March 01, 2004
DVDs give directors another shot
These days, a filmmaker's job isn't always finished when the movie plays in theaters. Peter Jackson's definitive DVD version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy will top 11 hours — more than two hours longer than the theatrical version. New Line releases the extended Return of the King DVD in November.
Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart, a movie he yanked out of theaters in 1982 after just a week and a half because of poor reviews, was resurrected on DVD last month. Coppola's American Zoetrope DVD lab restored the film. "The DVD represents a more direct access to the audience," he says. "(Now) I have the satisfaction of knowing a good version is out there to see."
Posted by andrew at March 1, 2004 07:32 PM
