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Megalopolis: the $120m Coppola flop that just won't go away — A screening tour, a New Year's re-release, a documentary, an incoming director's cut … will we ever be rid of this historic misfire? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The way I think of it, the “directors cut” is the version the director wanted without outside influences. The theatrical release was cut by a group with the director, editor, producers, and studio all having a say in the final result.

[–] Foni@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago

Normally yes, I agree with what you say, but in this case the director, producer, editor and editor were the same person or were 100% supervised