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Topic: exorcist
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Douglas Meltzer
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Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 21, 2004 08:14 PM
Hi Jim,
I recently got the 400' version (from Trevor!) with the idea of adding onto the three parter. Unfortunately, the print quality doesn't match. The 400 footer's color has held up better than the now warmer looking long version. It would be too jarring to extend the scenes by intercutting the footage. I still might add on the Iraq prologue since that's a complete sequence in itself. What really struck me is the care and the thought that the editor put into the short version. Transitions are done very smoothly, and in certain scenes, dialogue that took place on camera has been put over other footage to make the film tighter. For example: In the feature, the discussion about performing the exorcism takes place entirely in a conference room. In the digest, the dialogue is first heard over a shot of Father Karras walking up stairs heading toards the meeting. We then cut to the conference room, and when the subject turns to Father Merrin, the editor continues the audio over a shot of Merrin being notified that he's needed. Are the other Warner Brothers digests so well edited?
Doug
-------------------- I think there's room for just one more film.....
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