Fans flipped when it was announced that the notorious snip-happy Harvey Weinstein was going to trim Joon-ho Bongs critically acclaimed sci-fi flick by 20 minutes so that audiences in the US Midwest -- that he perceives at thick evidently -- could understand it. Well, the bad news is some cuts are still happening, the good news is they don't seem to be quite so drastic anymore. At a recent press event covered by MSN, Joon-ho Bong addressed the cuts; stating that Weinstein is actually being "soft" towards the edits.
"I came here after editing for the American version," he said. "I've never produced a new version for overseas premieres, and this is the first time I'm making a new version."
"Weinstein is actually being pretty soft toward editing, probably because it's noticed how critics have praised the film and know how angry movie fans get over new edits. They even asked me which parts I want to include in the film," he said.
Well, I'm glad IT decided to see some sense! Still, US audiences will definitely be getting a different cut of the film that received such an overwhelmingly positive response at its Korean screening -- just how different remains to be seen.
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