25 best director’s cut movies
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles' classic film noir was chopped to ribbons by Universal before its release – prompting Welles to write an impassioned 58-page memo detailing the changes he thought needed to be made to the film.
Welles never lived to see the film restored to his specifications – but editor Walter Murch used the memo as the basis for a restored version in 1998. It's as close as we're going to get to the original Welles cut.
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TC72
1 year ago
Good list, but what about Donnie Darko?
The director's cut put back all the original music and added loads of extra content to help people clue together what it was all about.
Paddy Smith
1 year ago
Good shout, actually, TC72. What would you drop to make room for it, though?
Kris77
1 year ago
Where's Watchmen directors and/or ultimate cut?