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Author | Cucumber soda
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Last week, after the release of wen Ziren's new movie "Fatal Induction", the entire fan circle set off a lot of waves.
This highly anticipated film was released by HBO in North America and introduced by iQiyi at the same time in China. Being able to go online on the same day in North America is a great thing for fans to celebrate with champagne.
After five years of waiting, he finally waited for a pure Wen Ziren horror film.
But soon everyone found out that something was wrong. iQiyi's introduced version is 3 minutes less than the North American version. These 3 minutes involve all the bloody and violent scenes in the film, and the best parts are all gone. Douban film reviews are all exploded——
"Spent 6 bucks to show me the castrated special edition?"
"Cut to see a fart, it is better not to introduce."
"Give me Wen Ziren's Alipay account number, and I'll pay for the movie ticket myself."
At the same time, another voice appeared, and a film manager published a long article on the Internet, calling on everyone to understand the difficulty of the importing party, "supporting the genuine version is the real love of the movie", "Deleting three minutes is a blessing in misfortune." ”
This controversy has also caught our attention. In this issue of Tiger Pull Radio, everyone excitedly talked a lot: about the wonderful and wonderful points of "Fatal Induction" itself, and about the deleted version of the movie that we witnessed with helplessness in those years.
We eventually found out sadly that the "3 minutes that were cut" in those years were always uncomfortable.
A film that has been cut for 3 minutes is like a mutilated work of art
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Anchors: Cucumber Soda, Muzi Tong, Slag County
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As a non-senior timid movie fan, half of my horror movie memories are given by Wen Ziren as a man.
From the earliest "Chainsaw Horror" to the later "Conjuring" universe, Wen Ziren can be a god in horror films, because his distinct style is really difficult to surpass - it is difficult for a director to intimidate both Europeans and Americans and Orientals, but Wen Ziren has done it.
But Wen Ziren has been a bit busy in recent years. As we all know, "Wen Ziren Supervising" is equivalent to indiscriminately smashing the sign of the bad film, a "nun" is to amuse me and my friends.
Therefore, only the works of "director Wen Ziren" are fundamentalist Wen-style horror films. And this "Fatal Induction" is so sensational in the world, precisely because this is Wen Ziren's work that he personally started after 5 years, and the quality is called a guarantee.
The world's most terrifying Chinese take a group photo with the haunted house
As it turns out, this movie does give people a lot of surprises.
At the beginning of the film, many fans patted their thighs and shouted "Ye Qinghui". The familiar haunted house, the gloomy atmosphere of the American small attic, the black shadow flashing in the corridor, it is difficult not to recall the scenes in "The Conjuring" and "Latent", a gloomy-faced heroine, who can bump into ghosts when doing housework in the daytime.
The first half of "Fatal Induction" is a return to Wen Ziren's style. Unlike ordinary horror film directors, he never clings to inferior jump scares, but uses advanced camera language to render the atmosphere: the ghost can scare people half to death before they show up.
For example, in the famous scene in "The Conjuring", the heroine lit a match and went into the basement, and at the most hesitant time, a pair of hands suddenly "snapped" in the ear and clapped twice, and the audience and the heroine's emotions were pushed to climax at the same time.
And in Fatal Induction, there are also many unexpected scenes, and you will be worried or shocked at the same time as the people in the movie.
The eerie sound of the night, which you thought was haunted, was nervous for more than a minute, and turned around to see that a juicer had started itself.
In broad daylight, a person's head peeking out of the window can shoot the illusion of hitting a ghost. That's right, this is Wen Ziren teasing you.
After laying a large section of gloomy atmosphere, Wen Ziren broke the old routine of "evil spirit possession" in the past and opened up a new world.
This time, the great evil man is not an evil ghost, but an alien twin brother Gabriel who parasitizes behind the heroine's head. When committing evil, the heroine's consciousness is comatose, Gabriel occupies the high ground, the heroine's body mirror is reversed, and the killing is killed backwards.
The blood and violence of the second half are separated from Wen Ziren's characteristics and mixed with many classic elements of horror films. The horror twists on the limbs and the vague discomfort of flesh and blood pay homage to Guadagino's "Storm of Shadows"; the appearance of the murderer and the close-up of the protagonist's frightened expression pay tribute to the style of the Italian lead yellow film (Giallo); the thrilling sense of urgency soundtrack is reminiscent of Hitchcock's "Horror".
It can be seen that Wen Ziren is really an old-fashioned horror movie lover. His presentation this time is very sincerely integrated with the classic shots of the master.
Stormy Storm 2018
The tumor-like freak baby in the film, a large amount of blood plasma splashing, and the lively killing action scene are new attempts that have never appeared in Wen Ziren's works, and give people a sense of excitement about watching "Ghost Street" and "Alien".
However, these straightforward shots are also the direct reasons for the deletion of the imported version of "Fatal Induction". If you haven't seen the full version of the movie, you can't even see the face of the biggest murderer, Gabriel, or how cruel his methods of killing are.
Enraged, Gabriel went on a killing spree at the police station
There is no doubt that this is a huge regret for fans and creators alike.
This is not the first time we have been helpless in the face of deletion.
When "Wolverine 3: Deadly War" was released in 2017, it was deleted for 14 minutes. You know, this super British movie with a Douban score of 8.3 is the end of Wolverine, and the weight in the hearts of an entire generation is heavy.
However, in order for the film to be successfully introduced and released, the filmmakers took the initiative to delete many violent and bloody scenes, such as Logan's steel claws rusted, and there was a steel claw stuck in his hand, which needed to be pulled out with bare hands; for example, in the last king wolf and X-24 showdown, X-24 was hit by X-23 headshots.
Yes, it's bloody, but more importantly, these shots give people a personal feel for Wolverine's pain and empathize with his sense of tragedy that he can't escape at the end of his life.
Deleting these plots affects the setting of the entire character - the dying uncle wolf, who is still fighting until the last moment of his life. In addition to the tears, fans can't help but feel sorry for the mutilation of Uncle Wolf's finale.
But what's even more depressing is that some movies even have to rewrite the plot.
At the end of Du Qifeng's pinnacle of "Underworld", Ah Le, played by Ren Dahua, is thick and treacherous in appearance, one second he is still talking and laughing about the wind and fishing for fish, and the next second he uses a stone to smash the big D played by Liang Jiahui alive, and then strangles his wife with a branch. This is one of the most highlighted clips in the history of Hong Kong cinema, the sinister and ferocious underworld, and it doesn't even need to be shot to make people chill in the back.
At this time, the melodious soundtrack sounded, and Ren Dahua drove away. The fragmentation of the picture and the shock brought by human nature are enough to make this movie a god.
However, this ending only exists in the Hong Kong version, and the mainland version is: the great evil Ren Dahua obediently obeyed the law. What the whole movie wants to say has changed completely.
You know, behind a movie is not only the fans who are looking forward to it, but also the hard work of all the creators behind the scenes. The existence of a shot must also have its meaning of serving the plot. Even cutting out a trivial detail can affect the texture of the film.
We naturally understand that many shots are not suitable for underage viewing, but the delay in the film rating system, the arbitrary "one cut" has led to many R-rated movies becoming incomplete: "horror films are cut into suspense films, science fiction films are cut into horror films.".
When Alien: Covenant was released in 2017, many of the frontal scenes were deleted, and even the face of the alien was difficult to see.
Netizens joked: from "Alien: Contract" cut to "Opened: Big Spoon"
You can also see it, but after reading it, there is always unspeakable pity and regret. The core of a movie may be rewritten as a result; the thinking that the film's creators want to convey also become fragmented.
It's like pizza is missing a corner and can be eaten, but it always feels almost interesting.
In the end, there was only one sigh: some eat, it is not bad. The best solution, there is still no answer.
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