Synopsis:

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Intentions:

The last of my winter break projects, I'm excited to bring you the third in my series of Batman Noir edits! This is the film that spurned the whole series. I first saw INIGHTMARES Red Book edit of Batman Forever, whose desaturated color grading inspired me to follow in suit for the whole series, and then I saw Bobsun Dugnutt's workprint edit of the film, and I've since fallen love with the deleted footage from the film. This footage helps wrap up plot points, strengthen character development, and help nudge the tone into a somewhat more serious territory. I ended up adding 10 minutes of deleted footage from the runtime before trimming 7 minutes of the feature itself. The primary goal was to make the film's tone more serious, at least in line with the tone set by the Burton films. As you'll see below, most of this involved trimming many of Jim Carrey's improvisations and antics. Beyond that, I desaturated colors, increased contrast, and added film damage and grain. The final runtime is 2 hours, 4 minutes. Send me a message if you're interested in watching! I MAY tackle Batman and Robin for the sake of completion, but I'm not sure whether it's possible to make a serious cut of that film.

Change List:

- Added deleted opening scene at Arkham where the doctor discovers Two Face's escape - Moved Edward Nygma's introduction up to be the following scene - Once Bruce arrives at the Batcave from Wayne Enterprises, I cut directly to his suiting up sequence from the start of the film - Cut Batman's line, "I'll get drive through" - Cut Chase's line, "Hot entrance" - Cut Batman's line, Naive, but insightful - Removed much of the hostage's boobery (ie It's boiling acid!) - Removed the popping sound effect when Batman pulls the hostage's hearing aid out - Added a cut shot with Two Face declaring Batman a murderer - Cut down on much of Nygma's boobery when he kidnaps his boss - Cut down on Gossip Gurdy at Nygma's function - During Bruce's waking flashback, I added him running away with the redbook and falling into the cave - Moved Chase calling Batman with the Batsignal to after the scene where Dick Grayson moves into Wayne manor and explains his Robin helmet's background to Alfred - Cut the line, "Chicks dig the car," and "Women" during and after his exchange with Chase. - Added the cut dojo scene where Dick and Bruce discuss their shared tragedies - Added cut scene where Riddler redirects Batman from a crime scene to a salon - Cut Dick's laundry karate sequence - Cut Dick's line, "Come for a little ride in my love machine, babies" - Trimmed the introduction to Nygma's Ritz Gotham even, removing as much Gossip Gurdy as possible - Cut the line suggesting Riddler could have "pre-sold the movie rights" after Two-Face's arrival. This line doesn't make much sense and seems more like a meta adlib - Cut the nerdy guy shouting "Batman, yeah!" once Batman arrives to stop the robbery - Removed Two Face's line, "Nothing like a bad case of gas" - Added the deleted scene with GNN News criticizing Batman - Cut Bruce's line from this scene that he's, "never been in love before" - Removed the uncanny Batsmile when Chase tells Batman she's interested in someone else - Minimized Two Face and Riddler hamming it up during the scene where Riddler reveals that Bruce Wayne is Batman - Removed the scene where Two Face and Riddler "sneak" up to Wayne Manor - Reduced much of Riddler's boobery when he's wreaking havoc in the Batcave - Shortened Alfred's list of woes to Bruce once he awakens after being shot - Cut Chase's line saying Batman will come for her and Riddler's following response. - Added the deleted scene where Bruce relives his childhood trauma and confronts the bat-like embodiment of his fear - Removed the shot of Batman's butt during his final suit-up sequence - Cut Batman's thumbs up in the Batplane to Commissioner Gordon - Removed the entire Bat-tleship action scene. Instead, Batman and Robin arrive at Riddler's island with no complications - Cut the "Holey rusted metal" sequence. - Cut Batman mentioning that Riddler can now read minds - Removed Riddler's line about Robin dreaming of being "bare naked with a girl" - Cut any shot of Riddler's face being digitally morphed after Batman destroys his device - Added a water splash sound once Two Face hits the bottom of the tunnel, hopefully implying that he didn't die at Batman's hand - Added the deleted ending with Chase and Alfred before the film's final shot