Twixt (aka B'Twixt Now and Sunrise) - February 28, 2023

[Ruined]

@protozoid Great write up

I think the enhanced dreaminess of this version really did wonders for the film and really anyone remotely interested should take a look at this new version.

I have to wonder if the original version was unintentionally made less emotionally impactful as a sort of defense mechanism, perhaps due to hitting a little too close to home

[Protozoid]

Originally Posted by Ruined

@protozoid Great write up

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Ruined

I think the enhanced dreaminess of this version really did wonders for the film and really anyone remotely interested should take a look at this new version.

I have to wonder if the original version was unintentionally made less emotionally impactful as a sort of defense mechanism, perhaps due to hitting a little too close to home

Yeah, I can't be sure if he was trying to make the movie more commercial, or if like you said he was defensively taking the movie less seriously in the Twixt version. I interpret the fact that he's calling this "The Authentic Cut" to indicate that he's being more emotionally and creatively authentic with this new version.

Knowing that he used to perform this movie "live", I wonder if he ever used to sometimes end the movie with the cliff scene? Was he trying to read the room, and going back and forth between the "sad" version and the "cool" version depending on how he was connecting to that audience?