The New World Extended Cut - Oct. 14!!!

[masswriter]

Thank Lord, I knew Terrence Malick worked on this extended cut and New Line abandoned it. Thank God Warner Home Video took over and saw fit to release this important work!

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080623006035&newsLang=en

[masswriter]

no one cares? No Malick fans?

[townsend]

I'm definitely a Malick fan. The Thin Red Line ranks as one of my favorite all time movies. And I also thorougly enjoyed Days of Heaven.

I was really looking forward to The New World. I enjoy most movies about native Americans (esp. Black Robe). However, this movie just didn't click for me. It dragged. I was bored. Kept looking at my wrist watch!

Perhaps the addition of 30 minutes of material will bring it to life. Frankly, for me I doubt it. I enjoy Ridley Scott's movies, but didn't care for the theatrical cut or the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven.

I would like an extended director's cut of The Thiin Red Line in blu-ray. I once read that Malick had 9 hours worth of material on this one! I'm sure it will never see the light of day, but I'd buy it sight unseen. A cerebral (anti-)war movie.

[harmonica98]

I missed this first time around so am definitely interested; hopefully a BD version will not be far behind.

Tom

[masswriter]

I'm definitely a Malick fan. The Thin Red Line ranks as one of my favorite all time movies. And I also thorougly enjoyed Days of Heaven.

I was really looking forward to The New World. I enjoy most movies about native Americans (esp. Black Robe). However, this movie just didn't click for me. It dragged. I was bored. Kept looking at my wrist watch!

Perhaps the addition of 30 minutes of material will bring it to life. Frankly, for me I doubt it. I enjoy Ridley Scott's movies, but didn't care for the theatrical cut or the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven.

I would like an extended director's cut of The Thiin Red Line in blu-ray. I once read that Malick had 9 hours worth of material on this one! I'm sure it will never see the light of day, but I'd buy it sight unseen. A cerebral (anti-)war movie.

A nine hour cut is mythical, but a 5-hr cut was definitely in the offering. Says the film editors, Billy Weber and Leslie Jones:

Leslie Jones (Co-Editor): "Terry and I rarely talked about the film. He left me to my own devices. Eventually I came back with a five-hour first cut."

Billy Weber (Co-Editor): "Even that five-hour version was very powerful, and you could see it was a very moving story back then.”

[masswriter]

btw - it was 6 hrs of rough footage assembled together for TTRL, from that a five hr cut was edited, then a four, a three and then the current state it is in now. People like Hans Zimmer can testify the difficulty in scoring a film that is in an ever fluxing state (so can James Horner for The New World). Malick edited the film to fit the score rather than the other way around.

As far as TNW goes, Malick wasn't fond of Horner's score, so he used it sparingly and instead relied upon Mozart, Wagner, Francesco Lupica's Cosmic Beam Experience and some Native American music to fill out the rest.

I am editing together a book covering Malick's five films told from the p.o.v. of those who worked on the films with him.

[Rachael Bee]

I like Malik's films but if they don't do them on Blu-ray, I'll wait.

[masswriter]

I wish I had strength of patience to wait, but I have to see them as soon as they come out.

[townsend]

btw - it was 6 hrs of rough footage assembled together for TTRL, from that a five hr cut was edited, then a four, a three and then the current state it is in now. People like Hans Zimmer can testify the difficulty in scoring a film that is in an ever fluxing state (so can James Horner for The New World). Malick edited the film to fit the score rather than the other way around.

As far as TNW goes, Malick wasn't fond of Horner's score, so he used it sparingly and instead relied upon Mozart, Wagner, Francesco Lupica's Cosmic Beam Experience and some Native American music to fill out the rest.

I am editing together a book covering Malick's five films told from the p.o.v. of those who worked on the films with him.

Thanks for this info.

I know wishing for a longer, "director's" cut of TTRL is a delusion, but is there any word on the theatrical release being released on blu-ray? I can only imagine how beautiful the jungle and grassy fields would look like.

[masswriter]

I wouldn't rule out a diff cut of TTRL, we'll see where Malick turns after Tree of Life.

Meaning, he has already consented to a Criterion Days of Heaven, an extended The New World with his supervision, doing something with TTRL which is gaining in stature as an influential film can only be a natural.

[masswriter]

This reminds me of a scene in The New World. Earlier, John Smith made reference to the natives as appearing to be like a "herd of deer." Malick films Pocahontas's first appearance to John Smith as such; compare it to my recent photo of a White-Tailed Deer in a grassy meadow in Massachusetts. Evidence of Malick's visual genius. She even scampers away with a leap like this deer did moments later:

Check it out:

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[bowling-name]

Thank Lord, I knew Terrence Malick worked on this extended cut and New Line abandoned it. Thank God Warner Home Video took over and saw fit to release this important work!

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080623006035&newsLang=en

I'd like to see this in the theatre, its power does not really come across as well on the small screen. I had low expectations but I found it to be a very beautiful and moving film (regardless of its historical reality or lack there of).

I'm curious, does anyone know which scenes he shot on 65mm? Were any cut out that are now back in this longer version?

[masswriter]

I heard none of the 65mm scenes made it into the cut shown in 2005.

[Rachael Bee]

I'd like to see this in the theatre, its power does not really come across as well on the small screen.....

I bet 'cha it would on Blu-ray. I'm gonna be majorly peeved if Warner doesn't announce this 'un for BD.

[masswriter]

So far, no plans. :(

[masswriter]

this is the best movie ever . . . .even Dark Knight!