugh: :laugh:
brokeplex:
Frederick, that is too funny! :laugh:
but was the central meaing to the story changed? sure the art form, the structure all that is wonderful technically about the film would be changed with that type of editing. but, I wonder if viewers who have never seen BM before, and watched only the edited version, will be able to see the pathos, the tragedy, and what homophobia did to Jack and Ennis. If they can see and understand that truth then, "let be, let be".
huntinbuddy:
--- Quote from: milomorris on June 28, 2008, 08:19:49 am ---The overriding question is: Did the edits change the meaning of the story?
Milo
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Oh most definitely! I've seen BBM many times. I lost count somewhere past 30 viewings. I know I have each line memorized, and literally every scene burned into my brain. What offended me the most was not the fact they had removed the f-word from every scene and either deleted it or replaced it with something else; but they removed key scenes which destroyed the entire structure of the film for me. It was laughable, but yet sad to view.
I had heard Bravo was showing this in conjunction with the GLAAD awards. By cutting the tent scenes and a few other key scenes they totally missed the boat. But I think what bothers me the most, is this hacked up version of BBM will undoubtedly be the one that will be shown on the likes of NBC or CBS in the coming months; and any who have not seen the original version are going to say WTF is this!
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