A Filmversation with Mike and Nick
Join two films fans on their cinematic journey. Mike and Nick will explore various themes and subjects in the movies they watch. Their goal is to cultivate rewarding conversation about film and uncover the things that make movies truly special.
A Filmversation with Mike and Nick
Studio Intervention - Greed & The Magnificent Ambersons
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The hosts take a look at two infamous examples of films altered and changed by studio intervention. One of the earliest and most egregious alterations happened to Erich von Stroheim's 1924 Greed. Does the remaining footage yield as close to a masterpiece as its fabled original 9-hour cut?
Despite the prestige of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons was not saved from the butchering hands of meddlers. Does the end product carry the gut punches the original was intended to have?