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Originally Posted by BluOrbit
I would certainly love a Criterion release of Thief, with both cuts, even though I much prefer the Theatrical Cut. The Director's cut includes an inserted scene towards the beginning of the movie that clearly does not belong there, makes no sense and contributes absolutely nothing to the narrative. In addition, the other minor changes made do nothing to improve the film and, in most cases, are inferior to the original versions.
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I agree with prefering the theatrical cut, but if they could get both cuts on there that would be better than just the director's cut. My biggest beef with the director's cut is that Mann changed the Peckinpah-esque slow motion shots in the finale to sped-up laughable Charlie Chaplin stuff. I don't know though, Mann loves his "director's" cuts, so it would be a first if a disc of his had multiple cuts on it.
I really hope also though that someday The Jericho Mile can make it to some legit physical format. I think if someone like Criterion could get it added on as an extra (like they did on the Blow Out disc with De Palma's earlier film Murder a la Mod, and with Kubrick's The Killing having Killer's Kiss on it). The Jericho Mile is a great TV movie from the 70's, back when great TV movies were getting made by the networks (like Spielberg's Duel and Hooper's Salems' Lot).