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Technical_Drawing838 t1_jd5lipb wrote

She directed The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere, The Bling Ring, The Beguiled and On the Rocks.

She's one of my favorite directors. Her first three movies- The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette- are three of my favorite movies. I don't like her next four- Somewhere, The Bling Ring, The Beguiled and On the Rocks- nearly as much but they're still good.

She's currently working on Priscilla about Elvis and Priscilla's relationship. I'm looking forward to it and I'm hoping it's as good as her first three movies.

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Technical_Drawing838 t1_jd22e5h wrote

I still wish Sofia Coppola had been allowed to make The Little Mermaid. Her version would've been achingly beautiful, both visually and storywise.

The underwater scenes would've been so bright and colorful. It would've been like a combination of how she used color in Marie Antoinette and Somewhere. It would've been amazingly beautiful.

I'm sure Rob Marshall will do a good job. But I would've rather seen Sofia Coppola's The Little Mermaid. I think she would've been better suited to it.

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Technical_Drawing838 t1_j6mk0h7 wrote

Yeah, Coppola's quote about the film being personal probably was about the original cut; but I know what scene he's referring to when he says the film's personal and maybe he added to that scene in this new cut.

I didn't know there were a whole bunch of different runtimes listed. All the ones I saw were 79 minutes and that's probably what it is which is disappointing because I'd definitely like it if the film were longer.

I also find recuts by auteur directors fascinating. I have almost every cut Oliver Stone made of Alexander (just need to get the theatrical version) and I plan on finally watching all the different cuts of Blade Runner. And of course I'll eventually be getting all of Coppola's new cuts of his films. I already have The Cotton Club- Encore.

Another disappointing thing about this new version of Twixt is that there won't be new special features released with it.

But I'm very glad it exists and I'll be buying it as soon as I can.

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Technical_Drawing838 t1_j6mbb3l wrote

I didn't find many details. I read about six articles and they all said pretty much the same things.

It's 9 minutes shorter than the original which at first sounds disappointing but it doesn't mean that there aren't new scenes added or that there isn't a drastic rearranging of scenes.

There's a quote from Coppola saying this version is more personal to him so this suggests that it's very different from the original.

One thing I found disappointing is that the cover art is basically the same as the original, just with the new title added. I wish they had taken this opportunity to come up with some striking new cover art.

There's a mildly amusing tagline: A new twist on the film Twixt.

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Technical_Drawing838 t1_j6ckizh wrote

For me, all the jump scares made Smile so scary that I couldn't even finish it. I got about 40 minutes in and then decided the movie was too scary to continue watching. I still haven't finished watching it but I will eventually.

Smile is the first horror movie I couldn't finish because it was too scary; and all of the jump scares are the reason why.

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